78 years on: what went wrong with Israel’s founding project? | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

In this episode, we assess Israel 78 years after its founding, examining whether the Zionist project has reached a point of crisis. We explore competing interpretations of what “went wrong,” from claims of ideological failure to arguments that the current reality reflects the logical outcome of a settler-colonial project. Drawing on historical evidence and contemporary developments, the discussion addresses Israel's genocide on Gaza, the erasure of Palestinian, ongoing patterns of dispossession and looting, and the wider regional and international dynamics shaping the conflict today.00:25 78 years on: has Zionism reached its breaking point?10:23 What went wrong: the collapse of Zionism’s founding promise23:07 Was genocide built into the Zionist project?26:08 From the Nakba to Lebanon: the looting that never ended31:05 The 2,700-year claim used to erase Palestinians36:13 Engineering collapse: is Israel undermining the Palestinian Authority?51:39 How the US justifies its war with Iran53:33 Israel, the Gulf and the new regional war map