Al-Jazeera English March 5, 2025(28 mins.): On the Arab League’s summit and quite reasonable reconstruction and administrative plan for Gaza, which both Israel and the United States have rejected. This follows US President Donald Trump’s proposal to forcibly expel Palestinians and turn Gaza into a US-controlled beach resort. Presenter Sami Zeidan interviews Zunes along with Ori Goldberg – Political commentator, and Mansour Shouman – Middle East political analyst.
Al-Jazeera English February 5, 2025 (5 mins.):
Following Trump’s press conference with Israeli prime
minister Netanyahu [Source link is no longer available]
And 3 more aired on Al Jazeera Media View,
December 2024 [source links are no longer available]:
*US has carried out air strikes on 75 ISIL targets throughout Syria
*Thousands celebrate in Damascus
*Assad’s leaving the capital Damascus
*Plus a one-minute excerpt gone viral.
Here’s an analysis also from 2016 regarding the state of the conflict and U.S. policy: Syria After the Ceasefire
This article from 2019 examines the Trump administration’s recognition of Israel’s illegal annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights (a decision upheld by the Biden administration) in defiance of the United Nations Security Council declaring it “null and void”: U.S. Recognition of Golan Annexation a Threat to World Order
On nonviolent alternatives in Syria during the early phases of the uprising:
*Supporting Nonviolence in Syria (2012)
*Unarmed Resistance Still Syria’s Best Hope (2012)
More on U.S. double-standards regarding Syria:
*U.S. Outrage over Syria Veto at UN Rife with Hypocrisy (2012)
*U.S. in No Position to Condemn Russian Transfer of Helicopter Gunships to Syrian Regime (2012)
On an earlier Israeli attack on Syria and the U.S. role in blocking Israeli-Syrian peace initiatives:Israel, Syria, and the United States (2013)
On an Arab Organization for Human Rights panel addressing U.S. and Israeli efforts to undermine the authority of the International Criminal Court (Dr. Zunes’ segment starts at 31:30 plus additional remarks starting at 1:16:20 and 1:32:50.)
Al Jazeera English: Interviewed along with Nicholas Noe and Gideon Levy about the implications of the Israeli assassination of Nasrallah and the ongoing war on Lebanon.
Al Jazeera quotes Stephen Zunes July 13+15, 2024 in: * FBI probing Trump shooting as ‘domestic terrorism’ as RNC opens Stephan Zunes, a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco, said the attempted assassination – and Trump’s response to it – is playing into both his “hero” and “victim narrative”. As a “professional showman”, Trump is sure to capitalise on the moment “in whatever way he can” and “play it to the hilt”, Zunes told Al Jazeera. * Donald Trump rally shooting updates: FBI agents swarm killed suspect’s home: Assassination attempt to play into Trump’s ‘hero narrative’ The image of Trump bloodied and raising a fist after escaping an assassination attempt will become iconic for the American right, boosting his hero status to them, said Stephan Zunes, a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco. It will also play into the “victim narrative that has been very strong for [Trump] and his movement,” Zunes told Al Jazeera. Trump, as a “professional showman”, is sure to capitalise on the imagery “in whatever way he can”, and “play it to the hilt,” Zunes added…. * Attack on Trump to supercharge ‘conspiracy theories’ [no link] Zunes cautioned people from assigning a motive to the attack on Trump too quickly, which he said is sure to “add to the craziness of the political scene. Unlike in other countries, much of our attempted assassinations [in the US] are by people who are mentally ill and do not have a political motivation… We should not assume this is necessarily part of so-called polarising situation.” Nevertheless, Zunes told Al Jazeera, the attack reflects a society in which “threats of political violence are growing” and are likely to further fuel “conspiracy theories from both the left and the right.”
On Al Jazeera television broadcast panel with a prominent Israeli journalist and British international lawyer about possible indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders [source]
Four interviews on US Israel/Palestine policy on the US nationally-syndicated Santita Jackson Show (Minn.): June 12, 2024 (Zunes begins at 31 mins.), April 29, April 29, and April 15. Watch all four below.
