Mark Seddon is live with Diana Buttu and Omar Baddar for a Deep Dive illuminating the latest iteration of Israel’s Netanyahu-led extreme right wing government.

They explore the nature of the ongoing Israeli protests against their government and look more closely at the rhetoric and actions of government ministers including Minister of National Security Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Smotrich. The guests also explore the nature of Israel’s apartheid within Israel itself and critique the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi & Mark Seddon on Labour, Palestinian rights & surviving the party's ruling National Executive Committee

Mark Seddon is live with Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, co-founder of Jewish Voice for Labour and newly elected member of the UK Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC).

Gaza is one to one million children – We DeepDive into today’s child mental health crisis there, hearing the impact of Israel’s latest attacks which killed 17 children, and illuminate the unbearable environment caused by Israel’s 15-year blockade.

Read the full show transcript with: Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei – Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, Hind Wihaidi – A 17-year-old Palestinian musician and writer living in Gaza. & Rana Shubair – Palestinian author and mother of three children.

In an interview with Palestine Deep Dive (PDD), distinguished Palestinian journalist and author, Dr. Ramzy Baroud discusses the killing of the iconic Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh.

“In fact, many people are using the term assassination. I would use the same term as well.”

Speaking live on Wednesday 27th April 2022, Dr Barghouti illuminates Israel’s recent attacks on Al-Aqsa during Ramadan, from where he recently reported, and Israel’s broader violations against Palestinians’ right to worship. He also reveals how he was blocked from entering the Jerusalem last week.

In a lively and illuminating discussion with Palestine Deep Dive (PDD), Mark Seddon and renowned journalist and President of the Foreign Press Association – New York City, Ian Williams, shine a light on the ongoing crises in Palestine and Ukraine.

Former PLO legislator and negotiator Dr. Hanan Ashrawi delivered a keynote speech at ‘Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home and Abroad’, the annual conference organised by Washington Report for Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) and Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep).

“Budour, I wonder from where you are sitting, you see what's happening in eastern Ukraine and you have seen, you've been living with this occupation, but specifically with Golan Heights, which was an invasion, or occupation of territory that belongs to Syria and yet nobody's talking about sanctions against Israel, nobody ever has for doing that. Why is this? Why this inconsistency?” asks Mark Seddon.

In this week’s show, Mark Seddon speaks with Deep Dive regular, Budour Hassan, a Palestinian writer and legal researcher at the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC), for the latest news on what's really happening on the ground in Sheikh Jarrah.

Examining the recent attempts to displace the Salem family of 12, including six children, from their family home of 70 years in Sheikh Jarrah Budour exposes the wider systematic regime of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians Israel wields to facilitate its demographic ambitions across Jerusalem and beyond.

Twitter users were quick to spot an error in the Washington Post’s reporting yesterday where the word “Palestine” had been removed from an article.

In the article by staff writer David Weigel, published on February 9th, titled: "The Trailer: Coming soon to a Democratic primary fight: Israel” a statement from Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was changed – the word “Palestine” was replaced with “Palestinian territories”.

Mohammed El-Kurd reveals his perception of Western media coverage on Palestine through his unique insight having experienced it from ‘both ends’. Firstly, since childhood having given interviews for various publications and documentaries reporting on the attempted ethnic forced displacement of his family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah and now working for The Nation as its first Palestine correspondent.

Zarefah Baroud conducted a thought-provoking interview with distinguished professor and author, Rashid Khalidi at Palestine Deep Dive’s New York event in collaboration with the Foreign Press Association, “Distant Voices No More? Giving Rise to a New Generation of Palestinian Journalists”.

The event “Distant Voices No More? Giving Rise to a New Generation of Palestinian Journalists” with Prof. Rashid Khalidi, Mohammed El-Kurd, María Fernanda Espinosa, Ramzy Baroud, Zarefah Baroud, Roger Waters, Enas Ghannam, Mark Seddon, Mike Hanna, Pam Bailey and Ian Williams marks the launch of our campaign, #ShowBothSides.

Former UN General Assembly President speaks to Mark Seddon on Monday 24th May.

“Before I go to the battle itself, as you asked about international law, as you yourself made clear, Israel as an occupying power, has to obey the law which makes clear that the protected population has to be protected against forcible transfer of it under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. And this is what Israel has been doing, not just now but in fact for years.”

Jan Kavan

Jan Kavan speaks to Mark Seddon on Monday 24th May:

“Because let me remind you as you say, the law makes clear that harm to civilians must be proportionate to the military advantage derived from any attack. And this is clearly has not happened here. It is not proportionate at all. Despite what Israel claims, many buildings, about one thousand buildings, have been destroyed, but many of them cannot be described as military targets at all.”

Jan Kavan

Dr Mustafa Barghouti speaks to Al Jazeera English on Monday May 10th:

“What you see is probably a new intifada. A new popular uprising against injustice and against occupation and against persecution and oppression and against a system of apartheid. Which is considered by international law as crimes, crimes against humanity.”

Mark Seddon is in conversation with Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh.

The discussion ranges from resistance through art, ‘free speech’ on Israel in the media, representation of the people vs ruling elites in Israel and Palestine, the dangers of self-censorship, 'vaccine apartheid', life in Israeli prison, the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement, the upcoming Palestinian elections and more!

Omar Aziz writes: “Autobiographical stories of everyday life can disarm those who seek to stand in the way of justice, reversing the relentless dehumanisation Palestinians so often endure by ruling elites and at the hands of the mainstream media.”

— Omar Aziz