Nakba at 78: The Beginning of the End of Zionism? | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

In this episode, we mark Nakba Day with a special discussion on the historical roots and continuing reality of Palestinian dispossession. We place the Nakba within the wider settler-colonial project that shaped Palestine from the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate through 1948, 1967, Oslo and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.The episode examines whether Gaza represents the final and most violent stage of a century-long project to erase the Palestinian people, or whether this moment marks the beginning of the end of Zionism as a settler-colonial system. It also looks at the crisis of Palestinian political leadership, the collapse of Israel’s claim to moral legitimacy and the regional fallout from Gaza, including Iran, Trump and the limits of US power in a changing Middle East.Get your copy of ‘Gaza Apocalypse’ by Mouin Rabbani: https://orbooks.com/catalog/gaza-apocalypse/Chapters:00:00 Introduction & Overview01:09 The Nakba in the historical context of the Palestinian question08:38 Gaza and the possible final stage of Israel’s century-long settler-colonial project11:16 The impact of 7 October and the Gaza genocide on global understanding of 194819:39 Zionism’s survival in a post-colonial world26:08 Zionism’s framing as Jewish self-determination, refuge and biblical return33:03 The Nakba and the fragmentation of Palestinian political life36:15 Palestinian leadership in the final stage of Israeli domination48:02 New York Times coverage of the rape of Palestinian detainees54:50 Iran, Trump and the strategic limits of US power