Losing Gaza

<p>“We cannot know what sort of human beings will emerge from this.”</p><br /><p>Following Hamas’s deadly attack on 7 October 2023, Israel’s military response has been described as “inevitable”. Eleven months on, the scope and ferocity of that military response has stunned the world.&nbsp;</p><br /><p>In this episode of the podcast we speak to four of the writers who contributed to the New Statesman essay collection <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2024/08/losing-gaza-palestinian-writers-symposium" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Losing Gaza</a>.</p><br /><p>Raja Shehadeh: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2024/08/raja-shehadeh-palestinians-not-treated-as-human-beings-deserving-of-human-rights-gaza" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Palestinians are not treated as human beings deserving of human rights” </a></p><br /><p>Ghada Karmi: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2024/08/ghada-karmi-the-physical-damage-of-israels-assault-is-real-enough-the-mental-trauma-will-be-far-worse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“The physical damage of Israel’s assault is real enough. The mental trauma will be far worse”&nbsp; </a></p><br /><p>Raja Khalidi: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2024/08/raja-khalidi-after-gaza-war-world-leaders-will-need-new-marshall-plan-for-palestine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“After the war, world leaders will need a new Marshall Plan for Palestine”</a></p><br /><p>Mezna Qato: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2024/08/mezna-qato-without-our-libraries-and-universities-how-will-we-tell-the-story-of-gaza" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Without our libraries and universities, how will we tell the story of Gaza?”</a></p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>