Palestine Deep Dive

Palestinians are being starved to death in Gaza after Israel has denied the entry of any food or aid into the besieged enclave for more than two months. “For over 60 days, not a single crumb of food or aid has entered Gaza. We have no energy left to fetch water, search for firewood, or even flee from one place to another. Parents now wish for death—just to escape the agony of watching their children wither to bone. This is slow, collective punishment in front of the world's eyes,” says Palestine Deep Dive contributor Ahmed Dremly who lives in Gaza. __________________ Support 100% independent, Palestinian-led media: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/suppport __________________ Nearly 290,000 of Gaza's children are on ‘the brink of death' due to famine, with at least 57 Palestinians having already died from starvation according to Gaza's government media office. Speaking to Ahmed Alnaouq for the first news show in Palestine Deep Dive's new studio, Palestinian political analyst and writer Muhammad Shehada says, “Israel will continue the starvation, the famine, because one of its core goals is to empty out the Gaza Strip, to finish off the Gaza question. To tell people that if you want to survive, then leave Gaza.”

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. __________________ Please support our work: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palestinedeepdive/ Subscribe to our newsletter: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28 __________________

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?” __________________ Please support our work by donating as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support __________________ 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. __________________ Please support our work by donating as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support __________________

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. __________________ Please support our work: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support

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. Please support our work: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support

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. __________________ Please support our work: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/suppport __________________ 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 __________________________ Please consider supporting Palestine Deep Dive by becoming a monthly subscriber from as little as £1 a month. Your donation will support 100% independent Palestinian-led media fighting back against decades of silencing, dehumanisation and erasure: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support

“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. __________________________ 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.

"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. __________________________ Our support is growing! But this month we urgently require just 500 more monthly subscribers to help us level up our output at this crucial moment, from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support

“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. Our support is growing! Support our 100% independent Palestinian led media platform taking on the pro-genocide Western media from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Hazem Jamjoum is a Palestinian educator and an editor with the recently-established publishing house Maqam Editions. 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. Purchase Hazem Jamjoum's translation of The revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine - Ghassan Kanafani: https://www.maqam.uk/maqam-store/p/the-revolution-of-1936-1939-in-palestine-ghassan-kanafani

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. __________________________ Support Palestinian led independent media amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure, from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support __________________________

“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.

A ground breaking new Al Jazeera documentary exposes the horrific war crimes and sadistic activities carried out by Israeli soldiers during its ongoing genocide in Gaza over the last year and reveals the identities of the perpetrators. But director Richard Sanders says finding information about the soldiers was not difficult because “they identified themselves” - many of the the soldiers had actually uploaded the footage to their personal social media pages and sometimes even to their online dating profiles. Richard Sanders is a British journalist and award-winning filmmaker who also directed Al Jazeera's The Labour Files and October 7 documentaries. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza. Support Palestinian led independent media amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure, from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support __________________________ Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Newsletter https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28 __________________________

Palestinian-American legal scholar and attorney Dr Noura Erakat grants this is indeed a horrifying moment of despair for Palestinians everywhere but says giving up is not an option: “Yes nothing has worked to stop this genocide and to liberate Palestinians, but does the opposite of that mean that we give up? Or does the opposite of that mean that we act with greater strategic acumen and foresight and try to think to ourselves, how do we do this differently? How do we do this better?” Noura argues that the legitimacy of institutions such as the ICJ rest upon their responses to Israel's genocide on Gaza, “we already know this is a genocide, so it's a way in which Palestine has inverted the lens. It doesn't matter what you say about Palestine at this point, it matters what Palestine says about your legitimacy and your institution.” Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. __________________________ Support Palestinian led independent media amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure, from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support __________________________ Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Newsletter https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28    

Palestinian digital rights defender, Mona Shtaya, exposes Israel's weaponisation of artificial intelligence through its surveillance and automated target systems technology used to massacre Palestinians en masse in its genocide on Gaza. “So we're not speaking about Hamas fighters, we're speaking about normal civilians who were just sitting in their homes and they were targeted for the sake of being Palestinians.” __________________________ Support Palestinian led independent media amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure, from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support __________________________ In a recent article for Mondoweiss, Shtaya argues that Israel's participation in the first global AI treaty raises serious questions given how Israel has for months, “used advanced AI systems like ‘Lavender' and ‘Habsora' to target and kill civilians in Gaza, all while celebrating its role in drafting a treaty that claims to ensure responsible AI governance." READ: Israel is joining the first global AI convention, here's why that's dangerous https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/israel... Mona Shtaya is a Palestinian digital rights defender, working as the Campaigns and Partnerships Manager (MENA) and Corporate Engagement Lead at Digital Actions; she is also a 2024 Migration and Technology Monitor Fellow and a non-resident scholar for the Middle East Institute (MEI) in the Palestine-Israel program. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

British-Palestinian journalist Hamza Yusuf investigates whether the UK might be complicit in Israel's widespread and systematic torture of Palestinian detainees and hostages. In a recent article for Declassified UK, Hamza Yusuf exposes campaigners' fears that the flight paths of Royal Air Force (RAF) surveillance flights which continue almost daily over Gaza might be informed by intelligence Israel obtained through torture. Support Palestinian led independent media amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure, from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Declassified reports that Charlotte Andrews-Briscoe, a lawyer at the Global Legal Action Network, believes it, “possible, if not probable, that information and assurances Israel gives to the UK are founded on information derived from torture”. READ: RAF SPY FLIGHTS OVER GAZA RISK COMPLICITY IN ISRAELI TORTURE by Hamza Yusuf and Phil Miller in Declassified UK https://www.declassifieduk.org/raf-spy-flights-over-gaza-risk-complicity-in-israeli-torture/

International human rights lawyer and former senior UN official Craig Mokhiber exposes the Western media's role in the "machine of genocide" on Gaza and how it can be held legally accountable for its propaganda and bias reporting. Citing the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Rwanda Genocide, Mokhiber exposes historical legal precedents where media companies and figures have been held accountable for their role in facilitating war crimes and violations of international law. __________________________ Support Palestinian led independent media amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure, from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

We need your help! We urgently require 3,000 of you to support our 100% independent media platform amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure, from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Palestinian medical doctor Dr Mohammed Ashraf provides a harrowing account to Palestinian journalist Ahmed Alnaouq about his experience treating Gaza's sick and wounded under Israeli genocide. Over several months, 28-year-old Dr Ashraf who is from Gaza, treated hundreds of patients in the al-Shifa and al-Kuwaiti Hospitals, including undertaking a lower-leg amputation on a patient with no anaesthetic, as none was available due to Israel's tightening of the blockade amid its ongoing genocide. PDD host, Ahmed Alnaouq, is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. On October 22, Israel bombed Ahmed's family home killing most of his close family. Dr Ashraf recounts a heartbreaking story of receiving a young Palestinian girl whose family had been killed in an Israeli missile strike. Waking up in hospital, alone and her face covered in shrapnel, she asks, “Doctor, am I in heaven?” She tells Dr Ashraf that her mother had promised she would wake up in a calm, peaceful environment, “going to heaven directly” if Israel did indeed attack their family home. She died in hospital shortly after her question to Dr Ashraf.   Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

We need your help! We urgently require 3,000 of you to support our 100% independent media platform amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure, from just £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support In an exclusive interview with Palestine Deep Dive, Nobel Prize-nominated Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza speaks to Ahmed Alnaouq about his 108 days of exposing Israel's genocide on Gaza to billions around world. “I spent more than 23 days sleeping on the street outside the hospital. I was really worried to go to my house because you don't want to endanger your family… It was very cold and you sleep with the smell of bodies and you wake up to the screams of the mothers…it's the smell of death. I know the smell of death,” Azaiza tells Ahmed. Israel has killed more than 160 Palestinian journalists in Gaza since October. Azaiza's footage and photography has reached billions around the world, with his Instagram account attracting more than 18 million followers eager to bypass mainstream media bias and see the reality of life on the ground in Gaza. But Azaiza tells Ahmed he has lost hope in the power of images to affect change, yet continued his work in Gaza because it was “his passion and his duty.” Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

"This is NOT a war, this is GENOCIDE!" Legendary Pink Floyd rock musician Roger Waters joins us in the studio with Matt Kennard and Ahmed Alnaouq for a DeepDive exposing Western media lies and the persecution of Julian Assange, the Israel lobby and the growing global movement demanding an end to Israel's genocide on Gaza. Roger Waters is a British musician and was the creative force behind the iconic rock band Pink Floyd. He led the band through its "golden years", leading the writing duties on albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here and the Final Cut. He has since gone on to have a successful solo career. Roger is now working on a memoire. Matt Kennard is an investigative journalist, author and co-founder of ‪@DeclassifiedUK‬ Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. Interview recorded 25th June 2024.

“There is a policy! Something that is organised and it is confirmed by the patterns and the scale of violations.” UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese exposes Israel's systematic and widespread torture, torment, abuse and humiliation of thousands of Palestinian prisoners. "I do believe that they are de facto hostages of an unlawful occupation." Francesca Albanese Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support

Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support 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. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28   

Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Dr Mustafa Barghouti describes the situation in Gaza as the “worst ever made-made humanitarian disaster”. He exposes the systematic and deliberate healthcare catastrophe inflicted by Israel on Gaza with diseases spreading, wide-spread starvation, lack of clean water, shelter and sanitation amid Israel's ongoing bombardment and devastation. He lays the blame at the ongoing impunity granted to Israel by the international community and demands a seismic shift in state policy, calling for immediate and harsh sanctions on Israel by all states. Dr Barghouti calls for Palestinian healthcare workers and journalists alike to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their services to humanity. Dr Mustafa Barghouti is a Palestinian physician, activist, and politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative and the President of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

“Something has Changed!” Dr Ramzy Baroud exposes the decline in US power on the world stage amid a rising China, and explores evidence that China can and will pose as the new sponsor and mediator in the Middle East. Dr Ramzy Baroud is a renowned Palestinian intellectual, historian and journalist and author of many books. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Palestine Chronicle. Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support

"All of that means BDS [boycott, divestment and sanctions]! Urgent, immediate BDS by all states and UN bodies. It cannot be interpreted in any other way in my view." Prominent UK human rights lawyer Daniel Machover breaks down the ICJ ruling on the nature of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and the duties which now fall on third party states to comply with the ruling. Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/suppport Daniel Machover is a leading British human rights lawyer who has represented clients in some of the most high profile civil cases in the UK including the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Daniel is a partner at London law firm Hickman and Rose and a co-founder of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights. He has previously managed to obtain arrest warrants in the UK for former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni and former Israeli general Doron Almog, who are both accused of war crimes against Palestinians under occupation. Mark Seddon is a former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera Television who also served as a speechwriter to the former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Tariq Ali argues recognising Palestine as a state "means nothing" and that what states should really be implementing is the de-recognition of Israel. Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome. Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes is his latest. He's also written five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review. Mark Seddon is a former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera English TV and Editor of Tribune. He has also worked as a Speechwriter for former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28 Recording from our live streamed at book launch event at the Frontline Club, London: A Rogue Reporter Vs The U.S. Empire with Matt Kennard, Lowkey, Huda Ammori, Ahmed Alnaouq. Eight months into Israel's ongoing genocide on Gaza - one funded, armed and enabled by the United States - it has never been more urgent to shine a spotlight on the American Empire and the mechanics of its operation. Matt Kennard's 'The Racket' does just that. Purchase The Racket: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/racket-9781350422711/ Drawing on a decade of investigative reporting from all corners of the world, including many while working for the Financial Times, Matt Kennard exposes the intricate web of exploitation shifting wealth and power away from the masses and into the hands of an unaccountable corporate elite. Now more relevant than ever, this 2nd edition contains a new preface by the author and a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges. T his book will transform everything you thought you knew about how the world works-and in whose interests. Matt Kennard is co-founder and chief investigator at Declassified UK, a news outlet investigating British foreign policy. He was a fellow at the CIJ in 2014-2016. He has worked as a staff writer for the Financial Times in Washington, DC, New York, and London. He has also author two other books: Irregular Army (2012) and Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy (2023). Join us as Matt Kennard guides us on his journey of reporting across United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East before taking a DeepDive into Palestine today. Joining Matt for the discussion is the critically acclaimed hip-hop artist, political campaigner and journalist Lowkey, British-Palestinian and Iraqi researcher, campaigner and co-founder of Palestine Action Huda Ammori and Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, Ahmed Alnaouq.

“Every Israeli accusation is a confession!” Jennine Khalik exposes Israel's systemic and decades-long dissemination of lies through its strategic hasbara campaign. Jennine Khalik is a Palestinian researcher and founder of Hasbara Tracker: https://www.hasbaratracker.com/ Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. Support us: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28    

A Deep Dive on the latest on Israel's unfolding genocide in Gaza, UK complicity with Israeli war crimes and a look at how this issue might play out in the UK elections. Chris Doyle is the Director of Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) and its lead spokesperson. Mark Seddon is a former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera English TV and Editor of Tribune. He has also worked as a Speechwriter for former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28  

Ahmed Alnaouq speaks to Yasmin and Yara, two organisers with Palestinian Youth Movement, about the history of student solidarity with Palestine, the growing student encampment movement and the role of Palestinians in diaspora in dismantling Zionism.   Please support our work: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

The Nakba Never Ended. Amid 76 years of Nakba and 7 months of genocide, Basma and Ahmed expose Israel's ongoing colonial project stealing as much Palestinian land as possible while erasing the indigenous population. Basma El Doukhi is a Humanitarian Scholar and Stateless Palestinian Refugee from Rashidieh Camp in Lebanon Studying a PhD in Migration Studies Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. Please support our work: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

Jawdat al-Khoudary's home was known as the most beautiful place in the Gaza Strip. Now, nothing remains of the house or garden. Khoudary, one of Gaza' most successful business men, whose family dates back nine generations in Gaza, had created a 100,000-square-foot oasis amid the besieged coastal enclave. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. Yasmeen El Khoudary is an independent London-based researcher and writer specialised in Palestinian archaeology and cultural heritage. Chris Rose is the director of Amos Trust. But now, the mosaic paths which weaved between verdant groves of exotic plants and greenhouses filled tens of thousands of tiny cactuses from around the world have been turned to desert by Israeli bulldozers. And the ornate columns and chandeliers which filled his adjacent home have been torn down. n collaboration with Amos Trust: https://www.amostrust.org/ Please support our work: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter:   / pdeepdive Instagram:   / pdeepdivegram  

Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan exposes Israel's wholesale destruction of the Palestinian healthcare system in Gaza and the unprecedented injuries sustained by civilians. He also uncovers the repression faced by healthcare workers around the world who are standing up for their colleagues in Gaza. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan is a Paediatric Neurologist and co-founder of Healthcare Workers for Palestine. He has previously taught medicine at hospitals in Gaza. Please support our work: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

Matt Kennard breaks down Declassified UK's investigations into Britain's military activity towards Gaza amid Israel's ongoing genocide. He also exposes the role of the Israel Lobby in Britain and the colonial reality of Zionism. Matt Kennard is an investigative journalist and co-founder of @DeclassifiedUK. He is the author of three books: Irregular Army, The Racket & Silent Coup. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Chris Gunness demands the UK immediately restores all funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency which provides essential aid to Palestinians in Gaza. He also warns that third party states freezing aid to UNRWA at a time when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled it is ‘plausible' that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza may well make these states complicit in that genocide. Gunness demands the UK and other third party states call for an investigation into the killing of hundreds of UNRWA staff by Israel since 7th October 2023. Chris Gunness is an award-winning journalist who spent 23 years at the BBC as producer, correspondent, and anchor. In 2006 he joined The Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) in Jerusalem. In 2007 he was appointed Chief Spokesman and Director of Strategic Information and Advocacy for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). He left UNRWA at the start of 2020, and in 2021 established the Myanmar Accountability Project, a legal initiative which brings criminal prosecutions against war criminals in the Myanmar junta. Mark Seddon is a former speech writer for the United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, and a senior information officer for the president of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa. He was the director of communication, education commission, chaired by Gordon Brown, and a UN Special Envoy for global education. Mark was the first UN correspondent for Al Jazeera English TV, and New York bureau chief. He was the editor of Tribune for 13 years, and an elected member of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee.

Support 100% independent media proudly centring Palestinian voices against attempted erasure: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Hala Abulebdeh and Ahmed Alnaouq expose the horrific tragedies Israel has inflicted on both their families in Gaza. Speaking exclusively to Palestine Deep Dive, Palestinian Pharmacist and University of Glasgow alumna, Hala Abulebdeh, tells how she waited an agonising 45 days before hearing news of the fate of her family. Now after more than three months of silence, she has decided to “give her wounds a voice” by speaking out for the first time with a message to UK politicians that “they can be one of the governments that stops this genocide.”   Support: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

Richard Sanders is an award winning film director with over 25 years experience. He was Senior Producer on Al Jazeera's The Labour Files, and his latest film with Al Jazeera's Investigation Unit, October 7, has just been released. Al Jazeera says, “the I-Unit reveals widespread human rights abuses by Hamas fighters and others who followed them through the fence from Gaza into Israel.” But the investigations also finds that “many of the worst stories that came out in the days following the attack were false. This was especially true of atrocities that were used repeatedly by politicians in Israel and the West to justify the ferocity of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, such as the mass killing of babies and allegations of widespread and systematic rape.” Support 100% independent media proudly centring Palestinian voices against attempted erasure: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDeepdive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdeepdivegram/ Daily news: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

Nidal Younis is the mayor of Masafer Yatta and head of the Masafer Yatta village council. He has been active in attempts to save his community since the 1990s. Interview recorded February 29 2024. Masafer Yatta is a Palestinian hamlet in the occupied West Bank, which has been fighting for its survival. Israel's occupation forces declared this area made up of 12 Palestinian villages a firing zone in the 1980s. By 1999, the Israeli army had rounded up more than 700 Palestinian residents into trucks and expelled them to other villages. In 2022, Israel's Supreme Court rejected a petition against the eviction of more than 1,000 Palestinian inhabitants from the area. Support 100% independent media proudly centring Palestinian voices against attempted erasure: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/sup... Deep Dive Daily. Your Palestine & Israel news roundup, straight to your inbox. Subscribe now: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-ma...

Dr Ghada Karmi is a Palestinian Author, Academic and Doctor of Medicine, who was forced from her home in Jerusalem in the Nakba of 1948. Hala Hanina is a Women's Rights Activist and PhD Student from Gaza. Support 100% independent media proudly centring Palestinian voices against attempted erasure: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Deep Dive Daily. Your Palestine & Israel news roundup, straight to your inbox. Subscribe now: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

The Bomb That Killed My Family | Ahmed Alnaouq, Huda Ammori & Andrew Feinstein Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. Huda Ammori is a British-Palestinian-Iraqi activist, campaigner and co-founder of Palestine Action. Andrew Feinstein is a Jewish ex-African National Congress MP who served under Nelson Mandela. He is also an award-winning writer, journalist and filmmaker specialising in the global arms trade. He is the founding director of Shadow World Investigations. Support 100% independent media amplifying Palestinian voices against attempted erasure: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support 

Stephen Marks is Jewish member of Jewish Voice for Labour. He is a former county councillor and was previously elected to the Labour Party's National Constitutional Committee. Jenny Manson is a British Jewish activist, author, former civil servant, former Labour Party councillor for Colindale on Barnet London Borough Council, and co-chair of Jewish Voice for Labour. Interview recorded on Wednesday 24th January.

Dania Abul Haj is a Palestinian lawyer from occupied Jerusalem. She is a Legal Officer for the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians. Tayab Ali is the Director of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians. He is also Head of International Law at Bindmans LLP. Support our work proudly amplifying Palestinian voies: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Subscribe to our daily newsletter: https://palestinedeepdive.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2931c4b53e89e695a30817efb&id=ea848d5a28

Hosted by investigative journalist and co-founder of @DeclassifiedUK, Matt Kennard. Matt is the author of three books: Irregular Army, The Racket & Silent Coup. Mohammed El-Kurd is an internationally touring and award-winning poet, writer, journalist, and organiser from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine. Hala Hanina is a Palestinian women's rights activist and PhD student from Gaza. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Prominent UK Human Rights Lawyer Daniel Machover says: - Genocide Convention MUST BE INVOKED at International Court of Justice - ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has “FAILED IN ONE OF HIS MAIN DUTIES” to create a deterrent for Israel's crimes against Palestinians - Netanyahu CAN be arrested Daniel Machover is a leading British human rights lawyer who has represented clients in some of the most high profile civil cases in the UK including the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Daniel is a partner at London law firm Hickman and Rose and a co-founder of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights. He has previously managed to obtain arrest warrants in the UK for former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni and former Israeli general Doron Almog, who are both accused of war crimes against Palestinians under occupation. Mark Seddon is a former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera Television who also served as a speechwriter to the former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Sir Vincent Fean is a former British diplomat and ambassador with 39 years of experience. He served as Consul-General in Jerusalem (2010-14), Ambassador to Libya (2006-10), and High Commissioner to Malta.   An Arabist, he has engaged in senior policy-making, government affairs and negotiation in Whitehall, the Middle East and Western Europe. He is now Vice-Chair of the Balfour Project (www.balfourproject.org), a UK charity raising awareness of Britain's historic responsibilities in Palestine and Israel, advocating for lasting peace with justice, security and equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

Palestine Deep Dive and Double Down News host an emergency event, Gaza Frontline, hearing from four Palestinians from Gaza on Nov 8th at the Frontline Club, London. The discussion is chaired by investigative journalist Matt Kennard, co-founder of Declassified UK. For a month now, Israel, a nuclear-armed military superpower, has conducted its biggest and harshest bombardments against the captive population of the Gaza Strip, leaving nowhere safe. Now under “complete siege”, Palestinians are not only killed from direct bombardment, crushed under the rubble, but suffer an imposed starvation, dehydration and a collapsed medical system. A considerable number of respected human rights organisations and experts have expressed concern that Palestinians are at grave risk of genocide by Israel. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's bombardments, including over 4,000 children. Since October 7th, Israel has also reportedly ramped up its oppression of Palestinians under occupation in the West Bank and Jerusalem, killing Palestinians daily and committing other human rights violations such as arresting and detaining Palestinians without trial and committing torture. Despite Israel continuing to commit atrocities in front of our eyes, Western governments refuse to call for an immediate ceasefire and a lifting of the siege to restore electricity, fuel, water, food and to provide urgent humanitarian relief. Right now, as their families remain under blockade and bombardment, it has never been more urgent to hear Palestinians in their own words present both the facts on the ground and what must be done to end this ongoing crisis once and for all. Panel: Matt Kennard (chair) is co-founder and chief investigator at Declassified UK, a news outlet investigating British foreign policy. He was a fellow and then director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) in London, UK. He has worked as a staff writer for the Financial Times in Washington, DC, New York, and London. He is the author of two acclaimed books: Irregular Army (2012) and The Racket (2015). His new book Silent Coup is out now. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and the co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, a collective which trains the next generation of Palestinian writers to publish their stories in English. Ahmed obtained a Chevening Scholarship to pursue a Master's degree in international journalism from Leeds University before serving as advocacy and outreach officer for the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. His writings have been published in many publications including The Washington Post, The New Arab and Arab News. He has appeared live in interviews across the Western media, speaking on channels such as Sky News, the BBC and MSNBC. Dr. Shahd Abusalama is a Palestinian academic born and raised in Jabalia Refugee Camp, northern Gaza, currently based in London, UK. She recently got a Ph.D. from Sheffield Hallam University which explores the historical representations of Gaza and its refugees in documentary films, and is to be published by Bloomsbury next year, under the title, "Between Reality and Documentary". Dr. Abusalama is also an artist, activist, and the author of Palestine from My Eyes blog which was published as a book in ltaly in 2013. She is also a co-founder of Hawiyya Dance Company which showcases Palestine's folkloric Dabke and music to UK audiences and beyond to amplify anti-colonial and anti-racist causes. Dr. Mohammed Seyam is a medical doctor from Gaza, currently in London pursuing his MSc in Global Healthcare Management at UCL. He is a global diabetes advocate and educator, a Young Leader at the International Diabetes Federation, and the MENA chapter lead at T1International. Mohammed's work focuses on access to health and health delivery, especially in Non-Communicable diseases. Saleem Lubbad is a full-time physicist working on the development of Nuclear Fusion Energy He was Oxford University's first Gaza scholar. Saleem is also an Arabic language poet, writer, voice-over artist and TV presenter. His interests span Arabic literature, modern science and technology, the history of science and Islamic architecture. Saleem has worked on various museum curation and media production projects, produced and presented a science show for Al-Araby TV, and often pens columns for several newspapers in the Middle East.

As hostilities entered the thirteenth day, Israel's relentless bombardments on Gaza continued, resulting in an additional 307 Palestinians killed in the past 24 hours (as of 17:00), according to the United Nations. This brings the cumulative fatality toll in the Gaza Strip to 3,785, including at least 1,524 children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. Hundreds of additional fatalities are believed to be trapped under the rubble. Former UN correspondent for Al Jazeera and speechwriter for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Mark Seddon, is joined by: Raz Segal, an Israeli historian and an Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University, where he is also an Endowed Professor in the study of Modern Genocide. Chris Doyle, Director of the Council for Arabic-British Understanding Karim Ali, a Palestinian advocate and co-founder of the Gaza Sunbirds, Palestine's first para-cycling team. His family originate from Haifa and Sabareen

On UN World Mental Health Day, Palestine Deep Dive presents: Palestine's Mental Health Crisis: Personal and Collective Trauma Under Israeli Occupation Dr Samah Jabr is the Director of the Mental Health Unit of Palestine's Ministry of Health in the West Bank and is a trained psychiatrist. Her practice goes beyond clinical consultation and training, but also addresses the wider Palestinian community's suffering from the ills of Israel's oppressive occupation, apartheid and settler-colonialism. According to Dr Jabr: “The Israeli occupation is not only a political issue, but indeed a mental health problem. The injustice, daily humiliations, and trauma each and every Palestinian experiences have caused a repetitive injury, both to the individual and collective minds of my people. In Palestine, abuse and trauma are ongoing, enduring, and they affect every aspect of Palestinian life. Individual personalities are impacted, as is the value system of the community as a whole.” Palestine has an overwhelmingly young population. In previous shows we've focused on Gaza's child mental health crisis; 80% of Gaza's children now report living with depression, grief and fear according to Save the Children. Join us this time as we Deep Dive into Palestine's Mental Health Crisis as a whole at this tumultuous moment.

Picking up from where we left off in our June show “Defending the Right to Boycott: Confronting the UK's Anti-BDS Bill”, (covered here in Al Jazeera) we'll be learning whether the UK government has indeed been paying attention to British-Palestinians who have been voicing their deep concerns about the moral and legal legitimacy of this Bill, or whether they have attempted to erase them from the discussion altogether, as some reporters have recently claimed. We'll also be taking a closer look at the trade union conferences just kicking off in the UK, as well as the upcoming party conferences to assess what the trajectory for advocacy around Palestinian rights in the UK at a time when it has never been more urgent to make space for Palestinians to be heard and lead from the front in discussions which affect them most.