Disillusioned

Arnon served in the Israeli Air Force intelligence unit which was operating in Gaza during the early 2000s. A few years later, once the war with Lebanon broke out, he decided to stop serving in the military. Throughout the years he was active in different joint initiatives with Palestinians and other groups, and today works as an educator in a kindergarten and as an eco-therapist.

Dr. Assaf David is the Director of the Israel in the Middle East division at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. He is also the co-founder of the Forum for Regional Thinking, a think tank of Israeli progressive Middle East scholars and activists. He teaches political science at the Hebrew University and has taught in the Department of Middle East Studies and the Department of Politic

Katie is an entrepreneur in the sustainability and agricultural sectors, and an expert in the Gulf countries' society and economy. Her background is in academia, research, venture capital, and unique governance structures. She has spent years being active in different initiatives promoting justice for Palestinians here in the land and in other parts of the Middle East. . Check

Idan Landau is a political blogger, who began writing his Blog "Do not Die as a Fool" in 2008. There, he posted hundreds of pieces, many of them extensive, investigative articles on the occupation, with emphasis on the topics of land confiscation and settlement expansion, military violence, social injustice, arms trade, Israeli surveillance technology, media and propagand

Ita Segev is a writer, performance artist, and organizer from Jerusalem who’s been living and making work in NY for the past 12 years. In this episode she charts the complex map she’s found towards her freedom as a trans woman, its relationship to Palestinian liberation, and her commitment to dismantling the split which allows people to dehumanize others while loving those the

Uri was born in Tel Aviv and worked as a journalist, history teacher, and gardener. In his twenties, he was one of the founders of a political movement called "Anarchists against the Wall", which was active at the beginning of the 2000s. He’s been living in Portugal for the past 16 years and holds a special place in his heart for the topics of food autonomy and educatio

** TRIGGER WARNING ** (suicide, self-harm) *** “Yoni” didn’t question for one second that he had to serve in the Israeli military when he was 17 years old. And even once he was there, and suffering immensely, he couldn’t imagine the option of finding a way out. Today, he makes political graffiti art that aims to make 17 year old Israelis ask the question that he didn’t da

Yuval Gal Cohen is a conscientious objector who refused to serve in the Israeli military, a feminist human rights activist, and a singer. She's 27 years old and currently living in Leipzig, Germany, where she co-initiated JID, a local group of Anti-occupation Israeli activists. Join our conversation about all that and more. Check out bonus episodes on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://b

Alon Mizrahi is a Working class intellectual & freedom philosopher. He is also a Speech writer, Copywriter & columnist who writes about becoming Disillusioned from Zionism, Capitalism & Americanism. Growing up as a Mizrachi Jew, Alon shares deep insight into the connection between the Zionist ideology’s erasure of “the Arab within” in addition to the erasure of th

What does “Liberal Zionist” mean? And what is it about this concept that made Rotem question, and eventually dismisses it completely? After training in the elite units of the Israeli military, he began researching the Nakba and everything we weren’t taught about it in history class. Then, through intense solo Arabic studying, he was able to really listen to Palestinians and t