Palestine Deep Dive

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.

Ahmed Alnaouq hears Eman Alhaj Ali's powerful story of surviving displacement, bombardment and assault under Israeli genocide, and how she is adapting to life in Ireland having recently left Gaza. Support Palestine Deep Dive: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support Eman Alhaj Ali is a Palestinian freelance journalist, writer, translator, and storyteller from Gaza. She is currently based in Ireland, completing her postgraduate studies. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.

Mark Seddon is joined by the authors of a Palestinian-led initiative which offers an alternative way forward for Gaza to Trump and Netanyahu's proposal. The working paper is titled, “A Palestinian Armistice Plan, Charting a Rights-Based Transition for Palestinian-Israeli Peace.” _______________ Support Palestine Deep Dive: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support _______________ Read the paper which was published in June 2025: https://cambridgepeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Palestinian-Armistice-Plan.pdf The paper lays out “a pragmatic, rights-based plan for both a permanent ceasefire in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel and for the temporary transition period until a just, durable, and comprehensive settlement is reached to end the occupation and resolve all outstanding issues between Palestinians and Israelis.” The paper recommends terms and mechanisms for Palestinian national reconciliation and political renewal to enable effective Palestinian governance, as well as a principled approach for facilitating humanitarian relief, early recovery, and reconstruction in Gaza. Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dr. Jamal Nusseibeh is a former Global Fellow at the Wilson Center and co-author of the Palestinian Armistice. Dr. Wesam Amer is a visiting professor and CARA (Council for At-Risk Academics) fellow at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, as well as dean of the Faculty of Communication and Languages at Gaza University in Palestine.  Mark Seddon is a former UN Speechwriter for Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera. He now directs the Centre for UN Studies at the University of Buckingham.

Celebrated historian Avi Shlaim, once a committed Zionist, reveals the personal and historical journey that led him to reject the ideology. From his childhood as an Arab Jew in Iraq to his response to the genocide in Gaza, Shlaim dismantles long-held myths about Israel’s creation. He also exposes how he has been largely excluded from interviews on the mainstream media throughout the duration of the genocide. Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is published by The Irish Pages Press. The book can be ordered directly at the publisher’s website. In the discussion about the media in Britain, Avi stated that he has not been interviewed by the BBC. He was referring to the BBC in mainland Britain, but would like to clarify that BBC Northern Ireland interviewed him in 2025 for the Radio Ulster TalkBack programme with William Crawley. -------------------------- Support Palestine Deep Dive from as little as £1 per month: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support -------------------------- Avi Shlaim is an historian and author, and is a Emeritus Fellow of St Antonys College and a Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.

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

Lowkey investigates Donald Trump's links to Jeffrey Epstein and assesses the extent of Israel’s foreign influence in Britain and across the world today. He also discusses media bias and why Piers Morgan called for his arrest, the limits of recognising Palestine as a state, the challenges facing Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s in the UK new party and more. -------------------------- Support Palestine Deep Dive from as little as £1 per moth: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support --------------------------

Episode 2. of Occupied Tech deep dives into the world of digital rights, surveillance and the escalating cyber warfare against Palestinians. From Israel’s systemic digital apartheid to what experts now call “digital genocide,” this conversation sheds light on how tech is weaponised as a tool of oppression. Host Paul Biggar is joined by Eric Sype, national organiser at 7amleh https://7amleh.org/ The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media. Together, they unpack how Israel routinely disrupts Palestinian ICT infrastructure with a “kill switch,” how Big Tech enables censorship and mass surveillance and how digital repression plays out on platforms like Meta, Google and PayPal. -------------------------- Support Palestine Deep Dive from as little as £1 per moth: 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.

Speaking to investigative journalist Matt Kennard, retired Major General Charlie Herbert who served in the British Army for more than three decades, expresses his disgust and dismay at Israel’s ongoing onslaught in Gaza. He says “I suspect I would have resigned" over this had he still been serving in the British Army given Britain’s high level of complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide, and questions why we haven’t seen more resignations. They discuss British complicity and participation through spy flights from RAF Akrotiri, the role of the Zionist Lobby in Britain, the recent proscription of Palestine Action and the shattering of Western credibility in the international arena.

In the first episode of Occupied Tech, a new podcast brought to you by Tech for Palestine in collaboration with Palestine Deep Dive, Paul Biggar speaks to Hossam Nasr – a former Microsoft employee who was fired in 2024 after organising a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza. Nasr exposes the company’s major role in Israel’s genocide and apartheid and discusses efforts to organise workers and activists to resist its complicity. No Azure for Apartheid (Noaa) is a worker-led group of tech workers within Microsoft, co-founded by Nasr. Its members are committed to exposing the complicity of specific technologies, including Microsoft's AI software Azure. _________________________ Occupied Tech In each episode, Paul Biggar introduces a new guest to break down the mechanics of the tech industry and how it powers Israel’s genocide, apartheid and occupation – looking at the companies, investors and individuals behind it. And most importantly, spotlighting the people resisting this oppression. _________________________ Episode 1. Microsoft: Powering Israel’s Genocide? Nasr exposes the company’s major role in Israel’s genocide and apartheid and discusses efforts to organise workers and activists to resist its complicity through the organisation he co-founded No Azure for Apartheid (Noaa). Noaa is a worker-led group of tech workers within Microsoft. Its members are committed to exposing the complicity of specific technologies, including Microsoft's AI software Azure. More than just a profit-seeking organisation, Nasr identifies Microsoft as a genocidal digital weapons manufacturer – as the most trusted tech provider for the Israeli government and military, Nasr explains how Microsoft aids Israel’s combat and intelligence activities, storing illegally collected data to surveil Palestinians and more. Episode 1. was recorded back in June 2025, but new revelations reported recently in The Guardian also expose how Microsoft Azure servers in Europe have been storing ‘a million calls an hour’ in an expansive Israeli surveillance operation against Palestinians – data used by Israel to conduct lethal strikes in its ongoing genocide on Gaza. _________________________ Support Palestine Deep Dive from as little as £1 per moth: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support _________________________ Hossam Nasr is an Egyptian software engineer and an alumnus of Harvard’s Computer Science programme. He is a former Microsoft employee and co-founder of No Azure for Apartheid, a movement of Microsoft workers demanding that Microsoft end its direct and indirect complicity in Israeli apartheid and genocide. https://www.noazureforapartheid.com Paul Biggar is the founder of Tech For Palestine, a coalition of thousands of founders, engineers, product marketers, investors and other professionals who are working in support of Palestinian liberation. He is an Irish software engineer who founded the unicorn company CircleCI in 2011, before being fired from its board in 2023 for support of Palestine. https://www.techforpalestine.org

“If I don’t cover this, who will?” In the second episode of Falasteeniya, a new podcast series spotlighting the voices, expertise, and lived experiences of Palestinian women and exploring the gendered dynamic of Israel's oppression, host Hala Hanina welcomes Journalist and Emmy award-winner Shrouq Al Aila speaking directly from inside the Gaza Strip. A witness, survivor, and documenter of Israel’s genocide on Gaza, Shrouq Al Aila is a Palestinian journalist, producer, and researcher who has been reporting from inside Gaza throughout the ongoing genocide. She is the director of Ain Media, an independent production company co-founded by her husband, Rushdi Sarraj, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on October 22, 2023. In this episode, Shrouq speaks about her return to Gaza after the genocide began, the day she lost her husband, the assassination of her colleagues at Ain Media, and the daily toll of famine, grief, and survival. She also reflects on the Western feminist silence around the femicide in Gaza, and the Emmy award she recently received for her work, a recognition dedicated to those who gave everything to tell the truth. “Rushdi gave me a press vest, thinking it would protect me. But here, that vest marks you as a target.” Despite repeated displacement, personal loss, and ongoing danger, Shrouq has remained in Gaza to continue reporting the truth from the ground. Her work not only exposes Israel’s war crimes and the Western media’s complicity but also stands as a frontline act of resistance, ensuring that Palestinian stories are told, and that memory is not erased.   Rushdi Sarraj (1992 – 2023) was a 31-year-old Palestinian filmmaker and co-founder of Ain Media – a Gaza-based Independent media production company.   Hala Hanina is a social and political activist from Gaza. She is currently completing a PhD in politics and sociology, focusing on Palestinian women at the intersection of colonial and patriarchal violence.