Makdisi Street

**Producer's note: This was recorded before the US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities** The brothers welcome returning guest Trita Parsi [https://x.com/tparsi] to discuss the unprovoked and illegal attack on Iran, the potential role of the US in joining the Israeli regime's war, and what, if any, possibilities remain for negotiation or de-escalation.  Date of recording: June 19, 2025. Watch the video edition [https://youtu.be/xTkiiXuTXos] on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet [https://twitter.com/MakdisiStreet] YouTube: @MakdisiStreet [https://www.youtube.com/@MakdisiStreet] Insta: @Makdisist [https://www.instagram.com/makdisist/] TikTok: @Makdisistreet [https://www.tiktok.com/@makdisistreet] Music by [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119/abdel-halim-hafez-el-toba-remix-hadi-aleid] Hadiiiiii [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119] Sign up at Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet [https://patreon.com/MakdisiStreet] to access all the bonus content, including the latest Q&A [https://www.patreon.com/posts/livestream-q-06-130108472]

Ahead of the most important football match in the history of Palestine’s national team, on the cusp of potential qualification for the 2026 World Cup, the brothers discuss with Bassil Mikdadi [https://x.com/BassilMikdadi], Palestinian journalist and creator of footballpalestine.com, [http://footballpalestine.com/] the impact of the ongoing Gaza genocide as well as the deeper context of Palestine national team’s rich journey over many decades, its struggle to assert Palestinian national unity in the face of Israel’s occupation, blockade and policy of fragmentation. We also discuss the grassroots solidarity with Palestinians across the football world and the campaign to kick Israel’s national football team out of FIFA, which, along with the European association UEFA shamefully continues to allow it to play official matches during the genocide despite immediately suspending Russia after its Ukraine invasion. Finally, we discuss the role of media and the silence/complicity of all too many football journalists in covering Israeli atrocities and the intimidation of players when it comes to showing solidarity. Watch the video edition [https://youtu.be/-li4mo9Ov5Q] on our YouTube channel Date of recording: June 9, 2025. Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet [https://twitter.com/MakdisiStreet] YouTube: @MakdisiStreet [https://www.youtube.com/@MakdisiStreet] Insta: @Makdisist [https://www.instagram.com/makdisist/] TikTok: @Makdisistreet [https://www.tiktok.com/@makdisistreet] Music by [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119/abdel-halim-hafez-el-toba-remix-hadi-aleid] Hadiiiiii [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119] Sign up at Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet [https://patreon.com/MakdisiStreet] to access all the bonus content, including the latest Q&A [https://www.patreon.com/posts/livestream-q-06-130108472]

**Producer's note: The brothers are hosting their first livestream this coming TUESDAY (O6/03) at 10 am EST! It will be a Patreon-exclusive Q&A [https://www.patreon.com/posts/130108472?pr=true] so only supporters of the show can submit questions or watch live. Sign up for as little as $5 a month and access all the great bonus content as well** The brothers explore the latest Gaza ceasefire negotiations, the abject failure of the corporate media to cover the crude and explicit expressions of racism and genocidal intent from across the spectrum of Israeli society, the sudden shift among European leaders as they attempt to rhetorically distance themselves from the genocide, and the continuing cost to those who speak out against the genocide in increasingly repressive Western societies. Credit to Nikita Gill for her poem [https://www.instagram.com/p/DKHmASzs6u4/?hl=en&img_index=1] concluding this episode Watch the video edition [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv2HFRuvZoM&ab_channel=MakdisiStreet] on our YouTube channel Date of recording: May 27, 2025. Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet [https://twitter.com/MakdisiStreet] YouTube: @MakdisiStreet [https://www.youtube.com/@MakdisiStreet] Insta: @Makdisist [https://www.instagram.com/makdisist/] TikTok: @Makdisistreet [https://www.tiktok.com/@makdisistreet] Music by [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119/abdel-halim-hafez-el-toba-remix-hadi-aleid] Hadiiiiii [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119] Sign up at Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet [https://patreon.com/MakdisiStreet] to access all the bonus content, including the latest one [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-on-126163394]

**Producer's note: The brothers are hosting their first livestream! It will be a Patreon-exclusive Q&A [https://www.patreon.com/posts/130108472?pr=true] so only supporters of the show can submit questions or watch live. Sign up for as little as $5 a month and access all the great bonus content** The brothers welcome legal scholar Noura Erekat to the show to discuss how the Gaza genocide has threatened to end the "rules-based international order;” the failure of international legal institutions to take meaningful action to stop the genocide; the collapse of Israel’s standing and reputation in Western societies; and how to retain "infallible optimism" despite the most disturbing assessments of the status quo. Watch the video edition [https://youtu.be/2k2qMAvow74] on our YouTube channel Date of recording: May 20, 2025. Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet [https://twitter.com/MakdisiStreet] YouTube: @MakdisiStreet [https://www.youtube.com/@MakdisiStreet] Insta: @Makdisist [https://www.instagram.com/makdisist/] TikTok: @Makdisistreet [https://www.tiktok.com/@makdisistreet] Music by [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119/abdel-halim-hafez-el-toba-remix-hadi-aleid] Hadiiiiii [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119] Sign up at Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet [https://patreon.com/MakdisiStreet] to access all the bonus content, including the latest one [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-on-126163394]

The brothers discuss the extent to which Trump represents a possible shift in US policy in the Middle East, contrasting the possibility of new deal-making in the Gulf region and elsewhere (Iran, Syria) with the retrograde pull of Zionist pressure to extend the genocide in Gaza and derail the drive towards profit-driven capitalist stabilization in the region. Watch the video edition [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOK06tX_14M&ab_channel=MakdisiStreet] on our YouTube channel Date of recording: May 15, 2025. Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet [https://twitter.com/MakdisiStreet] YouTube: @MakdisiStreet [https://www.youtube.com/@MakdisiStreet] Insta: @Makdisist [https://www.instagram.com/makdisist/] TikTok: @Makdisistreet [https://www.tiktok.com/@makdisistreet] Music by [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119/abdel-halim-hafez-el-toba-remix-hadi-aleid] Hadiiiiii [https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119] *Sign up at Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet [https://patreon.com/MakdisiStreet] to access all the bonus content, including the latest one [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-on-126163394]*