# Lara Friedman

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The escalating drive toward Greater Israel - a view from Ramallah

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Ramallah-based Palestinian journalist/analyst/commentator Nour Odeh. Nour is an independent media professional and communications consultant with 20 years of experience as a distinguished journalist. In 2012, Ms. Odeh be…

Challenging Anti-Palestinian Repression in the UK & Europe

In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Dr. Amira Abdelhamid, Director of Research & Monitoring at the European Legal Support Center (ELSC). The ELSC is the first and only independent organization defending and empowering the Palestine solidar…

The Iran Blockade and Israel's War Logic

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor holds a quick conversation with FMEP President Lara Friedman in which they discuss the U.S.'s "blockade of a blockade" in the Strait of Hormuz and the lack of thinking that seems to characterize it; the Israeli effort to undo Oslo, undo t…

Iran War - A regional tour d'horizon with Omar Rahman

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Middle East policy journalist, analyst, and author Omar Rahman about the Iran War and its impacts in the region. Their conversation explores: Iran-U.S. diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire, and challenges to ending…

Europe Reckons with the "Israel Impunity Tax"

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP President Lara Friedman is joined by political analyst/commentator Daniel Levy, President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), for a far-ranging conversation about Europe's equities, concerns, and options with respect to current events in the Middle Ea…

Breakup: Will the Iran War Accelerate US Efforts to Craft an Independent Foreign Policy?

The Quincy Institute and Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) co-hosted this webinar that examined how the war on Iran — which was conducted by the Americans and Israelis with an unprecedented degree of coordination — may accelerate the divergence of American and Israeli policy conduct in the Mi…

The betrayal of Gaza’s journalists

In this episode of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Anan Quzmar, a Palestinian researcher focused on the systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists and the broader destruction of Gaza's documentation ecosystem; and  Zo Brown (an alias), the founder of …

Episode 2 - Noura Erakat & Lara Friedman - The Architecture of Impunity

Law is often described as neutral. Politics rarely is. Human rights attorney Noura Erakat and policy expert Lara Friedman examine how international law, diplomacy, advocacy, and public narrative intersect in one of the most contested conflicts of our time. Together, they explore not only what the l…

How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide

In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with historian and author Dr. Assal Rad about the media's role in the Gaza genocide, and about her newly-published book on this topic, "Don’t Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide." [h…