Interview: Israel prepares takeover of Gaza City

KTVU, Bay Area television network affiliate, news show
August 23, 2025: Zunes’s analysis of the worsening situation in Gaza. In the Middle East as negotiators try to broker a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel’s military is preparing to invade and occupy Gaza City. The Israeli defense minister on Wednesday said there are plans to call up 60,000 more reservists and extend the service of another 20,000. The military is urging Palestinians to head south…

Webinar: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as a Partner in the Crime of Genocide

Arab Organization for Human Rights, UK, August 8, 2025, sponsored this panel on the misnamed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” the ongoing massacres, and the political implications, featuring: Zunes, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, former GHF contractor Anthony Aguilar, and three physicians who have worked in Gaza. See Zunes’s ten-minute segment here (or below, starting at 1:09:00)

Iran Vows Stronger Response If U.S., Israel Attack Again

FO° Talks July 30, 2025 [25 mins.]
Fair Observer’s Rohan Khattar Singh speaks to Professor Stephen Zunes about Iran, Israel and the United States… Trump has brought back the “Maximum Pressure” policy back on Iran with new sanctions, and for the first time, direct military strikes on Iranian soil. Zunes doesn’t believe Iran was building nuclear weapons, but after the recent strikes by Israel and the US, Tehran would now like to build some as a deterrent and is now closer to Russia and China. Also Israel’s military operations and Apartheid conditions in Gaza…

Interview: Hunger and war in Gaza

KTVU July 21, 2025, Bay Area network affiliate [begins at 2:00]
As fears of hunger in Gaza grow, countries are calling for an end to the war. In a joint statement on Monday. Twenty-five nations have described recent deaths in the territory as “horrifying.” Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco, on how this statement could impact Israel.

Video: Israelis continue to say no to war.

Zunes Facebook Video July 17, 2025: Meanwhile, the Trump administration and the leadership of both parties in Congress continue to say yes. As the U.S./Israeli-imposed famine on Gaza increases, I keep getting solicitations to contribute to Democratic candidates who insist on arming and funding Israel’s siege, bombing, and occupation. Meanwhile, the Democratic leadership refuses to support their party’s nominee for New York City mayor who opposes such war crimes…

Video: What are the chances of a Gaza ceasefire deal soon?

CNA (Channel News Asia) July 6, 2025 (9 mins.)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said July 6 he hoped an upcoming meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump could “help advance” a Gaza ceasefire deal, after sending negotiators to Doha for indirect talks with Hamas. Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and director of the Middle Eastern studies program at the University of San Francisco, discusses on CNA’s Asia First why he believes a lasting ceasefire in Gaza remains unlikely.
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