Palestine Deep Dive

What does it mean to carry a homeland through memory?In this episode of the Deep Dive, Ahmed Alnaouq sits down with Amy Abdelnoor, author of Ever Land, for a powerful conversation about Palestine, memory, identity, belonging and resilience.Amy reflects on the inspiration for her novel, the symbolism of the cactus and the Palestinian connection to land.Drawing on Amy's Lebanese heritage and her experiences in Palestine and Lebanon, the conversation also explores how memory can become a form of continuity, how a sense of place can survive across generations, and why Palestine remains so deeply embedded in Palestinian identity. They also explore writing as resistance and the power of storytelling to create empathy.*DISCLAIMER:*The views and opinions expressed by guests on Palestine Deep Dive are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views or editorial position of Palestine Deep Dive.Palestine Deep Dive is committed to fostering informed, open and respectful dialogue for a broad range of perspectives on Palestine-related issues, developments and conversations of significant public interest. Publishing these discussions does not imply agreement with, endorsement of, or verification of every claim made by participants. Viewers are encouraged to engage critically and consult a range of sources. Get full access to Palestine Deep Dive at www.palestinedeepdive.com/subscribe

Today on Palestine Deep Dive, we bring together two perspectives on Gaza: what is happening on the ground and how the political decisions shaping that reality have been made behind closed doors in Washington.Dr James Smith, British emergency physician and UCL lecturer, joins us after returning from his third medical mission to Gaza, where he witnessed the devastating reality facing Gaza's healthcare system.We're also joined by Akbar Shahid Ahmed, journalist, foreign-policy correspondent and author of Crossing the Red Line. Ahmed has spent years investigating how the Biden administration made decisions on Gaza from inside the White House and State Department.*DISCLAIMER:*The views and opinions expressed by guests on Palestine Deep Dive are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views or editorial position of Palestine Deep Dive.Palestine Deep Dive is committed to fostering informed, open and respectful dialogue for a broad range of perspectives on Palestine-related issues, developments and conversations of significant public interest. Publishing these discussions does not imply agreement with, endorsement of, or verification of every claim made by participants. Viewers are encouraged to engage critically and consult a range of sources. Get full access to Palestine Deep Dive at www.palestinedeepdive.com/subscribe

Who controls the story about Palestine? In this episode of Palestine Deep Dive, we are joined by NewsCord founder Nima Akram and Declassified UK Investigative Journalist Hamza Yusuf as we go behind the headlines to examine how Palestine and Gaza are being reported, and what gets lost, omitted or reframed along the way.We also discuss the UK sanctions against Israeli settlements announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband yesterday, and Israel's retaliatory response. Get full access to Palestine Deep Dive at www.palestinedeepdive.com/subscribe

In this episode of Occupied Tech, former Apple employee and founder of Apples Against Apartheid Tariq Ra'ouf speaks to Paul Biggar of Tech for Palestine about Apple's relationship with Israel, allegations of discrimination and retaliation against employees speaking out for Palestine, and the campaign challenging one of the world's most powerful companies.After working at Apple for ten years, Tariq says he was fired after advocating for Palestine and challenging the company's relationship with Israel. He also shares why the fight is deeply personal to him, following the loss of 49 family members in Gaza.Apple has not replied to a request for comment. Get full access to Palestine Deep Dive at www.palestinedeepdive.com/subscribe

Why has global public opinion shifted so dramatically while government policy has failed to follow? Have protest, boycott and moral persuasion reached their limits?In the first episode of our second season of the Palestine Deep Dive Chat Show, Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined by two leading voices at the centre of the Palestine solidarity movement: BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti and incoming director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Aimee Shalan.At a moment when the movement is asking itself some of its hardest questions, we look back at what solidarity with Palestine has achieved, where it has fallen short and what comes next.

In this episode of Falasteeniya, we examine the systematic use of sexualised and gendered violence against Palestinians and its relationship to settler colonialism and genocide.Palestinian organiser, writer and member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective Tara Al-Alami joins Palestine Deep Dive's Hala Hanina to discuss the collective's new report, A Predatory State: Israeli Systematic, Sexualised and Gendered Violence Against Palestinians.We discuss the historical use of sexual violence against Palestinians, the experiences of Palestinian political prisoners, reproductive genocide, attacks on Palestinian reproductive life, the weaponisation of sexuality and intimacy, pinkwashing, and the role of Western and imperial feminism in shaping narratives around Palestine.The conversation also asks why Palestinian testimonies of sexual violence are so often dismissed, and what meaningful political action can look like, from grassroots organising and divestment to arms embargoes and international accountability.The report by Palestine Feminist Collective can be accessed at:https://predatorystate.org/

Ana Maria Monjardino left CNN in October 2023, after deciding she could no longer reconcile her ethics with the organisation's coverage of Israel and Palestine.In this episode of The Walkout, Ana Maria reflects on her time inside CNN, the challenges of platforming Palestinian voices in mainstream media, why she ultimately resigned, and what she learned about journalism after leaving one of the world's biggest news organisations.We also discuss independent journalism, impartiality and objectivity, and Ana Maria's subsequent reporting on Palestine-Israel in Latin America.

Susan Abulhawa joins Ahmed Alnaouq for a conversation about Gaza, literature, censorship and the power of storytelling.The internationally bestselling Palestinian-American novelist and author of Mornings in Jenin discusses her experience travelling to Gaza in 2024, bringing supplies and medicine, and mentoring young Palestinian writers whose lives had been shattered under the weight of a genocide.She explains why she believes Palestinians in Gaza must be at the forefront of telling their own stories, and why diaries, fiction, journalism and literature can become part of the historical record.The conversation also examines the intense pressure placed on Palestinians to police their language, the expectation that Palestinians should remain “perfect victims,” and the consequences writers can face when they refuse to moderate their words.Abulhawa speaks about returning from Gaza and realising that she had been censoring herself, the pressure she has faced in the publishing world, and why she believes that losing books, contracts or professional opportunities cannot outweigh the responsibility to speak out with force as Israel's genocide against her people continues to unfold.

When it was launched in June 2025, millions of users joined UpScrolled in just a few weeks making it the fastest growing social media platform to date.In this episode of Occupied Tech, UpScrolled's Palestinian founder Issam Hijazi joins Paul Biggar of Tech for Palestine to discuss his journey of building an ethical alternative to Big Tech that rejects surveillance capitalism, and why the future of technology depends on values, not just growth.From sabotage and censorship to ethical product design, the challenges of raising investment without compromising principles, and the future of social media, this conversation explores what it takes to build technology that serves people instead of exploiting them.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.

In the first episode of a brand-new Palestine Deep Dive series, Karishma Patel sits down with Ahmed Alnaouq to discuss why she left the BBC after five years as a journalist and newsreader. The conversation offers a rare insider perspective on one of the most consequential debates in journalism today as Karishma shares her journey from aspiring public service journalist to becoming one of the BBC's rising on-air reporters, before ultimately concluding that she could no longer work within an institution she believes failed to uphold its journalistic principles during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.Together, they explore the culture inside mainstream newsrooms, editorial decision-making, political pressure, media ethics, the role of evidence in journalism, and why so many journalists have become disillusioned with legacy media. Karishma also explains why she believes independent journalism is more important than ever and introduces the new Palestine Deep Dive series featuring journalists who left major media organisations over their coverage of Gaza.Palestine Deep Dive reached out to the BBC for reply. A BBC spokesperson said: “The BBC is fully committed to reporting the Israel-Gaza conflict independently, accurately and to the highest standards of journalism. We have covered the conflict impartially and without fear or favour and produced powerful coverage from the region that has shown how the Israeli government and military's actions have had a devastating human cost on civilians in Gaza.”They also added that coverage across all BBC platforms “included stories of Palestinian victims and testimony from civilians, doctors and aid workers,” and “consistently reflect the historical context through our experienced correspondents, most notably International Editor Jeremy Bowen, and we explore and explain the accusations of genocide and war crimes.”“The BBC, like all international news organisations, is unable to operate within Gaza, but through working with trusted freelance journalists we have kept audiences informed through first-hand testimony and descriptions of what is happening. The BBC has repeatedly called on the Israeli government to allow international journalists into Gaza to work alongside Palestinian journalists.”

Palestine Deep Dive's Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined by broadcaster and former England footballing legend Gary Lineker and journalist and writer Afua Hirsch for a wide-ranging conversation on Palestine, Israel, football, media narratives, free speech and why sport can never truly be separated from politics and the world around it.

Palestine Deep Dive's Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined by Palestinian poet and writer Mohammed El-Kurd, and British MP and chair of the Gaza Tribunal Jeremy Corbyn.Together, they discuss the relationship between material complicity in genocide and narrative dehumanisation of Palestinians, the Gaza tribunal, politics of appeal and the changing political debate in Britain and the United States.

Gaza has long been recognised as one of the most educated and highly literate societies in the region, despite decades of Israeli occupation, blockade, repeated military assaults, and displacement. Palestinians, including those in Gaza, have often been described as among the world's most highly educated refugee populations.In this episode of Falasteeniya, Palestine Deep Dive's Hala Hanina is joined by Dr Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Associate Professor of History and Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies at Rice University, to examine the systematic destruction of Gaza's education system. Together, they explore the impact of the devastation on Gaza's universities, schools, libraries, archives, and cultural institutions, and consider what the future of education in Palestine may look like in its aftermath.

As the genocide in Gaza continues and the occupied West Bank faces accelerating settlement expansion and ethnic cleansing, Britain and the wider West are witnessing a rapid change in the political and media landscape.In this episode of Palestine Deep Dive's weekly chat show, Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined by journalist and author Owen Jones, alongside former BBC journalist and media critic Karishma Patel, two people who have been at the centre of many of these conversations.Together, they discuss the intensifying crackdown on Palestine solidarity, the fierce debates inside mainstream media institutions, the future of British politics, the latest developments in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, and what all of this tells us about where Britain and the wider West is heading.

Who is the UK's PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham? And what does his political record tell us about the next British government?In this episode of The Deep Dive, Ahmed is joined by investigative journalist Matt Kennard to examine Andy Burnham's political career, from his time under New Labour and his vote for the Iraq War, to his positions on Israel, Palestine, the NHS and the future direction of British politics.Kennard reflects on why Burnham's record matters more than his public image, and what his potential leadership could mean for issues including Gaza, foreign policy and the wider political landscape in Britain.The conversation also explores the state of British democracy, the decline of traditional party politics, the rise of the Green Party, and whether a new political movement can emerge outside the Labour–Conservative system.

On today's episode of the Palestine Deep Dive chat show, Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined by by South African former ANC MP, anti-apartheid activist and investigative author Andrew Feinstein. They are also joined by Gaza-born writer, playwright and academic Ahmed Masoud.They discuss the parallels between South African apartheid and Israel's system of rule over Palestinians, the global movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, the role of culture and literature as forms of resistance and, of course, the World Cup!

What do historical records, ancient texts, archaeology, and DNA research actually tell us about Palestinians?In this episode of The Deep Dive, Ahmed Alnaouq is joined by historian and bestselling author William Dalrymple to explore the deep history of the Palestinian people, which he argues have too often been erased from mainstream narratives and the documented history of Palestine. Together, they discuss how history is taught in Britain, the origins of the name Palestine, the continuity of the people who have lived on the land for thousands of years, and why understanding the past is essential to understanding the present.

Ahmed Al-Naouq and Hala Hanina are joined in the studio by Richard Sanders of Double Down News, an independent media platform founded in 2017 and known for its in-depth reporting, political analysis, and commitment to telling stories that often don't make it into the mainstream.They are also joined by Gaza-born journalist Jehan Alfarra, the new Executive Director of Palestine Deep Dive.They discuss the role of alternative media, how narratives around Palestine are shaped and challenged, the pressures on those reporting in this space, and what it means to build platforms committed to context, humanity and accountability while navigating the media and political landscape in Britain and the wider West.

In this exclusive conversation, Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori sits down for her first in-person interview in two years. Speaking to Matt Kennard of Palestine Deep Dive, Ammori reflects on the extraordinary journey of the direct action movement she launched in 2020, from its campaign against Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems to its proscription by the UK government in 2025.Ammori discusses the events leading up to the ban, the targeting of RAF Brize Norton, the government's use of terrorism legislation, and why she believes the attempt to suppress Palestine Action has instead generated unprecedented public support and drawn greater attention to Britain's role in the Israeli genocide in Gaza.Although the High Court ruled in February 2026 that the Palestine Action ban had breached the right to protest and had been incorrectly taken by ministers, the Court of Appeal earlier this month upheld the proscription which Ammori says she intends to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. As legal challenges continue and new groups emerge to carry forward similar tactics, Ammori argues that the movement's core message has reached further than ever before.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://instagram.com/palestinedeepdivehttps://facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

In this episode of The Deep Dive, Ahmed Alnaouq sits down with investigative journalist and author Matt Kennard to discuss his book Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, Criminals.Drawing on years of reporting, interviews with military insiders, extremist veterans, and whistleblowers, Kennard examines how recruitment policies during the War on Terror opened the door to neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, and convicted criminals entering the ranks of the US military.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://instagram.com/palestinedeepdive https://facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Declassified UK and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) have recently launched a major campaign to demand the end of impunity for the approximately 2,000 British nationals who have served in the Israeli military and who may have been involved in war crimes in Gaza.This comes at a time when supporting Palestine in the UK and taking action to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza can be a chargeable offence under the Terrorism Act 2000.Ahmed Al-Naouq and Hala Hanina are joined in the studio by John McEvoy, investigative journalist and chief reporter at Declassified UK, and Shaima Dallali, a legal rsearcher with the ICJP, to discuss the campaign and examine the broader state of civil liberties and the rule of law in Britain. They look at the case of the Filton 4, the Palestine-Action linked activists sentenced as terrorists last week despite not being charged or convicted of terrorist offences, as well as the Court of Appeal's decision to uphold the UK government's ban on Palestine Action.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://instagram.com/palestinedeepdivehttps://facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Fronts + Fault Lines, is a new podcast on Palestine Deep Dive developed by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), an organisation of Palestinian and Arab youth in diaspora struggling for the liberation of our land and people.Hosted by, Jeanine and Nihal, organisers with PYM in Britain - this new podcast series in collaboration with the Palestinian Youth Movement, offering sharp analysis on the Arab and Iranian region and what it means for us in Britain.In this episode they are joined by Hossam El-Hamalawy, journalist, scholar, and one of the organisers of the 2011 Egyptian uprising, whose new book Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic, published by Verso this year, is a comprehensive account of how Egypt's military, police and intelligence services forged an unprecedented alliance against the Egyptian people's revolutionary aspirations, and built the system that governs Egypt today.They discuss what Egypt lost in 1967 and what was foreclosed at Camp David; how the 2011 revolution and the 2013 coup connect to that longer history; how Egypt's accommodation with Israel set the parameters for the entire region's relationship to Palestinian liberation; and where there are still possibilities for positive change.Music by: oxhyoxhy.xyzSupport us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://instagram.com/palestinedeepdivehttps://facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Ahmed Alnaouq is joined by Ahmed Abu Artema, a Palestinian writer, intellectual and leading advocate of non-violent resistance. Abu Artema's vision helped spark the Great March of Return, Gaza's historic mass protest movement of 2018–2019.In this episode of The Deep Dive, Abu Artema reflects on his enduring belief in peaceful popular resistance as a path toward Palestinian liberation. He revisits the origins of the Great March of Return, the movement's impact on political consciousness in Gaza, and the hope it inspired among millions of Palestinians demanding freedom and return.He also shares the deeply personal story of surviving more than 690 days of genocide in Gaza, including an Israeli attempt on his life, and the devastating loss of numerous family members. Abu Artema recounts the painful journey that ultimately forced him into exile in the Netherlands, where he now lives separated from his children, family and homeland.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://instagram.com/palestinedeepdivehttps://facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

When journalists, activists and commentators are being silenced, independent reporting matters more than ever.In this episode of Palestine Deep Dive, Ahmed Al-Naouq and Hala Hanina are joined by journalists Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous of Drop Site News to discuss independent reporting on Gaza, Trump's Gaza "Peace Plan" and the political crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in the West.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://instagram.com/palestinedeepdive https://facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

As Zionism was taking shape in the late 19th century, parallel Jewish anti-Zionist movements were emerging as well.Palestine Deep Dive's Ahmed Al-Naouq and Hala Hanina pose the question: Was the creation of a Jewish ethno-nationalist state at the expense of Palestinians inevitable? And what other Jewish futures once existed before the creation of Israel?To answer these questions, they are joined by Palestinian cultural historian, educator and editor Hazem Jamjoum and Molly Crabapple, an artist, writer and author of 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country.'  Her book is a remarkable exploration of the Jewish Bund, a secular, socialist, anti-Zionist movement that once represented a completely different Jewish political future.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

In this special performance-interview episode of Soundtrack of Resistance, we enter the sonic world of musician and sound researcher Bint Mbareh. Recorded live at the Palestine Deep Dive Studio, her exclusive performance flows directly into a conversation with composer Sami El-Enany. Together, their exploratory conversation touches on what shapes their art, the power of the voice, and an interrogation of what it means to resist as an artist.BINT Mbareh is a sound researcher with a focus on water in Palestine. Her interest in the physical parallel between the water wave and the sound wave leads her into questions of border dissolutions (between bodies, between states, between tenses), and into the possibility of being enveloped by the voice, by sounding communally similarly to being enveloped by a water body. She challenges Settler colonial epistemology by taking seriously Palestinian ways of knowing, from rain-summoning music to shrine pilgrimage as an instigator to political revolution.Sami El-Enany is an artist who works with sound, fraying the edges of modern classical, electronica and found sound. His work spans multichannel installation, composition, sound design, record production, radio art, filmmaking and image-sound collaboration. Through his practice, he seeks to trace the sonics of solidarity, exploring sound as resonance for union.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Former Arsenal kit manager Mark Bonnick describes his ordeal after being sacked by Arsenal following 22 years at the club, after pro-Israel campaigners accused him of antisemitism despite the Football Association reportedly informing Arsenal that he had not breached any FA rules.Mark is joined by his legal representative, the human rights barrister at Garden Court Chambers, Franck Magennis.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined by hip hop artist, activist and journalist Lowkey and author and investigative journalist from the Electronic Intifada, Asa Winstanley.They discuss the rise of the far right in the UK and its connections to Israel, the unprecedented legal proceedings facing direct action activists and the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Fronts + Fault Lines, is a new podcast on Palestine Deep Dive developed by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), an organisation of Palestinian and Arab youth in diaspora struggling for the liberation of our land and people.Hosted by, Jeanine and Nihal, organisers with PYM in Britain - this new podcast series in collaboration with the Palestinian Youth Movement, offering sharp analysis on the Arab and Iranian region and what it means for us in Britain.In the wake of Prisoners' Day and in the shadow of the execution bill they are joined by Dr Nimer Sultany who is a leading scholar of constitutional and comparative law, who has written extensively on Israeli law's legitimating function, the legal architecture of occupation, and the relationship between law and colonial power.They discuss how understanding the execution bill requires tracing the legal genealogy of Israeli incarceration back through its British Mandate inheritance; the emergency regulations, the military ordinances, the administrative detention frameworks that Britain constructed across Ireland, India, and Palestine, and which the Israeli state absorbed and expanded after 1948.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Music by: oxhyhttps://oxhy.xyzFollow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

“Habibi, stop talking about the weather – Your future is being tested in Gaza!”Gaza genocide survivors Haia Mohammed and Danah Bseiso speak out about Israel's destruction of Gaza, the ongoing Nakba and the realities of surviving Israeli genocide in real time. From airstrikes and forced displacement to starvation, exile and the psychological trauma of losing home and family, they describe what life under Israeli siege and bombardment means for Palestinians and humanity at large.Danah Bseiso is a Palestinian law student specialising in Public International Law, a writer with We Are Not Numbers and part of Leiden University's Picturing Scholasticide project documenting Israel's destruction of Gaza's education system. Haia Mohammed is a Palestinian poet and artist whose work explores memory, resistance, grief and displacement.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Welcome to our UK local election special with the acclaimed authors and journalists Oliver Eagleton and Paul Holden.Oliver Eagleton is Managing Editor of Phenomenal World and author of The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right (2022).Paul Holden is an investigative journalist and author with 15 years experience investigating corruption. He is the author of The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Labour Together and the Crisis of British Democracy (2025).Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina go beyond the headlines and hysteria, examining the widespread attacks on Zack Polanksi and the Green Party by the media and political establishment, Starmer's latest assault on Palestine solidarity in Britain and whether these local elections spell the beginning of the end for his party.As always, the realities on the ground in Palestine remain central to our discussion, we'll be hearing from our contributors in Gaza, Huda and Ali Skaik, to tell us what the situation is under continued siege and genocide.Thumbnail Image credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFPSupport us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive Follow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Welcome to the world's first Palestinian chat show! Palestinian journalists from Gaza Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined in the studio by Palestinian artist and activist Lubna Speitan and political economist and author Dr Ashok Kumar.They'll be discussing why the Green Party must become the first major party in the UK to be proudly anti-Zionist, as well as the latest news from the ground in the Palestine and the wider region.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdiveFollow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdivehttps://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Palestinian journalist from Gaza Ahmed Alnaouq is joined by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar and Egyptian-British actor, activist and playwright Khalid Abdalla for the third episode of PDD's new weekly chat show, premiering each Wednesday at 7pm UK time.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdiveFollow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Welcome to the world's first Palestinian chat show! Palestinian journalists from Gaza Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined by Palestinian author, academic and physician Dr Ghada Karmi and investigative journalist Matt Kennard.They'll be discussing the latest news from Palestine and the wider region, including the now viral of image from L'Espresso magazine showing an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank terrorising a Palestinian woman, the ongoing genocide in Gaza despite six months of so-called “ceasefire” and the significance of Palestinian Prisoner's Day on 17th April. Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdiveFollow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Fronts + Fault Lines, is a new podcast on Palestine Deep Dive developed by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), an organisation of Palestinian and Arab youth in diaspora struggling for the liberation of our land and people.Hosted by, Jeanine and Nihal, organisers with PYM in Britain - this new podcast series in collaboration with the Palestinian Youth Movement, offering sharp analysis on the Arab and Iranian region and what it means for us in Britain.Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently:https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdiveIn this episode, they are joined by Nathaniel George, lecturer in Politics and the Middle East at SOAS, University of London, whose work focuses on Lebanese politics, Hezbollah, and the regional dimensions of the Palestinian struggle. They'll be discussing the escalating destruction in Lebanon — how the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel is unfolding in the context of a wider regional war, what it tells us about the limits and possibilities of armed resistance, and what the future of Lebanon looks like inside an order that is being remade by force.This content is provided for educational and journalistic purposes only. References to proscribed organisations are made solely within the scope of analysis and reporting.Music by: oxhyoxhy.xyzFollow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Welcome to the world's first Palestinian chat show! Palestinian journalists from Gaza Ahmed Alnaouq and Hala Hanina are joined by Palestinian activist Lujane Hamzeh and the legendary anti-establishment punk-rap artist Bobby Vylan. They'll be discussing the latest news from Palestine and the wider region, including Trump's genocidal statements towards Iran, Israel's ongoing onslaught in Lebanon and its genocide in Palestine and they'll be taking your question too! Don't forget to pitch them the chat!Become a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more: https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdiveFollow us:https://x.com/PDeepDivehttps://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/https://www.facebook.com/palestinedeepdive

Palestinian journalist from Gaza Ahmed Alnaouq is joined by renowned historian and author Vijay Prashad. Through the lens of hyper-imperialism, they unravel U.S. foreign policy—from Venezuela to Gaza, Iran to Greenland—and the global rise of the far right.Venezuela's president was abducted last week in a U.S. military operation that left at least 80 people dead, including 32 Cubans tasked with protecting President Nicolás Maduro. Just days earlier, Israel's prime minister — international fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes — departed Washington, D.C., after being warmly received by U.S. officials.Vijay has written more than forty books, including Washington Bullets and The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World. He is the executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, chief correspondent for Globetrotter, and chief editor of LeftWord Books in New Delhi.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/support

Hala Hanina is joined in the Palestine Deep Dive studio by Dr Bahzad Ziyad, a Palestinian medical doctor and mental health specialist who survived two years of Israel's genocide on Gaza.This episode of Falasteeniya exposes the romanticisation of Palestinian resilience as yet another form of dehumanisation while reclaiming Palestinian humanity in its full, ordinary complexity.Dr Bahzad has previously lived in the United Kingdom while studying for a masters degree in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at King's College London, before choosing to return home to Gaza to serve his people as a mental health doctor at the Gaza Community Mental Health Program. 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.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/support

Palestinian author, physician and academic Dr Ghada Karmi joins Ahmed Alnaouq for a far-reaching discussion on Zionism, justice, and the shifting global landscape surrounding Palestine. Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/supportAhmed explores her viral confrontation with Israeli settler Dani Dayan at the Oxford Union, the Gaza genocide and its international enablers, the deep structures of Western support for Israel and why the very existence of Palestinians poses a problem for Israel. Karmi also reflects on one-state realities, Your Party, the truth about liberal Zionism, and how the wider public can resist despair and reclaim collective power.The episode closes with the importance of language, and an introduction to Karmi's newest book Murjana, set in medieval Baghdad.

Ahmed Masoud, Palestinian writer and director, joins Palestinian Deep Dive's Ahmed Alnaouq to discuss his creative process, the history of Palestinian literature and culture, witnessing a genocide as a writer and the envisioning a liberated Gaza.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/supportAhmed Masoud is a writer and director who grew up in the Gaza Strip and moved to London in 2002. His debut novel ‘Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda' won the Muslim Writers Awards. His theatre credits include ‘The Shroud Maker', ‘Camouflage', ‘Walaa', ‘Loyalty', ‘Go to Gaza, Drink the Sea' and ‘Escape from Gaza'. He is the founder of Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre, for whom he has written and directed several productions for the London stage, and subsequent European tours.Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

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

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

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

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.

Professor of law, Wadie Said, joins Ahmed Alnaouq from the Gaza Tribunal in Istanbul to discuss the treatment of Palestinians in mainstream media, the crackdown of Palestinian activism in academia and why tribunals are important.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/supportWadie Said speaks on the repression in U.S. universities and what it means for academic freedom and education as a whole.Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Palestinian Journalist and Author, Ramzy Baroud, joins Ahmed Alnaouq from the Gaza Tribunal in Istanbul to discuss the importance of the Palestinian narrative, the right to resist and the purpose of tribunals.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/supportRamzy Baroud is a Gaza-born journalist, author and the Editor-In-Chief of The Palestinian Chronicle. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers

Palestinian human rights lawyer Sahar Francis joins Hala Hanina from the Gaza Tribunal in Istanbul to discuss Israel's widespread and systematic imprisonment and torture of Palestinians.Support independent, Palestinian-led media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/supportDespite Trump saying all Palestinian women and children prisoners would be released by Israel, at least 400 Palestinian children and 53 women who were incarcerated before October 7 2023 are still imprisoned in Israeli prisons. Sahar Francis reports how Israel still holds more than 9,100 Palestinians in its prisons, 5,000 of whom are held in Israeli prisons in "administrative detention" or as "unlawful combatants" – i.e. illegal detention without charge or trial.Hala Hanina is a social and political activist from Gaza and a journalist at Palestine Deep Dive. She is completing a PhD exploring the gendered dynamics of Israel's occupation and settler-colonialism in Palestine.

During the last two years of Israel's genocide on Gaza, the Israeli Occupation Forces have unlawfully detained over 409 Palestinian healthcare workers from both Gaza and the West Bank.There are at least 115 more Palestinian healthcare workers from Gaza who are still being held in Israeli detention. These include at least 20 doctors, of whom 15 are irreplaceable senior specialists.Dr Mohammed Ashraf if a Palestinian doctor from Gaza. Over several months during Israel's genocide he treated hundreds of Gaza's patients at the al-Shifa and al-Kuwaiti Hospitals, including undertaking a lower-leg amputation on a child with no anaesthetic because of a shortage of medical supplies due to Israel's illegal blockade.Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Abubaker Abed exposes how Israel systematically dehumanises Palestinian men — portraying them as terrorists, stripping them of context and complexity to fuel global narratives that justify its ongoing genocide on Gaza. Hala Hanina also hears Abubaker's dismay at the BBC's misreporting on Gaza and the urgent need for military intervention to stop the genocide. __________________________________ Support 100% independent, Palestinian-led media taking on the pro-genocide Western media from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support __________________________________ This is the third episode of Falasteeniya, a new podcast series exploring the gendered dynamic of Israel's oppression hosted by Hala Hanina, a Palestinian social and political activist from Gaza. Abubaker Abed is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza, now studying in Ireland. Despite being an aspiring football journalist, he became an accidental war correspondent when Israel's genocide in Gaza turned everyday life into a frontline. His reporting captures both the brutality of Israel's onslaught and the endurance of those who survive it.

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. -------------------------- Support Palestine Deep Dive from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support -------------------------- 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.