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Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza
Fearless and forensic, this incendiary indictment from one of Britain’s most celebrated political journalists lays bare the full extent of British complicity in the destruction of Gaza.
In a gripping narrative informed by original reporting, Peter Oborne tells how Britain’s Conservative and Labour parties converged to back Israel’s criminal assault—in the process occupying disturbing common ground with the far right.
Rather than challenge this political cartel, British media colluded in its misrepresentations. The shocking result was that, as British authorities helped Israel set Gaza as well as international law aflame, almost everything the public was told about this momentous conflagration was untrue.
When citizens still turned out in their hundreds of thousands to demand a ceasefire, roiling the nation’s politics as they stayed faithful to the ancient British tradition of popular protest in defence of liberty, the political-media machine bared its fangs. The investigative reporting in this book exposes the methods by which peaceful demonstrations were smeared as “hate marches”.
Formerly chief political commentator at the Daily Telegraph and Spectator, Oborne knows the British establishment from within. In this book he names names and provides receipts. His demand is accountability—for atrocities, and their accomplices.
In a gripping narrative informed by original reporting, Peter Oborne tells how Britain’s Conservative and Labour parties converged to back Israel’s criminal assault—in the process occupying disturbing common ground with the far right.
Rather than challenge this political cartel, British media colluded in its misrepresentations. The shocking result was that, as British authorities helped Israel set Gaza as well as international law aflame, almost everything the public was told about this momentous conflagration was untrue.
When citizens still turned out in their hundreds of thousands to demand a ceasefire, roiling the nation’s politics as they stayed faithful to the ancient British tradition of popular protest in defence of liberty, the political-media machine bared its fangs. The investigative reporting in this book exposes the methods by which peaceful demonstrations were smeared as “hate marches”.
Formerly chief political commentator at the Daily Telegraph and Spectator, Oborne knows the British establishment from within. In this book he names names and provides receipts. His demand is accountability—for atrocities, and their accomplices.
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288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2025
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March 6, 2026
“Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people turned out week after week for months on end to demonstrate, occupy and take action against British complicity. These heroic efforts vindicated the basic decency of the British public. But government policy barely changed.”
This passionate and impassioned book looks at Britain’s role in the genocide in Gaza, whilst also looking back over the last thirty years or so in particular, with a brief foray as far back as the Balfour Declaration. Oborne examines the legal arguments about whether the legal condition for genocide has been met: according to the ICJ it has.
He also produces the statistics about deaths in Gaza, noting that Israel:
“killed more journalists in Gaza after October 7, 2023, than were killed in the US Civil War, both World Wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War…the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and the post 2001 Afghanistan War combined”.
Oborne estimates that around five percent of the Gazan population has died as a result of the conflict. Translate that to the UK and we would be looking at three million or so deaths.
Oborne looks at the leadership of all the main parties when in power and pretty much condemns them all, including the current labour government. An honourable mention for Jeremy Corbyn, who led the Labour Party until 2019 and whose principled stand on Palestine over the last forty odd years is to be admired and he continues to fight for the Palestinian cause, now as an independent MP. He was clearly undermined by the Pro-Israel lobby in his party.
There is a whole section on the influence of the various lobby groups that support Israel: each of the major parties has one and they are extremely influential. The media are also castigated for their consistently biased reporting. There is an impressive amount of detail and argument backing this up.
The only significant British political party condemning Israel’s war crimes and supporting Palestine is the Green Party, led by the Jewish and gay Zack Polanski.
It’s an angry and passionate book which calls for the arrest and charging of many politicians in the UK for the actions and inactions throughout the attacks on Gaza.
It is worth noting that Oborne and other significant writers on the conflict (Ilan Pappe for example) don’t get air time and little enough space in the mainstream press.
This passionate and impassioned book looks at Britain’s role in the genocide in Gaza, whilst also looking back over the last thirty years or so in particular, with a brief foray as far back as the Balfour Declaration. Oborne examines the legal arguments about whether the legal condition for genocide has been met: according to the ICJ it has.
He also produces the statistics about deaths in Gaza, noting that Israel:
“killed more journalists in Gaza after October 7, 2023, than were killed in the US Civil War, both World Wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War…the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and the post 2001 Afghanistan War combined”.
Oborne estimates that around five percent of the Gazan population has died as a result of the conflict. Translate that to the UK and we would be looking at three million or so deaths.
Oborne looks at the leadership of all the main parties when in power and pretty much condemns them all, including the current labour government. An honourable mention for Jeremy Corbyn, who led the Labour Party until 2019 and whose principled stand on Palestine over the last forty odd years is to be admired and he continues to fight for the Palestinian cause, now as an independent MP. He was clearly undermined by the Pro-Israel lobby in his party.
There is a whole section on the influence of the various lobby groups that support Israel: each of the major parties has one and they are extremely influential. The media are also castigated for their consistently biased reporting. There is an impressive amount of detail and argument backing this up.
The only significant British political party condemning Israel’s war crimes and supporting Palestine is the Green Party, led by the Jewish and gay Zack Polanski.
It’s an angry and passionate book which calls for the arrest and charging of many politicians in the UK for the actions and inactions throughout the attacks on Gaza.
It is worth noting that Oborne and other significant writers on the conflict (Ilan Pappe for example) don’t get air time and little enough space in the mainstream press.
February 28, 2026
A straight forward and damning charting of Britain's role in facilitating Israel's genocide, a blue print for accountability across British government and media particularly.
December 31, 2025
This is a wonderful book, like his previous “The Fate of Abraham.” The writer gives deft summaries of the historical background and previous atrocities that were the prelude and preparation for the present onslaught. He also covers the grovelling dishonesty of our political leaders with knowledge and expertise. Such a comprehensive, honest and fully referenced work.
April 12, 2026
A valuable archival project, written with a satisfying abundance of journalistic integrity.
I read this for a book club - not a great choice for discussion, because it is an investigative work of factual non-fiction, living little room for discussion, but a very valuable read that I might not otherwise have picked for myself.
The title is apt, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It is incredibly well-researched, with a high importance placed on presenting nothing more than verifiable information, which, alone, builds a devastating picture of UK complicity in Israel's genocide on Gaza.
Particularly, it details the embarrassingly poor job done by the most well-funded British news corps, especially the BBC, in reporting on Gaza. We get an in-depth chapter for what actually happened (and what, instead, got reported) on October 7th. We also get historical information and context about British complicity in the colonisation of Palestine at large. A good amount of the book, as you'd imagine, focuses on the impact of Zionist lobby groups on British government politics in both major political parties. It also goes into the ICC case against Israel, insofar as it renders British politicians complicit in illegal genocide. This is all exceptionally well done.
I don't have any critiques of this book. I don't normally read books of this nature, because I tend not to be interested in national government politics of the UK, but this book touches plenty of other related topics. I think Complicit shines the most when it critiques the journalistic failings of British media, thanks in large part to Obourne's familiarity with industry expectations, by showing at every turn how reporting failed to meet the required standard.
There is much to be learned from reading this book. As one attendee remarked, it felt like all of our social media feeds since October 2023 compiled into prose.
I'd recommend this book to those who are looking for information to arm them for debates with Zionists, those interested in Britain's complicity in genocide in Gaza, and any lawyers looking to take our politicians to the Hague.
I read this for a book club - not a great choice for discussion, because it is an investigative work of factual non-fiction, living little room for discussion, but a very valuable read that I might not otherwise have picked for myself.
The title is apt, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It is incredibly well-researched, with a high importance placed on presenting nothing more than verifiable information, which, alone, builds a devastating picture of UK complicity in Israel's genocide on Gaza.
Particularly, it details the embarrassingly poor job done by the most well-funded British news corps, especially the BBC, in reporting on Gaza. We get an in-depth chapter for what actually happened (and what, instead, got reported) on October 7th. We also get historical information and context about British complicity in the colonisation of Palestine at large. A good amount of the book, as you'd imagine, focuses on the impact of Zionist lobby groups on British government politics in both major political parties. It also goes into the ICC case against Israel, insofar as it renders British politicians complicit in illegal genocide. This is all exceptionally well done.
I don't have any critiques of this book. I don't normally read books of this nature, because I tend not to be interested in national government politics of the UK, but this book touches plenty of other related topics. I think Complicit shines the most when it critiques the journalistic failings of British media, thanks in large part to Obourne's familiarity with industry expectations, by showing at every turn how reporting failed to meet the required standard.
There is much to be learned from reading this book. As one attendee remarked, it felt like all of our social media feeds since October 2023 compiled into prose.
I'd recommend this book to those who are looking for information to arm them for debates with Zionists, those interested in Britain's complicity in genocide in Gaza, and any lawyers looking to take our politicians to the Hague.
December 16, 2025
A powerful, heartfelt ending.
March 29, 2026
I wish I’d read this earlier and shamefully include myself in ‘damn those that didn’t know’. This is a really important read.
June 28, 2026
I suspect most of those reading Peter Oborne's excoriating account of the British "establishment's" complicity in supporting or excusing Israel's murderous rampage in Gaza, plausibly a genocide according to the ICJ and diagnosed as a genocide by many other expert bodies will be sympathetic to the thesis, and will also have a pretty good background knowledge of what has been happening. I was one of the half million or so demonstrators on the second large protest in London in 2023 when near the end of a visit, and almost every week for two years I have been standing in vigil once weekly in our local small town in the Wairarapa in New Zealand.
But this is a forensic examination of the most distressing and horrible event in my entire near 80 year lifetime, its immediacy and the impossibility of ignoring or excusing the carnage brings a different reaction from say the Vietnam war.
Peter Oborne now appears regularly on alternative news outlets on the internet, and he has completely severed any previous ties to his old journalist practice, as for instance, editor of the Spectator.
I won't go into detail - there will be other reviews to follow, but I think his thesis about the blame being shared in MSM is proved well enough as there is not a single review of this book in the MSM itself. You'll search in vain to find one.
Perhaps the best summary of what this book is about is what he writes near the end. He writes a few paragraphs on all the various things Britain could have done to stop this carnage and what it didn't - so he continues
Damn you, Keir Starmer, Damn you Rishi Sunak, Damn you Cameron, Lammy, Cleverly. A second Damn to Sammy for shaking Netanyahu’s blood soaked hand. Damn you Mitchell and Falconer, the bag carriers.
Damn you Lindsay Hoyle, Commons Speaker, who wrecked a ceasefire motion and got Starmer off the hook.
Damn the Foreign Office officials who put their pensions before the Palestinian people
Shame on the British military which trained, advised and supported the genocidal Israeli army Damn you Admiral Sir Tony Rankin - as chief of this defence staff you had the power to stop this. You have brought Britain’s armed forces into disrepute.
Damn the arms manufacturers who have profited from supplying the Israeli military. Damn you BAE Systems, profiteers from death
Damn the “special relationship” it has led Britain into a cesspit.
Damn the politicians and journalists who never reported on or cared about the death of Palestinian journalists targeted and killed by Israel.
Damn the blood-soaked British newspaper industry. Damn you Murdoch. Damn you Rebekah Brooks, Damn you Victoria Newton, editor of the Sun. Damn you Tony Gallacher. You are the Times editor who awarded space to Yoav Gallant, wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes including the use of starvation as a weapon of war and crimes against humanity. Damn you Prof Neall Ferguson for co-writing that article.
Dam you, Chris Evans, editor of the Daily Telegraph, for turning your newspaper into one of Israel’s propaganda tools. Damn you Zanny Minton Beddoes of “The Economist”. You allowed your renowned journal to denounce the ICJ judgement of genocide as a “show trial”. You demanded “fight on”
Damn you Daily Mail editor Ted Verity and your offshore proprietor Lord Rothermere. Damn you Michael Gove. Damn The Spectator (Peter Oborne was once editor of The Spectator)
Damn the ignorant, lavishly paid, cruel, canting newspaper columnists and studio hosts. Damn the know nothing reporters who peddled lies and twisted the facts. Damn the reporters who were too afraid to search out the truth.
Damn those who passed by on the other side. Damn the Archbishop of Canterbury who refused to meet that Bethlehem Pastor.
Damn the moral cowards at the top of the BBC. Samir, Shah, Robbie Gibb, Tim Davie, Richard Burgess. Damn you for failing to understand the meaning of the great institution you have disgraced or why it mattered so much.
Damn the atrocity deniers, Damn those that treated Palestinians as less than human. Damn those who treated Palestinians as statistic. Damn the ideologists, Damn the clash of civilisation barbarians. Damn the Great Replacement conspiracists, Damn the neo-conservative - never embarrassed, humbled or sated.
Damn the extreme right for your bigotry and racism. Damn you Nigel Farage. Damn you Tommy Robinson. Damn you Douglas Murray.
Damn you Priti Patel. Damn you Kemi Badenoch.
Damn the self appointed guardians of public discourse who smeared those who marched for peace as terror supporters, Damn Suella Braverman. Damn Yvette Cooper.
Damn the supporters of Israel who turned the charge of antisemitism, one of the great evils of human history, into a cheap propaganda weapon to cover for Israeli crimes.
Damn the lobbyists. Damn you , Conservative Friends of Israel, damn you Labour Friends of Israel. and a second damn for your disreputable “jolly” to Tel Aviv at the height of the slaughter.
Damn those who didn’t care. Damn those who did care but were afraid to act. Damn those who intimidated them into inertia. Damn the cowards and the careerists.
Damn those who put power before morality. Damn the pragmatists. Damn those who had their doubts but didn’t voice them.
Damn those who didn’t know. Damn those who didn’t want to know. Damn those who didn’t understand. Damn those who didn’t want to understand.
Damn those who were complicit in this brazen, public and protracted crime against humanity.
I expect you all think you will get away with it. You have in the past…….but the world may be starting to change.
But this is a forensic examination of the most distressing and horrible event in my entire near 80 year lifetime, its immediacy and the impossibility of ignoring or excusing the carnage brings a different reaction from say the Vietnam war.
Peter Oborne now appears regularly on alternative news outlets on the internet, and he has completely severed any previous ties to his old journalist practice, as for instance, editor of the Spectator.
I won't go into detail - there will be other reviews to follow, but I think his thesis about the blame being shared in MSM is proved well enough as there is not a single review of this book in the MSM itself. You'll search in vain to find one.
Perhaps the best summary of what this book is about is what he writes near the end. He writes a few paragraphs on all the various things Britain could have done to stop this carnage and what it didn't - so he continues
Damn you, Keir Starmer, Damn you Rishi Sunak, Damn you Cameron, Lammy, Cleverly. A second Damn to Sammy for shaking Netanyahu’s blood soaked hand. Damn you Mitchell and Falconer, the bag carriers.
Damn you Lindsay Hoyle, Commons Speaker, who wrecked a ceasefire motion and got Starmer off the hook.
Damn the Foreign Office officials who put their pensions before the Palestinian people
Shame on the British military which trained, advised and supported the genocidal Israeli army Damn you Admiral Sir Tony Rankin - as chief of this defence staff you had the power to stop this. You have brought Britain’s armed forces into disrepute.
Damn the arms manufacturers who have profited from supplying the Israeli military. Damn you BAE Systems, profiteers from death
Damn the “special relationship” it has led Britain into a cesspit.
Damn the politicians and journalists who never reported on or cared about the death of Palestinian journalists targeted and killed by Israel.
Damn the blood-soaked British newspaper industry. Damn you Murdoch. Damn you Rebekah Brooks, Damn you Victoria Newton, editor of the Sun. Damn you Tony Gallacher. You are the Times editor who awarded space to Yoav Gallant, wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes including the use of starvation as a weapon of war and crimes against humanity. Damn you Prof Neall Ferguson for co-writing that article.
Dam you, Chris Evans, editor of the Daily Telegraph, for turning your newspaper into one of Israel’s propaganda tools. Damn you Zanny Minton Beddoes of “The Economist”. You allowed your renowned journal to denounce the ICJ judgement of genocide as a “show trial”. You demanded “fight on”
Damn you Daily Mail editor Ted Verity and your offshore proprietor Lord Rothermere. Damn you Michael Gove. Damn The Spectator (Peter Oborne was once editor of The Spectator)
Damn the ignorant, lavishly paid, cruel, canting newspaper columnists and studio hosts. Damn the know nothing reporters who peddled lies and twisted the facts. Damn the reporters who were too afraid to search out the truth.
Damn those who passed by on the other side. Damn the Archbishop of Canterbury who refused to meet that Bethlehem Pastor.
Damn the moral cowards at the top of the BBC. Samir, Shah, Robbie Gibb, Tim Davie, Richard Burgess. Damn you for failing to understand the meaning of the great institution you have disgraced or why it mattered so much.
Damn the atrocity deniers, Damn those that treated Palestinians as less than human. Damn those who treated Palestinians as statistic. Damn the ideologists, Damn the clash of civilisation barbarians. Damn the Great Replacement conspiracists, Damn the neo-conservative - never embarrassed, humbled or sated.
Damn the extreme right for your bigotry and racism. Damn you Nigel Farage. Damn you Tommy Robinson. Damn you Douglas Murray.
Damn you Priti Patel. Damn you Kemi Badenoch.
Damn the self appointed guardians of public discourse who smeared those who marched for peace as terror supporters, Damn Suella Braverman. Damn Yvette Cooper.
Damn the supporters of Israel who turned the charge of antisemitism, one of the great evils of human history, into a cheap propaganda weapon to cover for Israeli crimes.
Damn the lobbyists. Damn you , Conservative Friends of Israel, damn you Labour Friends of Israel. and a second damn for your disreputable “jolly” to Tel Aviv at the height of the slaughter.
Damn those who didn’t care. Damn those who did care but were afraid to act. Damn those who intimidated them into inertia. Damn the cowards and the careerists.
Damn those who put power before morality. Damn the pragmatists. Damn those who had their doubts but didn’t voice them.
Damn those who didn’t know. Damn those who didn’t want to know. Damn those who didn’t understand. Damn those who didn’t want to understand.
Damn those who were complicit in this brazen, public and protracted crime against humanity.
I expect you all think you will get away with it. You have in the past…….but the world may be starting to change.
May 31, 2026
5+ ⭐️
Finished reading ... Complicit: Britain's role in the destruction of Gaza / Peter Oborne ... 30 May, 2026
ISBN: 9781682194263 .... 265 pp. + Notes (76 pp.)
This is yet another excellent book about the genocide in Gaza. It went to press in August 2025. The genocide is ongoing and Israel has spread the slaughter to neighbouring countries. The US is joint partner in the exercise. Australia shares the same moral guilt even though our physical complicity is proportionately smaller. At either end of the spectrum, the intent in participation, and the lack of action for peace both matter.
This is written from the perspective of a British journalist from the new media. For a quick summary of who Oborne blames, you can turn to p.258 and read “Damn you Kier Starmer.” and on it goes to p.261, naming names in politics, the military, Israel/Zionist lobbyists, and the old/traditional press, ending with …
“Damn those who didn't care. … Damn those who put power before morality. ... Damn those who didn't want to know. … Damn all who were complicit in this brazen public, and protracted crime against humanity.
I expect you all think you will get away with it. You have in the past. But the world may be starting to change.”
I am very much reminded of One day, everyone will have always been against this by Omar El Akkad which I read in August, 2025. But too many know the truth and will recognise those false denials.
Quote (p. 99): The great twentieth-century British historian A.J.P. Taylor noted … 'If you want to know what the foreign policy of this country will be in twenty or thirty years' time … find out what the Dissenting minority are saying now'. … History will salute the bravery and the stamina of the Gaza protesters, who turned out month after month to demand an end to mass killing.
If you only get your news from old/traditional media, or new media in the shape of Sky News (or anything related to Rupert Murdoch) you are getting a very biased view of the genocide. In fact, genocide is unlikely to be mentioned, and Palestinians 'die', they're not 'killed by the IDF'. You get so little of the full story you are, in effect, getting a lie.
Alternative media sprang up some years ago to counter the Murdoch effect. It keeps getting better and better in terms of news coverage (worldwide, not only in Palestine) and in educated, informed commentary. Authoritative books are also good if you care to know the truth.
READ THIS BOOK!
Borrowed from my local library.
Finished reading ... Complicit: Britain's role in the destruction of Gaza / Peter Oborne ... 30 May, 2026
ISBN: 9781682194263 .... 265 pp. + Notes (76 pp.)
This is yet another excellent book about the genocide in Gaza. It went to press in August 2025. The genocide is ongoing and Israel has spread the slaughter to neighbouring countries. The US is joint partner in the exercise. Australia shares the same moral guilt even though our physical complicity is proportionately smaller. At either end of the spectrum, the intent in participation, and the lack of action for peace both matter.
This is written from the perspective of a British journalist from the new media. For a quick summary of who Oborne blames, you can turn to p.258 and read “Damn you Kier Starmer.” and on it goes to p.261, naming names in politics, the military, Israel/Zionist lobbyists, and the old/traditional press, ending with …
“Damn those who didn't care. … Damn those who put power before morality. ... Damn those who didn't want to know. … Damn all who were complicit in this brazen public, and protracted crime against humanity.
I expect you all think you will get away with it. You have in the past. But the world may be starting to change.”
I am very much reminded of One day, everyone will have always been against this by Omar El Akkad which I read in August, 2025. But too many know the truth and will recognise those false denials.
Quote (p. 99): The great twentieth-century British historian A.J.P. Taylor noted … 'If you want to know what the foreign policy of this country will be in twenty or thirty years' time … find out what the Dissenting minority are saying now'. … History will salute the bravery and the stamina of the Gaza protesters, who turned out month after month to demand an end to mass killing.
If you only get your news from old/traditional media, or new media in the shape of Sky News (or anything related to Rupert Murdoch) you are getting a very biased view of the genocide. In fact, genocide is unlikely to be mentioned, and Palestinians 'die', they're not 'killed by the IDF'. You get so little of the full story you are, in effect, getting a lie.
Alternative media sprang up some years ago to counter the Murdoch effect. It keeps getting better and better in terms of news coverage (worldwide, not only in Palestine) and in educated, informed commentary. Authoritative books are also good if you care to know the truth.
READ THIS BOOK!
Borrowed from my local library.
April 30, 2026
Goodreads friend Paul has written an excellent review of this desperately important book. It has received no major reviews in British newspapers, I understand, despite the unarguable pedigree of Peter Oborne, a well respected and experienced journalist. I will here add three of the mentions on the back cover:
‘A masterclass in truth-telling that will prove essential in bringing about justice for the Palestinian people’ - Jeremy Corbyn
‘Remarkable - deserves the widest possible readership.’ - Avi Shlaim
‘One of the most respected and important writers on Britain’s complicity in the tragedy of the Palestinians.’ - William Dalrymple
I urgently recommend all those of conscience everywhere but particularly those living in Britain, to read this book.
‘A masterclass in truth-telling that will prove essential in bringing about justice for the Palestinian people’ - Jeremy Corbyn
‘Remarkable - deserves the widest possible readership.’ - Avi Shlaim
‘One of the most respected and important writers on Britain’s complicity in the tragedy of the Palestinians.’ - William Dalrymple
I urgently recommend all those of conscience everywhere but particularly those living in Britain, to read this book.
February 26, 2026
A superb book that clearly sets out the shameful complicity of Britain in the genocide perpetrated in Gaza and over the longer term in facilitating the ongoing system of apartheid inflicted on the Palestinian people. Peter Oborne is a brave, principled man. This book should be read by all those in government and the media who have facilitated and excused Israel's barbarism, they should then hang their heads in shame.
May 7, 2026
Well researched with documented evidence, unlike the lies half truths peddled by main stream media and politicians supporting an illegal and genocidal state that has been murdering stealing raping and committing crimes against humanity with immunity for over 75 years.
June 12, 2026
'damn all who were complicit in this brazen, public, and protracted crime against humanity. i expect you all think you will get away with it. you have in the past. but the world may be starting to change.'
October 28, 2025
Forensic examination of the complicity of British politicians and media in Netanyahu's genocide in Gaza. A must read.
March 4, 2026
A 3* review feels very harsh for this book, as it is without a doubt a 'must read', but at the same time, I cannot help feel a little bit dissapointed after reading it.
I cannot put my finger on why, maybe a large part of it is due to the fact I am married to a Gazan. So nothing in this book 'suprises' me. I have been very very much aware of the painful hypocrisy of our country ove the last 2 years, more so than most.
I guess I was expecting more of an 'insiders view' into the complicity of our country. Perhaps a 'fly on the wall' type analsysis (Similar to Bob Woodwards 'war' which I have just read', which uses interviews with sources to get a read understanding of discussing within government. But maybe I was being too hopeful, it is not every journalist who is able to have access to this level of infrmation, certtainly not one as opposed to the governments agenda as Oborne.
Peter is clearly a very principled journalist, spreading the truth, which is why a 3* feels very harsh. Chapters on the media lies over October 7th were particularly informative and infuriating, as well as the scandal regarding the house speaker.
Overall a must read book, especially for anybody who is not quite as informed and connected to this conflict as many who are related / friends with people from Gaza.
I cannot put my finger on why, maybe a large part of it is due to the fact I am married to a Gazan. So nothing in this book 'suprises' me. I have been very very much aware of the painful hypocrisy of our country ove the last 2 years, more so than most.
I guess I was expecting more of an 'insiders view' into the complicity of our country. Perhaps a 'fly on the wall' type analsysis (Similar to Bob Woodwards 'war' which I have just read', which uses interviews with sources to get a read understanding of discussing within government. But maybe I was being too hopeful, it is not every journalist who is able to have access to this level of infrmation, certtainly not one as opposed to the governments agenda as Oborne.
Peter is clearly a very principled journalist, spreading the truth, which is why a 3* feels very harsh. Chapters on the media lies over October 7th were particularly informative and infuriating, as well as the scandal regarding the house speaker.
Overall a must read book, especially for anybody who is not quite as informed and connected to this conflict as many who are related / friends with people from Gaza.
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