Palestine Deep Dive

Jeremy Corbyn Demands Answers About Who Authorised British Participation in Gaza Genocide

Speaking to Palestinian Deep Dive’s Ahmed Alnaouq, Corbyn says, “I want to know and I really do want to know who in the British government authorised the overflying of Gaza? Who in the British government authorised the delivery of weapons? Who in the British government knowingly provided weapons to a country that has been arraigned before the ICJ and the ICC?”
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To obtain answers to these questions, the former UK Labour Party leader is demanding a “Chilcot-style” inquiry into the British government’s participation in the Gaza genocide.
The Chilcot Report, officially titled the Iraq Inquiry, was an independent public inquiry into the UK's involvement in the 2003 Iraq War, chaired by Sir John Chilcot.
The Report exposed intelligence failures, lack of planning and questioned the legal basis for the war.
Corbyn said he remains “constantly astonished” by the attitude of successive UK governments, which continue to enable Israel’s assaults on Gaza, an onslaught he describes as “a Second World War-Style carpet bombing.”
However if the government refuses such an inquiry, Corbyn says he will not be deterred from continuing to demand one by billing further parliamentary debates.
He also says an alternative would be a public inquiry inspired by the Russell Tribunal on the Vietnam War, “so we will have an open process with expert opinions, witnesses and evidence.”
Corbyn urged people everywhere to keep up the pressure on their governments to stop the genocide in Gaza. 
He emphasised the need to use every available avenue— street protests, raising awareness and protesting against Elbit Systems weapons factories in the UK in particular— to demand justice and accountability.
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Is the Gaza Genocide the "Achilles Heel" of Western Hegemony? | Roger Waters

Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters responds to news from Gaza that Israel has massacred over 400 Palestinians in renewed rounds of bombardment and sends a message to Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
Asked what his message is to Mahmoud Khalil and other students like him who have been arrested recently by immigration enforcement officers in the U.S. and are being threatened with deportation, Roger responds, “Keep doing what you were doing before they arrested you!”
“This is Gestapo tactics, this is fascism at work. Years ago in interviews I was saying the fight for universal human rights, specifically relating to the people of Palestine, will be fought on the campuses of north America, how right I was going to be I had no idea!”
Amid the horrors being inflicted on Gaza, Roger questions whether Israel’s genocide may eventually backfire: “What I hope is the genocide of the Palestinian people will prove to be the Achilles Heel in the monster of the Western hegemony with its mask off which we’re watching operate.”
“The hole in Trump’s armour and the hole in the Israeli lobby’s armour is their evil. The fact that they’re so undeniably and appallingly evil in every way maybe their achilles heel, and they may fail. They may fall over.”
Interview recorded March 18, 2025.
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“When Palestinians Cease, Israel Fires” Israel Massacres Over 400 Palestinians in Gaza

Last night Israel killed over 400 Palestinians in a brutal massacre across Gaza. The number will rise as many remain trapped under the rubble.
This comes after 16 days of Israel's total strangulation on Gaza. No food, fuel, aid or medical supplies.
With the ceasefire shattered, Palestinian political analyst Muhammad Shehada offers his take to Ahmed Alnaouq on the real reasons behind Israel’s latest wave of brutality, exposing the political chaos within Netanyahu's government, including his personal corruption trial, mounting protests and a desperate attempt to stay in power at any cost.
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UN Report EXPOSES Israel’s Widespread Sexual Violence and Genocidal Acts Against Palestinians

A new UN report finds Israel has committed widespread and systematic sexual violence against Palestinians, including rape, torture and the deliberate destruction of reproductive infrastructure.
The 49-page report titled “‘More than a human can bear’: Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023” incriminates Israel to the level of crimes against humanity and genocidal acts.
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The 49-page report titled “‘More than a human can bear’: Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023” incriminates Israel to the level of crimes against humanity and genocidal acts.
In this eye-opening episode, we dive deep into the report’s findings, assessing whether the report goes far enough in exposing Israel’s widespread sexual violence against Palestinians and ask why it has taken so long for such a report to be produced in light of the widespread evidence.
We also examine the media reaction to it in the West but also in Israel where the report has had much backlash, with Israel subsequently lashing out at the UN and pushing to impose sanctions against the UN Human Rights Council in conjunction with the Trump administration.
Joining Ahmed Alnaouq for this discussion is Muhammad Shehada and Hala Hanina. Hala is a social and political activist from Gaza working towards a PhD on violence experienced by Palestinian women under Israeli occupation.
She has recently been writing about Reprocide: Examining the Hidden Gendered Dimension of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza.
Muhammad is a Palestinian writer and political analyst from Gaza.

Game Design in the Shadow of Genocide | Rasheed Abueideh

Rasheed Abueideh is a Palestinian game designer from a village near Nablus in the West Bank. He gained international recognition with his game "Liyla and the Shadows of War", which tells the story of a young girl and her father navigating a decimated Gaza during the Israeli aggression of 2014.
Despite initial attempts from Apple to censor the game, Rasheed and supporters of his art fought for its inclusion which was eventually successful.
In this audio podcast for Palestine Deep Dive, composer and sound designer Sami El-Enany learns about Rasheed’s latest project, "Dreams On A Pillow”, a stealth game set during the ethnic cleansing and violent displacement of Palestinians in the 1948 Nakba. The game follows the story of a Palestinian woman who carries a pillow instead of her child by mistake after fleeing an Israeli massacre. Set in multiple timelines, the game aims to preserve the memory of pre-Zionist Palestine and highlight the trauma endured by Palestinians.
Sami El-Enany is a composer and sound designer. Through his practice and research, Sami is delving into the sonics of solidarity, exploring sound as resonance for union.
The game has entered the final days of its crowdfunding campaign which can be found at: dreamsonapillow.com
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Genocide in Gaza: Western Moral Collapse in the Age of Hyper-Imperialism | Vijay Prashad

“This is not just an Israeli genocide - this is an Israeli, European and US genocide!”
Vijay Prashad exposes the moral decline of the global north in the age of hyper-Imperialism and its continued war against “defiance” found in the global south.
In a recent report published by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research titled Hyper-Imperialism: A Dangerous Decadent New Stage, Prashad argues the global north has heightened its reliance upon force to insist on obedience. 
Read the report: https://thetricontinental.org/studies...
Interview recorded 11th November 2024.
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Vijay is an Indian historian and journalist. He is the author of forty books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, and The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. He is the executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, the chief correspondent for Globetrotter, and the chief editor of LeftWord Books (New Delhi).
Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Zionism, Settler Colonialism & Imperialism: The Roots of Israel's Genocide on Gaza | Dr Sai Englert

"This is what it means to destroy a people!" Dr Sai Englert unpacks the root causes of Israel's decades of continuous violence wielded against Palestinians amid its ongoing genocide on Gaza, with a special focus on Zionism, Settler Colonialism and Imperialism.
Dr Sai Englert is a lecturer in political economy of the Middle East at Leiden University. He is the author of Settler Colonialism: an Introduction (2022, Pluto Press).
His research focusses on the consequences of neoliberalism on the labour movement in Israel. He also works on settler colonialism, the transformation of work, and anti-Semitism. He is a member of the editorial board of both the Historical Materialism journal and Notes from Below. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.
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Re-reading Ghassan Kanafani in the Struggle Against Genocide | Hazem Jamjoum

“Between the Sword and the Neck” Educator and editor Hazem Jamjoum offers a fresh reading of the work of Ghassan Kanafani amid Israel’s ongoing genocide on Palestinians in Gaza.
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972) is widely known as one of the great Arab novelists of the 20th century. His ability to use simple, almost mundane stories to speak to the human experience of colonialism and freedom in novels like ‘Men in the Sun’ and ‘Returning to Haifa’ continue to teach those who read them.
But Kanafani was more than a novelist, he was also a key political thinker, strategist and revolutionary whose analysis of Zionism and imperialism continues to inform and shape anti-colonial thought across the globe today.
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Hazem Jamjoum is a Palestinian educator and an editor with the recently-established publishing house 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.
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EXPOSED: How the UN Has FAILED to Stop Israel's Genocide on Gaza | Mark Seddon

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.

“We WILL Be Heard!” Asserting the Centrality & Demands of Palestinians in Britain | Dr Sara Husseini

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