The Iron Dome of Lies: Rape, Ruin & Plunder | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we examine Israel’s addition to a UN blacklist over sexual violence in conflict, Dr Nick Maynard’s harrowing testimony from Gaza and the wider backlash to evidence of abuse against Palestinians.We also discuss plans to turn Gaza’s destruction into an investment opportunity, tensions between Trump and Netanyahu over Lebanon, stalled ceasefire diplomacy with Iran and the UAE’s reported role in the regional war. The episode closes by looking at US efforts to integrate Israel’s military with its own, the Democrats’ refusal to confront Gaza’s electoral impact and Western crackdowns on critics of Israel.Get your copy of ‘Gaza Apocalypse’ by Mouin Rabbani: https://orbooks.com/catalog/gaza-apocalypse/Chapters:00:00 Introduction & Overview02:03 UN report exposes Israeli sexual violence against Palestinians11:00 Dr Nick Maynard’s Gaza testimony and Israel’s targeting of healthcare workers22:45 The plan to turn Gaza’s destruction into an investment project28:57 Trump-Netanyahu tensions over Lebanon 36:52 Iran war ceasefire deadlock42:36 UAE airstrikes on Iran and the fallout for Gulf politics47:14 Congress moves to integrate Israel’s war machine with the US military52:22 DNC autopsy ignores Gaza genocide57:48 UK bans Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker amid crackdown on criticism of Israel