In English.

Bringing listeners the untold side of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Presented by Nasser Mashni and Yousef Alreemawi.

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Sat 10 October 2026

David Watson, member of Free Palestine Melbourne, discusses the purpose and importance of the Red Lines Package, a set of bills to turn Australia's international legal obligations into practical safeguards against genocide, anywhere in the world. 

They discuss common critiscisms of the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion, that it's focus on Anti-Semitism is a missed opportunity to address how the Bondi attack happened, Israeli lobby groups are pushing for the adoption of the International Human Rights Association definition of Anti-Semitism, a definition which conflates the Israeli government and Zionism with Judaism, which would create a situation where critiscism of and disagreement with the Israeli government could and would be labelled as anti-semitic. 

The Red Lines Package is a set of bills placing human rights regardless of politics, trade alliance, and defence treaty obligations at the centre, and focuses on defence exports and providing legal red lines to prevent the Australian government from participating in human suffering in any way. 

Labour turned down the Red Line Package, but this is not the end, on the website you can send a pre-written letter to your parliament member, and encourage them to review this legislation. 

Remember to go to your local rally, if you feel you cannot help, you can at the very least show your disgust at the genocide in Palestine and your contempt for the Israeli government and our government complicity in the genocide and its perpetrators. 

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CRAM Article 2024: The Frequency of Resistance 

It has always been Palestinians who have told the world about their struggles and the reality of life under occupation. Their voices emerge against the backdrop of abject silence from Western mainstream media broadcasting, overcoming the Zionist regime that works to actively repress the truth about their genocidal occupation of Palestinian people and land.   

Palestinians continue to resist and different forms of media have been crucial tools in transcending militarised colonial borders. Palestinian resistance is transformative and adaptive yet steadfast, working to unveil their stories to the world. 

For 20 years, Palestine Remembered has been breaking down the walls of silence of mainstream broadcasters, sharing not just the truth of the struggle, but also the music, poetry and culture of Palestine to its listeners. This has not come without its challenges, as broadcaster Nasser Mashni explains, ‘Sometimes [working on our program can be] a bit tougher than others, but we have to keep fighting’. 

3CR has amplified Palestinian voices since 1976 with programs such as Palestine Speaks, Palestine Voice and Arab Liberation News, amongst others. This has subjected the station to scrutiny, intimidation and hostility, including an attempt to strip the station of its licence. Unshakeable due to the ṣumūd (steadfastness) of Palestinian broadcasters and 3CR alike, these attempts failed. 

In 2004, Yousef Alreemawi hit the airwaves with From the River to the Sea. As he explains, ‘The program had a big responsibility, due to the misrepresentation of Palestinian issues in the English language. Most people were indifferent to Palestine, and those who had a view didn’t know where to go for information about Palestine.’ 

As a translator, Yousef was able to broadcast information and news directly from Arabic sources to English speaking listeners. Back then, From the River to the Sea was an abstract name for the show, as Palestine was less present in the local, collective psyche. ‘Palestine had to be in the name’, says Yousef. Within a few months, the program became Palestine Remembered. 

In 2004 when the program first aired, it was the peak of the Second Intifada, post-9/11. The Western-led incursions into Afghanistan and Iraq were underway and the Middle East was the centre of international news. Yousef reflects that he had thought that Australia would have had some sort of discussion about Palestine, but instead found a total void of representation. He had to fill that void. 

Today, Nasser Mashni presents Palestine Remembered and points out that in 2024, 183 days into Israel’s latest genocidal assault in Gaza, the program still fills this ‘massive void’ that remains in the mainstream media. 

‘3CR enables Palestinians to speak truth to power, unfiltered and unadulterated, but also provides the opportunity to bring so many different voices together, Palestinian diaspora voices but also Palestinians from Palestine.’ 

Over two decades, the program has grown from its beginnings with Yousef in 2004 to Nasser at the dials today. Palestine Remembered is an archive of Palestinian life, self-determination and resistance to learn from. It is a direct challenge to Zionist regimes that attempt to silence and dehumanise. It tells the stories of the occupation and the attacks as they unfold, bringing truth to the strength and determination of Palestinian people.  

From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free.  

By Mercedes Zanker

See the full CRAM Guide 2024 here.