Issam Adwan, a researcher and journalist from Gaza, joins Hala Hanina, to discuss Israel’s targeting of Palestinians journalists, the smear campaigns they face, as well as, being the first to investigate the case of Hind Rajab. Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/supportIssam Adwan is a Palestinian researcher whose work bridges international media, grassroots activism, and academic inquiry. He has worked as a journalist for global outlets including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera English, providing frontline coverage and investigative reports from Gaza during times of crisis. His leadership experience includes serving as manager of We Are Not Numbers, where he represented Palestinian voices internationally, and teaching political translation at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.Hala Hanina is a social and political activist from Gaza. She is currently completing a PhD in politics and sociology, focusing on Palestinian women at the intersection of colonial and patriarchal violence.

Ahmad Alnaouq, Palestine Deep Dive’s journalist, sits down with Daniel Levy, former Israeli negotiator, for an in-depth discussion on how the Israeli government and society have shifted toward the extreme, the long-term consequences of dehumanising Palestinians, and why meaningful change requires an end to impunity.

The conversation explores whether Israel has achieved its military objectives, the limits of its internal resilience, and the emerging post-war plans being shaped by both Israel and the United States for Gaza.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/support

Host Paul Biggar is joined by Adil Abbuthalha, entrepreneur and creator of BoyCat — an innovative app empowering consumers to make ethical shopping choices and support the boycott movement against Israel.

By steering purchasers away from companies linked to Israel, BoyCat has already helped more than a million users divest more than $250 million dollars according to TRT World, making it one of the most impactful tools in the global boycott campaign for Palestinian rights.

In this episode, Adil discusses his mission, new products, and the efforts by corporations to buy out and silence BoyCat.

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Occupied Tech is a podcast by Tech for Palestine in collaboration with Palestine Deep Dive. Each episode explores how the global tech industry fuels Israel’s apartheid, occupation, and genocide, while also highlighting the brave individuals and organisations working to dismantle this system of oppression.

Leaks, Lies & Spies: The Scandal the UK Media REFUSED to Touch. An Exclusive Conversation with the Makers of Al Jazeera's the Labour Files

Since the mainstream media won’t do its job, we'll do it for them!

Mark Seddon is conversation with makers of Al Jazeera's The Labour Files exclusively for Palestine Deep Dive.

Richard Sanders is an award winning film director with over 25 years experience. He was Senior Producer on the Labour Files and made the second film, on antisemitism.

Peter Oborne is an award winning journalist and author who features in the series. He is a former political commentator of the Spectator, the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail. He now writes about politics for Open Democracy and Middle East Eye. He is the author of The Triumph of the Political Class, The Rise of Political Lying and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism.

We'll be taking a closer look at the challenges of protecting Palestinian heritage sites and antiquities under Israel’s occupation and will be illuminating Israel's attempts to appropriate the past, often in violation of international law according to archaeologists and UN officials, in order to deepen its control over the land.

We're live with two very special guests: Dr Hamdan Taha reestablished the Palestinian Department of Antiquities in 1994, serving as its Director General (1995 – 2004). He was a professor in the Department of Archaeology at Birzeit University and also served as the Palestinian Deputy Minister of Tourism (2014) and as National Director of the World Heritage Program in Palestine (2002 – 2014).

Dr Iman Saca is a Professor of anthropology specializing in community archeology, Chair of the Department of Sociology Anthropology and Criminal Justice at St. Xavier University - Chicago. As part of her research, Iman also worked on listing two important sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List; one in Palestine (Battir Land of Olives and Vines) the other in Qatar (al Zubarah Archaeological site).

Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi & Mark Seddon on Labour, Palestinian rights & surviving the party's ruling National Executive Committee.

Mark Seddon is live with Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, co-founder of Jewish Voice for Labour and newly elected member of the UK Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC).

Naomi topped Jeremy Corbyn's list of recommended candidates for the recent NEC elections, despite Jeremy having been suspended himself from the Party in October 2020.

Mark Seddon is also a former elected member of Labour's NEC where he attempted to persuade Tony Blair from within the Party that a war on Iraq would be disastrous, as well as costly and illegal.

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23rd June 2021: Currently working together on a new publication, "Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out", this will be a timely discussion illuminating the process of producing this compilation of perspectives which aims to provide a new Palestinian discourse fit for today's challenges to achieving Palestinian freedom.

We'll be hearing whether recent new-found unity across Palestine in protest against the ethnic cleansing of Sheikh Jarrah and the devastating bombardment of Gaza, in what has been called the "Unity Intifada", already points to the materialisation of a new vision.

Prof. Ilan Pappé is a distinguished Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.

Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a Palestinian-American journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons (Clarity Press).

We're live for a vital DeepDive focusing on the impact of Israel's latest bombardment of Gaza, as well as the 15 years of siege and destruction it has imposed, on Palestinian children in particular.

At least 45 Palestinians have been killed, including 16 children, in Israel's latest aggression on Gaza.

Half of Gaza's two million population are children, living under siege in one of the world's most densely populated places.

Hosted by Ahmed Alnaouq, a Palestinian journalist from Gaza whose story was the inspiration behind the formation of We Are Not Numbers, we're live with:

Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei – Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

Hind Wihaidi – A 17-year-old Palestinian musician and writer living in Gaza.

Rana Shubair – Palestinian author of two books, "My lover is a Freedom Righter", and "In Gaza, I Dare to Dream". Rana is also a mother of three children. 

We're live with Francesca Albanese, the new United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt).

Mark Seddon hears just what such a role entails at the UN and what powers are granted to it.

We also hear the latest on ongoing cases including the search for justice for the incarcerated Ahmad Manasra, the latest on the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh as well as hearing the international legal perspective on Israel's ongoing colonisation of Masafer Yatta.

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27th June 2021: We're live with for a DeepDive illuminating the situation on the ground in Masafer Yatta, where thousands of Palestinians are facing imminent expulsion.

In the early 1980s the IDF declared the area a firing zone (“Firing Zone 918”), an action viewed by experts as a violation of international law and one clearly undertaken with the objective of forcibly displacing the Palestinian residents of the area to take control of the land.

Last month, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the residents' claims to the land in favour of the military, declaring the region a closed-off training area following the two-decade legal battle. 

Residents fear expulsion and are already at the mercy of Israeli home demolitions and property confiscations while also facing regular harassment and violence from both the Israeli army and Israeli settlers.

We’re live with Basil Al-Adraa, a local resident, activist & journalist, and Yuval Abraham, a Jerusalem-based journalist and activist.

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June 15th 2022: Mark Seddon is live with Ahmed Alnaouq, a Palestinian journalist from Gaza whose personal story was the inspiration behind the creation of We Are Not Numbers, a youth group devoted to amplifying Palestinian voices under occupation and training their next generation of writers.

Together they will be picking apart the Western media's coverage, or lack of it, on the realities Palestinians face on the ground under Israel's occupation.

Tune in as they shine a light on the journalistic double standards of major Western outlets seen in the reporting of recent events, such as the killing of the iconic Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, by Israeli forces last month.

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June 8th 2022: Palestine Deep Dive celebrates the book launch of Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out (Clarity Press).

Deep Dive’s host, Mark Seddon, is joined in the studio by the book’s co-editor Dr. Ramzy Baroud and one of its many Palestinian contributors, Dr. Ghada Karmi, also joined via video link is co-editor Prof. Ilan Pappé.

Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant, an author, internationally-syndicated columnist, Editor of Palestine Chronicle (1999-present), former Managing Editor of London-based Middle East Eye, former Editor-in-Chief of The Brunei Times and former Deputy Managing Editor of Al Jazeera online.

Prof. Ilan Pappé is a distinguished Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.

Dr. Ghada Karmi is a leading Palestinian activist, academic and author of three books, the most recent of which is Return: A Palestinian Memoir (2015). Dr. Karmi has practiced as a doctor of medicine, served as vice chair of the Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) and was a research a fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic studies at the University of Exeter.

Ahmed Alnaouq hears Eman Alhaj Ali's powerful story of surviving displacement, bombardment and assault under Israeli genocide, and how she is adapting to life in Ireland having recently left Gaza.

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Eman Alhaj Ali is a Palestinian freelance journalist, writer, translator, and storyteller from Gaza. She is currently based in Ireland, completing her postgraduate studies.

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Mark Seddon is joined by the authors of a Palestinian-led initiative which offers an alternative way forward for Gaza to Trump and Netanyahu's proposal.

The working paper is titled, “A Palestinian Armistice Plan, Charting a Rights-Based Transition for Palestinian-Israeli Peace.”

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The paper lays out “a pragmatic, rights-based plan for both a permanent ceasefire in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel and for the temporary transition period until a just, durable, and comprehensive settlement is reached to end the occupation and resolve all outstanding issues between Palestinians and Israelis.”

The paper recommends terms and mechanisms for Palestinian national reconciliation and political renewal to enable effective Palestinian governance, as well as a principled approach for facilitating humanitarian relief, early recovery, and reconstruction in Gaza.

Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Dr. Jamal Nusseibeh is a former Global Fellow at the Wilson Center and co-author of the Palestinian Armistice.

Dr. Wesam Amer is a visiting professor and CARA (Council for At-Risk Academics) fellow at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, as well as dean of the Faculty of Communication and Languages at Gaza University in Palestine. 

Mark Seddon is a former UN Speechwriter for Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera. He now directs the Centre for UN Studies at the University of Buckingham.

Celebrated historian Avi Shlaim, once a committed Zionist, reveals the personal and historical journey that led him to reject the ideology.

From his childhood as an Arab Jew in Iraq to his response to the genocide in Gaza, Shlaim dismantles long-held myths about Israel’s creation.

He also exposes how he has been largely excluded from interviews on the mainstream media throughout the duration of the genocide. Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is published by The Irish Pages Press. The book can be ordered directly at the publisher’s website.

In the discussion about the media in Britain, Avi stated that he has not been interviewed by the BBC. He was referring to the BBC in mainland Britain, but would like to clarify that BBC Northern Ireland interviewed him in 2025 for the Radio Ulster TalkBack programme with William Crawley.

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Avi Shlaim is an historian and author, and is a Emeritus Fellow of St Antonys College and a Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford.

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.

Palestinian political commentator Kieran Andrieu speaks to Ahmed Alnaouq directly from an aid ship bound for Gaza as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla.   He calls on Gary Lineker and Sally Rooney to join the next aid flotilla heading for Gaza.   Kieran Andrieu is a Palestinian political commentator and contributor to Novara Media, Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.   Support Palestine Deep Dive from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support

Lowkey investigates Donald Trump's links to Jeffrey Epstein and assesses the extent of Israel’s foreign influence in Britain and across the world today.

He also discusses media bias and why Piers Morgan called for his arrest, the limits of recognising Palestine as a state, the challenges facing Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s in the UK new party and more.

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Episode 2. of Occupied Tech deep dives into the world of digital rights, surveillance and the escalating cyber warfare against Palestinians.

From Israel’s systemic digital apartheid to what experts now call “digital genocide,” this conversation sheds light on how tech is weaponised as a tool of oppression.

Host Paul Biggar is joined by Eric Sype, national organiser at 7amleh https://7amleh.org/ The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media.

Together, they unpack how Israel routinely disrupts Palestinian ICT infrastructure with a “kill switch,” how Big Tech enables censorship and mass surveillance and how digital repression plays out on platforms like Meta, Google and PayPal.

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Speaking to investigative journalist Matt Kennard, retired Major General Charlie Herbert who served in the British Army for more than three decades, expresses his disgust and dismay at Israel’s ongoing onslaught in Gaza.

He says “I suspect I would have resigned" over this had he still been serving in the British Army given Britain’s high level of complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide, and questions why we haven’t seen more resignations.

They discuss British complicity and participation through spy flights from RAF Akrotiri, the role of the Zionist Lobby in Britain, the recent proscription of Palestine Action and the shattering of Western credibility in the international arena.

In the first episode of Occupied Tech, a new podcast brought to you by Tech for Palestine in collaboration with Palestine Deep Dive, Paul Biggar speaks to Hossam Nasr – a former Microsoft employee who was fired in 2024 after organising a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza.

Nasr exposes the company’s major role in Israel’s genocide and apartheid and discusses efforts to organise workers and activists to resist its complicity.

No Azure for Apartheid (Noaa) is a worker-led group of tech workers within Microsoft, co-founded by Nasr. Its members are committed to exposing the complicity of specific technologies, including Microsoft's AI software Azure. _________________________

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Episode 1. Microsoft: Powering Israel’s Genocide? Nasr exposes the company’s major role in Israel’s genocide and apartheid and discusses efforts to organise workers and activists to resist its complicity through the organisation he co-founded No Azure for Apartheid (Noaa).

Noaa is a worker-led group of tech workers within Microsoft. Its members are committed to exposing the complicity of specific technologies, including Microsoft's AI software Azure.

More than just a profit-seeking organisation, Nasr identifies Microsoft as a genocidal digital weapons manufacturer – as the most trusted tech provider for the Israeli government and military, Nasr explains how Microsoft aids Israel’s combat and intelligence activities, storing illegally collected data to surveil Palestinians and more.

Episode 1. was recorded back in June 2025, but new revelations reported recently in The Guardian also expose how Microsoft Azure servers in Europe have been storing ‘a million calls an hour’ in an expansive Israeli surveillance operation against Palestinians – data used by Israel to conduct lethal strikes in its ongoing genocide on Gaza.

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Hossam Nasr is an Egyptian software engineer and an alumnus of Harvard’s Computer Science programme. He is a former Microsoft employee and co-founder of No Azure for Apartheid, a movement of Microsoft workers demanding that Microsoft end its direct and indirect complicity in Israeli apartheid and genocide. https://www.noazureforapartheid.com

Paul Biggar is the founder of Tech For Palestine, a coalition of thousands of founders, engineers, product marketers, investors and other professionals who are working in support of Palestinian liberation. He is an Irish software engineer who founded the unicorn company CircleCI in 2011, before being fired from its board in 2023 for support of Palestine. https://www.techforpalestine.org

“If I don’t cover this, who will?” In the second episode of Falasteeniya, a new podcast series spotlighting the voices, expertise, and lived experiences of Palestinian women and exploring the gendered dynamic of Israel's oppression, host Hala Hanina welcomes Journalist and Emmy award-winner Shrouq Al Aila speaking directly from inside the Gaza Strip.

A witness, survivor, and documenter of Israel’s genocide on Gaza, Shrouq Al Aila is a Palestinian journalist, producer, and researcher who has been reporting from inside Gaza throughout the ongoing genocide.

She is the director of Ain Media, an independent production company co-founded by her husband, Rushdi Sarraj, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on October 22, 2023.

In this episode, Shrouq speaks about her return to Gaza after the genocide began, the day she lost her husband, the assassination of her colleagues at Ain Media, and the daily toll of famine, grief, and survival.

She also reflects on the Western feminist silence around the femicide in Gaza, and the Emmy award she recently received for her work, a recognition dedicated to those who gave everything to tell the truth.

“Rushdi gave me a press vest, thinking it would protect me. But here, that vest marks you as a target.” Despite repeated displacement, personal loss, and ongoing danger, Shrouq has remained in Gaza to continue reporting the truth from the ground.

Her work not only exposes Israel’s war crimes and the Western media’s complicity but also stands as a frontline act of resistance, ensuring that Palestinian stories are told, and that memory is not erased.  

Rushdi Sarraj (1992 – 2023) was a 31-year-old Palestinian filmmaker and co-founder of Ain Media – a Gaza-based Independent media production company.  

Hala Hanina is a social and political activist from Gaza. She is currently completing a PhD in politics and sociology, focusing on Palestinian women at the intersection of colonial and patriarchal violence.

 

Mohammed Ashraf, a Palestinian medical doctor, joins Ahmed Alnaouq to discuss the targeting of his friends, family and colleagues in Gaza during the genocide, the overwhelming of Gaza’s healthcare system and what he personally witnessed during the genocide.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/supportAhmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers

Hala Hanina speaks with two exceptional Palestinian scholars who are trapped starving and under Israeli fire in Gaza awaiting permission to be allowed to enter the UK.

Israa Saleh and Malak AlSweirki are two of more than 80 Palestinians students in Gaza who are unable to travel to the UK because they cannot obtain biometric data required for visas as facilities there remain closed.

Israa Saleh is a medical doctor, Chevening alumna and expert in sexual and reproductive health. She was awarded a fully funded PhD by the UK’s prestigious Medical Research Council.

Malak AlSweirki, one of Gaza’s top students at just 20 years-old, chose to study at Cambridge University despite also receiving full offers from Harvard, Yale among others.

Hala Hanina is a social and political activist from Gaza. She is currently completing a PhD in politics and sociology, focusing on Palestinian women at the intersection of colonial and patriarchal violence.

O little light in me, don’t die.”

In the first episode of Falasteeniya — a new podcast series spotlighting the voices, expertise, and lived experiences of Palestinian women — host Hala Hanina welcomes Somaia Abunada to the Palestine Deep Dive studio.

A witness and survivor to Israel’s genocide on Gaza, Somaia Abunada remembers the life and legacy of her older sister Heba Abunada — poet, scientist, and beloved daughter of Gaza — who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on October 20, 2023.

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Heba Abunada (1991–2023) was more than a poet. She was Gaza’s radiance — a biochemist, a writer, and a visionary thinker whose words carried generations of Palestinian pain and resistance.

Her poems traced the delicate threads between loss and longing, life and liberation. She wrote as if Gaza breathed through her. But Heba’s life was cut short in the beginning of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

She was killed while on her prayer mat, during one of the most violent days of the genocide. Her final words on Facebook that morning read: “In Gaza, we are with God, either as martyrs or as witnesses to liberation, and all of us are waiting to see which we will be.”

Somaia Abunada is the younger sister of Heba. She is a former Fulbright language teaching assistant, she holds a B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Translation Studies.

Somaia is currently pursuing a second Master’s degree in Applied Intercultural Communication at Trinity College Dublin. She has worked as an English teacher with the Irish Red Cross, social media coordinator with We Are Not Numbers, as a writer, and an activities coordinator and translator.

Hala Hanina is a social and political activist from Gaza. She is currently completing a PhD in politics and sociology which focuses on Palestinian women at the intersection of colonial and patriarchal violence.

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Palestine Deep Dive’s Ahmed Alnaouq and Matt Kennard discuss his latest story about the Labour government secretly allowing Israeli Air Force planes to land in the UK.

They discuss where Matt and colleagues found the evidence and why the UK government has tried so hard to keep it secret. They also talk about the significance of the UK base where the IAF planes have been landing, RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, which was recently targeted by Palestine Action.

Matt explains how IAF refuelling planes have been active over Gaza around the time of war crimes, including attacks on residential apartment blocks.

They finish by talking about the implications of the new findings, with British ministers coming under increasing pressure for transparency about the UK military and intelligence role in the Gaza genocide.

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Israel and the US’s current war on Iran has been a long time in the making. Palestine Deep Dive’s Ahmed Alnaouq and Matt Kennard discuss the history of regime change efforts and why Tehran has been such a problem for Washington and Tel Aviv.

They discuss the history of Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program which began in the 1950s, and the evolution of the Begin Doctrine after Israel’s strike on the Iraqi reactor at Osirak in 1981.

They also talk about the fact that no evidence exists that Iran has a nuclear weapons program while Israel’s is widely-known documented - and the absurdity of the fact that Iran signed up to the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1970, but Israel is one of only four countries which has always refused.

This interview was conducted on Friday 20 June 2025.

"The Zionist system in Palestine is closer to disintegration than at any point in its history!"

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Iran and Israel are at war after Israel launched an unprovoked attack last week. Palestine Deep Dive’s Ahmed Alnaouq sits down with legendary journalist and hip hop artist Lowkey to talk about the role Iran has played in the history of resistance to Zionism, about whether regime change in Iran is Israel's end goal, and who might come out on top.

They also talk about the resistance to the Gaza genocide within the UK, particularly the role Palestine Action has played, and the repression the British state has unleashed on activists and journalists to try to dampen the popular movement for Palestine.

Finally, they compare notes on being interviewed by Piers Morgan, and talk about whether his recent change of position on the genocide in Gaza is genuine, and what his real goal is with his popular Youtube show.

Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed exposes Israel’s targeting and killing of Palestinian footballers in its ongoing genocide on Gaza, and demands Israel be kicked out of FIFA immediately.

Abubaker, who only left Gaza two months ago in April 2025, reports that at least 371 Palestinian footballers have been killed by Israel, including the legendary Palestinian player, “the Lion”, Mohammed Barakat.

Abubaker praises the solidarity of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Ipswich Town captain Sam Morsy for their solidarity with Palestine, but criticises Egyptian captain Mohamed Salah calling him an “absolute disgrace” for his lack of vocal solidarity with Palestinians.

Abubaker says Israel must be kicked out of FIFA immediately for its violations of international law and asks footballers to start calling out Israel and begin naming it as the perpetrator of unprecedented war crimes against the Palestinians.

Last night, Palestine’s national football team faced Oman in the World Cup qualifiers, drawing 1-1 after a controversial penalty was awarded against them in the 97th minute, resulting in Palestine not qualifying for the finals of the tournament.

Tune in as Ahmed Alnaouq and Abubaker Abed, two Palestinians from Deir al-Balah–Gaza, deep dive into everything concerning football, sports and Palestine today.

At least 57 Palestinians seeking aid have been killed and more than 363 injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza since this morning, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed at these so-called "aid distribution centres" to 224, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

So far, the centres ran by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation have proven to be nothing more than death traps for Palestinians, who have likened their experiences to the movie "The Hunger Games".

To discuss all this and more, Ahmed Alnaouq is joined by fellow Palestinian author from Gaza, the Pulitzer prize-winning poet and writer, Mosab Abu Toha.

Palestine Deep Dive’s Hala Hanina talks to actress and organiser Nicola Jenes, one of the key organisers of the Madleen Freedom Flotilla which has just been intercepted by Israeli occupation forces.

They talk about what happened early on Monday morning, what the activists were trying to deliver to Gaza, and what conditions they expect them to be held in. Jenes says despite the interception the flotilla was a success and that this is just the beginning of the attempt to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza.

They also discuss the huge global support for the flotilla and how this could change the situation in terms of Western government’s complicity in the siege and genocide.

Nicole Jenes is a content producer, actress and activist residing in Egypt.

Hala Hanina is a Palestinian journalist and political activist from Gaza.

Palestine Deep Dive’s Ahmed Alnaouq talks to UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese about the legality of Israel’s interception of the flotilla bound for Gaza.

Albanese says Israel’s actions are totally illegal and that it is obliged to immediately release the activists and return the vessel.

The Madleen was a UK-flagged ship and Albanese called on the British government to take its responsibility for the activists it held and pressure Israel to abide by international law.

But she went further saying that, now the flotilla has been intercepted, the navies of every nation in the Mediterranean, mentioning specifically France, Italy, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Spain should be sent to Gaza to break the siege.

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Alnaouq sits down with Ben Jamal, director of the UK’s largest organisation campaigning for the rights of Palestinians, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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They discuss efforts in the UK to build a mass mobilisation of support to stop Britain’s involvement and participation in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and assess the effectiveness of the tactics used across the movement, from boycotts and marches to permanent occupations and direct action.

But given Britain’s continued support for Israel, from refusing to implement a full arms embargo to continuing to send RAF spy flights over Gaza from the British base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, Ahmed questions whether efforts have indeed been enough.

They also deep dive into the attempts of the British state to restrict and repress the Palestine solidarity movement and the democratic right to protest in Britain and also discuss the roots of Zionism and whether calling for Zionism to be dismantled is an effective framing and approach for supporting Palestinian rights today.

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Brian Barber joins Ahmed Alnaouq to discuss his experience when first visiting Gaza, misconceptions about Palestinians and the psychological impact of the occupation.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/supportBrian Barber is Professor Emeritus of Child and Family Studies at the University of Tennessee, where he founded and directed the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Conflict.Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not NumbersBrian Barber's book 'No Way But Forward' can be purchased at bkbarber.com

Jeremy Corbyn, independent MP for Islington North, today introduced a bill into UK parliament to secure a public inquiry into Britain’s role in the genocide in Gaza.

The former Labour leader is demanding transparency around UK military, economic and political cooperation with Israel, including weapons, intelligence and the use of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus.

He has received support from a range of independent, Labour, Green, SNP and other MPs. Corbyn says a cover-up is going on into British complicity and adds a Chilcot-style inquiry is the only way to get to the truth.

He slams his former colleagues in the Labour Party including Keir Starmer, David Lammy and John Healey, saying they should be investigated for overseeing UK complicity.

Ahmed Alnaouq and Matt Kennard discuss what's next for besieged Gaza as it comes under the control of Israeli military and US mercenaries.

They delve into the new US-Israeli aid programme in Gaza, which has seen massacres of starving Palestinians trying to receive food.

This is a way, they say, to displace more Palestinians with the ultimate intention of full ethnic cleansing to a third country.

They also discuss the record of genocidal statements by senior Israeli officials and Benjamin Netanyahu’s Gaza 2035 plan to turn the Palestinian territory into a Dubai-style tech hub. 

Israel has long coveted the oil and gas off Gaza’s coast, they add, which includes 1.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and nearly 2 billion barrels of oil.

This is a land grab but also a resource grab.

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"We are not just defending Palestinians, we are defending the rest of the world. All people all over the world. All victims all over the world. All humans all over the world. That’s what we do. Palestinians they are not just defending themselves. No. By defending Palestinians, you are defending the human values.”

Shawan Jabarin is the General Director of Palestinian human rights organisation, Al-Haq. In 2011, Jabarin was appointed to the Human Rights Watch Middle East Advisory Board and in 2013, he was elected as a Commissioner for the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

In an exclusive interview with Palestine Deep Dive, esteemed Palestinian politician, activist and scholar, Dr Hanan Ashrawi, reacts to Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, following Benjamin Netanyahu's deliberate breaking of the ceasefire.

Speaking to former UN staffer and journalist, Mark Seddon, Dr Ashrawi, weighs in on the West's role in this campaign of extermination and focuses in particular on the role being played by Keir Starmer's Labour Government, saying,

“Exactly I think accountability should be applied across the board; it is not just Israel that is carrying out a genocide, those governments that are continuing to supply it with weapons and continuing to allow it to use its bases, like the British base in Cyprus, those governments that are supplying it with intelligence like the British government. So these people are definitely complicit in the genocide itself, and they cannot escape it. Sooner or later they will have to be held to account. There will be consequences, they cannot continue with this disguising reality and attempting to circumvent what is happening and so on. This complicity now is very clear. And they have to understand, that they will be considered part of a genocide that took place. And right now they might be able to intimidate, maybe, the ICC or the ICJ but I think at one point they will see themselves also held accountable before these international courts.”

She also has words of warning for the leaders of the Arab World, who continue to fail the Palestinian people in this their hour of desperate need. 

 

In an exclusive interview with Palestine Deep Dive, esteemed Palestinian politician, activist and scholar, Dr Hanan Ashrawi, reacts to Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, following Benjamin Netanyahu's deliberate breaking of the ceasefire. Speaking to former UN staffer and journalist, Mark Seddon, Dr Ashrawi, weighs in on the West's role in this campaign of extermination and focuses in particular on the role being played by Keir Starmer's Labour Government, saying, “Exactly I think accountability should be applied across the board; it is not just Israel that is carrying out a genocide, those governments that are continuing to supply it with weapons and continuing to allow it to use its bases, like the British base in Cyprus, those governments that are supplying it with intelligence like the British government. So these people are definitely complicit in the genocide itself, and they cannot escape it. Sooner or later they will have to be held to account. There will be consequences, they cannot continue with this disguising reality and attempting to circumvent what is happening and so on. This complicity now is very clear. And they have to understand, that they will be considered part of a genocide that took place. And right now they might be able to intimidate, maybe, the ICC or the ICJ but I think at one point they will see themselves also held accountable before these international courts.” She also has words of warning for the leaders of the Arab World, who continue to fail the Palestinian people in this their hour of desperate need. 

Interview recorded Sunday 23rd March 2025.

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Speaking to Palestinian Deep Dive’s Ahmed Alnaouq, Corbyn says, “I want to know and I really do want to know who in the British government authorised the overflying of Gaza? Who in the British government authorised the delivery of weapons? Who in the British government knowingly provided weapons to a country that has been arraigned before the ICJ and the ICC?”

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To obtain answers to these questions, the former UK Labour Party leader is demanding a “Chilcot-style” inquiry into the British government’s participation in the Gaza genocide.

The Chilcot Report, officially titled the Iraq Inquiry, was an independent public inquiry into the UK's involvement in the 2003 Iraq War, chaired by Sir John Chilcot.

The Report exposed intelligence failures, lack of planning and questioned the legal basis for the war.

Corbyn said he remains “constantly astonished” by the attitude of successive UK governments, which continue to enable Israel’s assaults on Gaza, an onslaught he describes as “a Second World War-Style carpet bombing.”

However if the government refuses such an inquiry, Corbyn says he will not be deterred from continuing to demand one by billing further parliamentary debates.

He also says an alternative would be a public inquiry inspired by the Russell Tribunal on the Vietnam War, “so we will have an open process with expert opinions, witnesses and evidence.”

Corbyn urged people everywhere to keep up the pressure on their governments to stop the genocide in Gaza. 

He emphasised the need to use every available avenue— street protests, raising awareness and protesting against Elbit Systems weapons factories in the UK in particular— to demand justice and accountability.

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Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters responds to news from Gaza that Israel has massacred over 400 Palestinians in renewed rounds of bombardment and sends a message to Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

Asked what his message is to Mahmoud Khalil and other students like him who have been arrested recently by immigration enforcement officers in the U.S. and are being threatened with deportation, Roger responds, “Keep doing what you were doing before they arrested you!”

“This is Gestapo tactics, this is fascism at work. Years ago in interviews I was saying the fight for universal human rights, specifically relating to the people of Palestine, will be fought on the campuses of north America, how right I was going to be I had no idea!”

Amid the horrors being inflicted on Gaza, Roger questions whether Israel’s genocide may eventually backfire: “What I hope is the genocide of the Palestinian people will prove to be the Achilles Heel in the monster of the Western hegemony with its mask off which we’re watching operate.”

“The hole in Trump’s armour and the hole in the Israeli lobby’s armour is their evil. The fact that they’re so undeniably and appallingly evil in every way maybe their achilles heel, and they may fail. They may fall over.”

Interview recorded March 18, 2025.

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Last night Israel killed over 400 Palestinians in a brutal massacre across Gaza. The number will rise as many remain trapped under the rubble.

This comes after 16 days of Israel's total strangulation on Gaza. No food, fuel, aid or medical supplies.

With the ceasefire shattered, Palestinian political analyst Muhammad Shehada offers his take to Ahmed Alnaouq on the real reasons behind Israel’s latest wave of brutality, exposing the political chaos within Netanyahu's government, including his personal corruption trial, mounting protests and a desperate attempt to stay in power at any cost.

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A new UN report finds Israel has committed widespread and systematic sexual violence against Palestinians, including rape, torture and the deliberate destruction of reproductive infrastructure.

The 49-page report titled “‘More than a human can bear’: Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023” incriminates Israel to the level of crimes against humanity and genocidal acts.

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The 49-page report titled “‘More than a human can bear’: Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023” incriminates Israel to the level of crimes against humanity and genocidal acts.

In this eye-opening episode, we dive deep into the report’s findings, assessing whether the report goes far enough in exposing Israel’s widespread sexual violence against Palestinians and ask why it has taken so long for such a report to be produced in light of the widespread evidence.

We also examine the media reaction to it in the West but also in Israel where the report has had much backlash, with Israel subsequently lashing out at the UN and pushing to impose sanctions against the UN Human Rights Council in conjunction with the Trump administration.

Joining Ahmed Alnaouq for this discussion is Muhammad Shehada and Hala Hanina. Hala is a social and political activist from Gaza working towards a PhD on violence experienced by Palestinian women under Israeli occupation.

She has recently been writing about Reprocide: Examining the Hidden Gendered Dimension of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza.

Muhammad is a Palestinian writer and political analyst from Gaza.

Rasheed Abueideh is a Palestinian game designer from a village near Nablus in the West Bank. He gained international recognition with his game "Liyla and the Shadows of War", which tells the story of a young girl and her father navigating a decimated Gaza during the Israeli aggression of 2014.

Despite initial attempts from Apple to censor the game, Rasheed and supporters of his art fought for its inclusion which was eventually successful.

In this audio podcast for Palestine Deep Dive, composer and sound designer Sami El-Enany learns about Rasheed’s latest project, "Dreams On A Pillow”, a stealth game set during the ethnic cleansing and violent displacement of Palestinians in the 1948 Nakba. The game follows the story of a Palestinian woman who carries a pillow instead of her child by mistake after fleeing an Israeli massacre. Set in multiple timelines, the game aims to preserve the memory of pre-Zionist Palestine and highlight the trauma endured by Palestinians.

Sami El-Enany is a composer and sound designer. Through his practice and research, Sami is delving into the sonics of solidarity, exploring sound as resonance for union.

The game has entered the final days of its crowdfunding campaign which can be found at: dreamsonapillow.com

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“This is not just an Israeli genocide - this is an Israeli, European and US genocide!”

Vijay Prashad exposes the moral decline of the global north in the age of hyper-Imperialism and its continued war against “defiance” found in the global south.

In a recent report published by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research titled Hyper-Imperialism: A Dangerous Decadent New Stage, Prashad argues the global north has heightened its reliance upon force to insist on obedience. 

Read the report: https://thetricontinental.org/studies...

Interview recorded 11th November 2024.

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Vijay is an Indian historian and journalist. He is the author of forty books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, and The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. He is the executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, the chief correspondent for Globetrotter, and the chief editor of LeftWord Books (New Delhi).

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Osama Alostta, a student recently evacuated from Gaza, joins Hala Hanina from the Gaza Tribunal. He discusses the need for more action to stop the occupation, mental health, communications blackouts in Gaza and the living conditions he experienced during the genocide.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/supportHala Hanina is a social and political activist from Gaza. She is currently completing a PhD in politics and sociology, focusing on Palestinian women at the intersection of colonial and patriarchal violence.

"This is what it means to destroy a people!" Dr Sai Englert unpacks the root causes of Israel's decades of continuous violence wielded against Palestinians amid its ongoing genocide on Gaza, with a special focus on Zionism, Settler Colonialism and Imperialism.

Dr Sai Englert is a lecturer in political economy of the Middle East at Leiden University. He is the author of Settler Colonialism: an Introduction (2022, Pluto Press).

His research focusses on the consequences of neoliberalism on the labour movement in Israel. He also works on settler colonialism, the transformation of work, and anti-Semitism. He is a member of the editorial board of both the Historical Materialism journal and Notes from Below. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.

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“Between the Sword and the Neck” Educator and editor Hazem Jamjoum offers a fresh reading of the work of Ghassan Kanafani amid Israel’s ongoing genocide on Palestinians in Gaza.

Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972) is widely known as one of the great Arab novelists of the 20th century. His ability to use simple, almost mundane stories to speak to the human experience of colonialism and freedom in novels like ‘Men in the Sun’ and ‘Returning to Haifa’ continue to teach those who read them.

But Kanafani was more than a novelist, he was also a key political thinker, strategist and revolutionary whose analysis of Zionism and imperialism continues to inform and shape anti-colonial thought across the globe today.

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Hazem Jamjoum is a Palestinian educator and an editor with the recently-established publishing house Safarjal Press. His translation of Ghassan Kanafani's The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine was published by 1804 Press in 2023, and his translation of Maya Abu al-Hayyat's No One Knows their Blood Type was released by the CSU Poetry Center in October 2024. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.

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Mark Seddon exposes how for over a year now the UN has been effectively powerless at stopping Israel's genocide on Gaza, illuminating the limitations of António Guterres' leadership as Secretary General and also highlighting the UN's weak attempts to get aid into Gaza.

He also exposes Israel's ongoing war against UNRWA and explains the process of how Israel could well be expelled from the UN while offering his perspective on whether the UN is indeed a dying institution.

Mark Seddon is a former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera English TV and Editor of Tribune magazine. He has also worked as a Speechwriter for former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He is now director of UN Studies at the University of Buckingham.

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.

Dr Sara Husseini is the director of the British Palestinian Committee, an independent organisation bringing together an array of Palestinian experts to enhance the impact of Palestinian voices within parliament and beyond.

In a new report launched this week in UK parliament, BPC demands the British government radically changes its policy towards Palestine at this crucial hour amid Israel's unfolding genocide on Gaza.

The report titled, Justice, Freedom & International Law: A New Policy Framework for the UK Government on Palestine, demands the rights of the Palestinian people be finally upheld and also demands the rights of the Palestinian people be defended in the public realm and protected in Britain.

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. Read more about BPC and subscribe to their mailing list: https://britpalcommittee.co.uk/contact

“This is the most significant international humanitarian law ruling in human history!"

Tayab Ali exposes the importance of today's International Criminal Court ruling issuing the arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Tayab Ali is Head of International Law at Bindmans and Director of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP).

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

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“Israel aims to cancel and erase Palestinian life!” UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, and director of Forensic Architecture, Eyal Weizman, expose the mechanics of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Speaking to Palestinian journalist from Gaza, Ahmed Alnaouq, Francesca references her new UN report titled “Genocide as Colonial Erasure”, which documents how Israel is wielding its genocide as part of a broader, systematic and intentional state-organised forced displacement and replacement of the Palestinians.

A new 800 page report published by Forensic Architecture titled “A Spatial Analysis of the Israeli Military’s Conduct in Gaza since October 2023”, uses innovative digital technology to illustrate Israel’s wholesale destruction of the Gaza Strip which has left “no safe place” for Palestinians under siege and bombardment, according director Eyal Weizman.

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.