This week on War News Radio, we host a piece from Human Rights Hummus, a new podcast started by Swarthmore alums Lily Tyson ’17 and Marissa Cohen ’17… Human Rights Hummus: Voices of the Holy Land is your passport to the front lines of one of the most contentious issues…
War News Radio’s Joelle Hageboutros spoke with three students from Professor Atshan’s Israeli Palestinian Conflict class who traveled to the region to see and experience first-hand what they had been studying for a semester. Here’s their story.
This week on War News Radio, a Textcast! Protests turn deadly in Burundi over the coming presidential elections, Shots are fired at a Mohammad Cartoon contest in Texas, Netanyahu manages to create a coalition government, Houthis in Yemen expand control of port city of Aden, and a xenophobic right…
This week on War News Radio, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia started airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, a US announcement that it will join airstrikes against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Tikrit prompted over a third of Iraqi fighters to withdraw or refuse to cooperate in the…
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will likely serve a fourth term after this week’s general election, but many of the details of the new government are still up in the air. Israel’s parliamentary government has a proportional electoral system, where each political party receives seats in the 120-seat central parliament,…
Last week on War News Radio, Iraq launched the largest military operation against ISIS since last June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech before Congress, Boko Haram released a video earlier this week that claims to show the public execution of two hostages, and more.
This month on War News Radio “Competing Narratives.” First, we present our satirical news segment, “Filibusted.” Next, we hear updates on Boko Haram in Nigeria. Finally, reporter Sara Morell reflects on her three day program in the West Bank. But first, a round-up of this week’s news.
This week on War News Radio, Boko Haram is suspected in a deadly attack on the Nigerian city of Damaturu, an Egyptian judge sentenced almost 200 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, a United Nations report found that the United States failed to comply with the international convention against…
This week on War News Radio, North Korea threatened to conduct another nuclear test after the United Nations recommended its leaders face charges of crimes against humanity, 4 rabbis were killed in a Jerusalem Synagogue, President Obama unveiled a new immigration plan, Israeli forces destroyed the home of a Palestinian…
This week on War News Radio, Israel announced building plans for 200 new settler homes, 47 were killed in a suicide bombing outside a school in Nigeria, President Obama announced plans to overhaul the nation’s immigration enforcement system, and more.