Hudson Mohawk Magazine/Sanctuary Community Radio,
upstate New York, Oct. 22, 2025 (10-mins.) with Mark Dunlea.
After two weeks, the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is still holding, despite numerous continued killings by Israel’s IDF and a delay by Hamas in turning over some bodies of dead hostages they claim are buried under the rubble from Israel’s missiles. Updates the situation and Zunes’s article, “A Shaky Ceasefire is Better Than an Ongoing Genocide.”
Category: Middle East
Middle East Overview
Interview, KPFA: No Kings protests & Ceasefire
KPFA-FM Sunday Show, October 19, 2025: Full first hour.
Also, on Pacifica Radio affiliated stations about the shaky Gaza ceasefire, the October 18 No Kings protests, and related issues.
Interview, KPFA: Shaky ceasefire better than none
KPFA-FM and Pacifica affiliates, October 17, 2025:
With Kris Welch, 20-minutes. Segment runs 14-34 mins.
Interview: Gaza Ceasefire with Bennis & Batrice
Santita Jackson Show, October 13, 2025: Zunes discusses the Gaza ceasefire with Rania Batrice and Phyllis Bennis.
A Shaky Ceasefire Is Better Than An Ongoing Genocide
By Stephen Zunes The Progressive, October 16, 2025;
republished by CommonDreams.org, October 17, 2025,
“It’s Up to the Global Community to Transform
the Gaza Ceasefire Into a Lasting Peace.”
But recent violations by Israel call the new deal into question. Whether Israel actually withdraws from the occupied Gaza Strip and upholds the ceasefire remains in question, so long as the Trump administration and US congressional leadership of both parties refuse to condition military aid to Israel.
Interview, BBC: Return of Hostages
BBC Television, October 12, 2025: Zunes assesses the ceasefire, the hostage release, and what is to come on.
International Community Pushes for Palestinian Statehood—But US Won’t Have It
The Progressive, by Stephen Zunes, October 8, 2025:
Neither U.S. political party actually supports a two-state solution, instead both essentially endorse Israeli control over all of historic Palestine.
Interview: Will Israel uphold ceasefire after Hamas releases hostages?
Channel News Asia/CNA, Singapore’s major news network, Oct. 9, 2025: Israel and Hamas October 8 agreed to a ceasefire after three days of indirect talks in Egypt. Both sides have signed off on the first phase of a United States-led Gaza peace deal. Zunes said concerns remain whether Israel will uphold the ceasefire deal once the hostages are released.
Interview: Gaza Peace Proposal; Israel and Hamas Agree on First Phase of Deal
Interview: Israel and Hamas prepare for ceasefire talks
BBC Television, October 3, 2025: Five-minute interview of Dr. Zunes
Interview: Gaza ceasefire proposals and related issues
KPFA-FM, Pacifica Radio, October 3, 2025: Zunes’s segment begins at 1:05:30
Interview: Trump’s Push against the Left/ANTIFA Executive Order, Netanyahu and the UN
Santita Jackson Show Sept. 28, 2025: Zunes’s segment’s at 34 mins.
Interview: Recognition of Palestine. Symbolic Breakthrough or Empty Gesture?
Wyoming Star, By Joe Yans, Published October 1, 2025:
“… Given that both the Israeli government and the leading opposition have categorically ruled out Palestinian statehood and that the Democrats, like the Republicans, categorically rule out pressuring Israel to compromise, they essentially oppose Palestinian statehood as well. Trump has threatened various forms of retaliation against US allies that have recognized Palestine…”
Interview: Annexation of West Bank and ending the Gaza war
KPFA Evening News (Sunday, Pacifica Radio Network),
September 28, 2025; Zunes’s segment begins at 5:20:
Trump’s opposition to an Israeli annexation of the West Bank, tentative efforts to win the war on Gaza, and Netanyahu’s visit to Washington,
Interview: Why U.S.-led “peace” efforts regarding Israel/Palestine always fail
Thinkers Forum, October 1, 2025: In this two-minute clip Zunes explains why U.S.-led “peace” efforts regarding Israel/Palestine under both Republican and Democratic administrations have failed [see full interview: Everything You Need to Know About the Middle East
“Know Their Names” Event Honors 18,000 Slain Palestinian Children
Santa Cruz, CA, Sept. 5, 2025: Video 1:11; Zunes begins at 15 minutes
Interview: Everything You Need to Know About the Middle East Crisis: Qatar, Israel, Gaza, Trump
Thinkers Forum, Sept. 24, 2025: Amid Israel’s attack on Qatar, what’s next for the Middle East? We speak with Professor Stephen Zunes, who provides insights, analyzes the positions of key players, and explains everything you need to know about the evolving situation in the region.
Interview: U.S./Israeli war on Iran
WMNF, a Tampa, FL NPR affiliate: True Talk, June 26, 2025
Arab-Muslim discussion and interviews with hosts Samar Jarrah and Ahmed Bedier on the U.S./Israeli war on Iran.
Interview: Israel’s air strikes in Qatar
CNA (Channel News Asia), Singapore, Sept. 10, 2025
Interview: How will Israeli attack in Qatar affect efforts to end Gaza war?
AlJazeera television, Sept. 10, 2025.
Stephen Zunes, was one of the three guests.
Israel’s bombing of a residential building in the capital, Doha, that was housing Hamas leaders, has drawn global condemnation. Fighter jets fired missiles into a residential compound in central Doha, where leaders of Hamas were meeting to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.