*Al Jazeera English, June 19, 2025
*For a Bay Area TV network affiliate, KTVU, June 13, 2025
*A 50-minute interview for a British podcast
*A ten-minute interview for a radio show/podcast in upstate New York
*For a national Indian news show, June 13
(along with a pro-war Wall Street Journal reporter):
*A 50-minute interview with a New Zealand radio show and podcast, June 17, hosted by an American expat (in which I also talk about Gaza and about Trump and the resistance)
Category: Video
Video: Reflections on Authoritarianism and Resistance
VIDEO of Stephen Zunes and Rebecca Solnit in conversation
at the University of San Francisco April 22, 2025 [1:12] on
a variety of topics related to growing authoritarianism
in the United States and the resistance.
Video: U.S. veto of UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution
Al Jazeera June 20, 2025: One of three panelists in this half-hour television news show analyzing the U.S. veto of an otherwise-unanimous UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the hostages
Interview: Trump’s May Middle East trip
CNA/Channel News Asia television in Singapore (Mediacorp)
7-min. Video: Restoring US-Syria ties may depend on
battling terrorism and ensuring Israel’s security.
Interview: Israeli PM Netanyahu visits White House seeking flexibility on tariffs
Singapore major morning news show (CNA Media Corps. 7 mins)
Interview: Trump Orders Strikes on Houthis in Yemen
Al-Jazeera Media View, March 2025: On the onset of the
U.S. bombing of Yemen [source link is no longer accessible]
US is a constant partner in sabotaging ceasefires and shielding Israel’s crimes
U.S. support for Israel‘s breaking the ceasefire agreement and unleashing the terror bombing on Gaza, 12-minute video from a forum held March 2025 by the Arab Organization on Human Rights (UK-based)
The US Palestinian Rights Movement
Discussion with Dr. James Zogby of the Arab-American Institute, where we examined the trajectory of the pro-Palestinian movement over the past 50 years, including his history as an advocate for Palestinian rights from grassroots campaigns in the 1970s to his more recent leadership in the Democratic National Committee (University of San Francisco, 1-hour video)
RTVI interview
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Interview: Can Egypt’s plan for Gaza backed by Arab League become reality?
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.
Interview: Status on the Ceasefire
Al Jazeera English, Feb. 27, 2025 [source link is unavailable.]
Interview: U.S. policies in the Middle East
A comprehensive overview, late 2024 with USFCA colleague Dr. Assim Al-Khawaja.
Interview: Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Fox-KTVU Television, San Francisco Bay, February 13, 2025 (7 mins)
Lecture: U.S. Middle East Policy Under Trump
Video February 9, 2025: A talk for the Alameda County Green Party entitled “U.S. Middle East Policy Under Trump: How It Will Differ from Biden (and How It Won’t)”
Interview: Gaza Ceasefire, Trump & Netanyahu
Al-Jazeera English February 5, 2025 (5 mins.):
Following Trump’s press conference with Israeli prime
minister Netanyahu [Source link is no longer available]
Interview: Trump’s policy toward Palestinians
Two recent interviews on CNA television, Singapore-based multinational news channel:
Jordan, Egypt unlikely to take in more Palestinian refugees despite Trump’s threats (8 mins.)
Trump’s proposal to ‘clean out’ Gaza disturbing (7 mins.)
Interview: Israel’s devastating military offensive in the occupied West Bank
Al-Jazeera English “Inside Story” February 4, 2025: One of three experts, Zunes’s segment begins at 9 mins. of 27.
ICAHD UK Webinar ‘The Palestinian Struggle in the Age of Trump’
Israeli Committee Against House Demolition UK Webinar
‘The Palestinian Struggle in the Age of Trump,’ 23 Jan 2025
[Zunes’s segment starts at 28 minutes; video source]
Professors Stephen Zunes and Leila Farsakh were distinguished guests, moderated by Jeff Halper. Leila Farsakh works with several international organisations and is a senior research fellow at the Center for Development Studies at Birzeit University and chair of the One Democratic State Campaign. They provided historical background about Palestinian resistance, the centrality of the Palestinian refugees, the different approaches taken by the Palestine Authority and Hamas, and how Trump is worse than Biden. It is expected that Israel’s apartheid policies will intensify and as Palestinians continue to resist living under oppression as they seek freedom and justice, their struggle will be bloody. However, with Trump in office and the flagrant Republican agenda, it will likely mobilize unprecedented opposition among leftists, liberals, and a growing segment of the US Democratic Party.
Syria Background: Zunes’ Articles, Interviews and Videos Since 2011 Arab Spring
- From Gaza to Aleppo: A Handy Guide for Defending War Crimes: This article notes the remarkable parallel in the language used by those defending war crimes by the Assad regime and war crimes by Israel
- 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
- These two critically examine the ongoing U.S. military presence in Syria:
*Despite Everything US Troops Should Leave Syria (2019)
*If Biden Wants to Protect the Troops He Should Bring Them Home, Not Bomb, Syria (2021) - These four articles from 2017-2018 examine the U.S. response to Syrian chemical weapons attacks:
*History Shows Hypocrisy of U.S. Outrage over Chemical Weapons in Syria
*Why the United States Can’t Lead on Syria’s Chemical Weapons
*Trump’s Dangerous, Cynical Attack on Syria: Pacifica’s Sojourner Truth Radio
*Why These Missile Strikes Won’t Make Things Better for Syrian People - These links examine divisions over Syria within the
U.S. left and what a progressive policy would entail:
*How Syria Divides the Left (2017 written interview)
*The Anti-War Movement Must Listen to Voices Within Syria’s Civil War (2016 op-ed article)
*Why are Some Left Activists Falling for Fake News on Syria (television interview) - These articles from 2012-15 look at the debates regarding U.S. military intervention in Syria: *Obama’s Escalation in Syria (2015)
*Eight Arguments Against Going to War with Syria (2013)
*Despite Horrific Repression, the US Should Stay Out of Syria (2013)
*Military Intervention in Syria is a Bad Idea (2012) - And these two articles are my response to a series of articles attacking me for my opposition to U.S. military intervention in Syria:
*Opposition to Intervention in Syria is Utilitarian not Ideological (2013)
*On Syria Most Thoughtful People are Torn (2013) - 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)
Video: Zunes’ Research on Coup Resistance
4 Keys to Defeat a Coup (5 mins.): Dr. Zunes’s animated summary of his research on coup resistance. Also at ChooseDemocracy.us,
see “10 Ways to Ground Ourselves” & “Bringing Down a Dictator”.