Palestine Deep Dive

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.👉 Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as £1 a month.

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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/👉 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*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.

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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.

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What is really driving settler violence in the West Bank?In this episode of Fronts & Faultlines, Palestinian academic and writer Abdaljawad Omar traces the historical continuity between the Zionist movement, settler militias and Israeli state power. The discussion explores the expansionist logic of “Greater Israel,” the fragmentation of Palestinian resistance, the legacy of Oslo, and why Western sanctions against settlers may amount to little more than political theatre. To understand the West Bank, he argues, we have to look beyond individual settlers and at the wider system of land expropriation, occupation, colonialism and political control. Fronts + Fault Lines is developed by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), an organisation of Palestinian and Arab youth in the diaspora struggling for the liberation of our land and people, and hosted by organisers Jeanine and Nihal.👉 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*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.

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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.👉 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*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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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