Palestinians Under Siege: A Visit to the Occupied West Bank

As the world watches the horror unfolding in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli state, the oppression and displacement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has intensified. This episode offers a rare and urgent eyewitness account from the ground. We’re joined by Simone Deckard, a NY-based organizer who works with Palestinian women community organizers in the Northern West Bank. Simone recently returned from towns and refugee camps across the West Bank, including Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkarem. She describes the deepening repression Palestinians face under military rule and settler violence, from daily raids and mass arrests to home demolitions and economic strangulation. We explore how Israel is accelerating its long-standing colonial project of annexing the West Bank with full U.S. backing.We also examine the collapse of the two-state illusion, the complicity of the Palestinian Authority, and the carceral system that tortures and imprisons thousands of Palestinians, most without charge. As settler militias grow bolder and the Israeli government carries out its goal to rid historic Palestine of its Palestinian inhabitants, this is a vital conversation on the realities of apartheid and the ongoing Nakba.