An Scéal

Interview with Niamh Ní Bhrían about the Transnational Institute’s (TNI) report on EU complicity in the Gaza Genocide, including the EU-Israel Association Agreement.The report, titled ‘Partners in Crime – EU complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza’ can be found here: https://www.tni.org/en/publication/partners-in-crime-EU-complicity-Israel-genocide-GazaThe petition ‘European Citizens' Initiative - Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights’ can be signed here: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2025/000005_enOr at https://www.justiceforpalestine.eu/ or at https://www.instagram.com/justiceforpalestineeu/ The Transnational Institute (TNI) is also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transnationalinstitute/ According to Raz Segel, an Israeli historian, Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide at Stockton University, USA, on 19 Sep 2025 : "Israel has, so far, killed in its genocide in Gaza since October 2023 more than 115,000 Palestinians and created the conditions for the painful deaths of nearly 350,000 more. Almost half a million people out of a population of 2.3 million – more than 20 percent." Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14623528.2025.2557712 Skewering History: The Odious Politics of Counting Gaza’s Deadhttps://arena.org.au/politics-of-counting-gazas-dead/We discuss the activities of arms companies and other actors during the interview.Elbit Systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbit_Systems Rheinmetall, German arms company, with a long history. According to Wikipedia: ‘During the Second World War, numerous forced labourers worked in the Rheinmetall factories. In the Unterlüß plant alone, around 5,000 foreign forced labourers and prisoners of war, approximately 2,500 Poles, 1,000 from the USSR, 500 Yugoslavs, 1,000 from other countries, were liberated by British troops at the end of the war. Between 1944 and 1945, Rheinmetall-Borsig took over the sponsorship of the nursery for foreign children in Unterlüß, which was also a maternity home for forced labourers and a killing centre for their children. At times, Hungarian Jewish women from a subcamp of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp were deployed in Unterlüß.’ Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinmetall Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Aerospace_Industries Frontex: ‘Much of the technology used to monitor migration in the Mediterranean — and to follow the Madleen activist vessel — was battle-tested in Gaza’. Link: https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-israeli-drones-guarding-fortress-europe/ EU Group of Personalities report: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/acbeac0e-faf0-11e5-b713-01aa75ed71a1

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention recently issued a ‘Statement on the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Sustaining German Genocide Denial’, which ‘condemns the persistent efforts by several high-profile German civil society organizations to deny the ongoing genocide in Gaza and to disseminate disinformation and denialist narratives among German political decision-makers.’In this podcast we speak to Melissa Eichhorn, member of the Lemkin Institute leadership team, about what led the Lemkin Institute to issue this statement and its content.The Lemkin Institute statement: https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/statement-on-the-role-of-civil-society-organizations-in-sustaining-german-genocide-denial---The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide can be read here (it’s quite short) and worth a read: https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-prevention-and-punishment-crime-genocideSome of the organisations mentioned in the interview areChristen an der Seite Israels (CSI): https://csi-aktuell.de/english/The European Leadership Network (ELNET):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELNETGerman Israel Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Israeli_SocietyEurope-Israel Press Association:https://ngoreport.org/europe-israel-press-association/Raphael Lemkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_LemkinAlso of relevance is the report by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s report ‘ Forever-Occupation, genocide, and profit: Special Rapporteur’s report exposes corporate forces behind destruction of Palestine’: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/07/forever-occupation-genocide-and-profit-special-rapporteurs-report-exposes

This episode is a recording of statements made by the families and friends of the Ulm 5 at an event held in Berlin on the 22 of March. The Ulm 5 are five activists who were arrested last September after attempting to stop the flow of weapons to Israel during the Gaza Genocide from an Elbit Systems factory in Ulm, Germany.They have since been held in separate prisons across Germany for seven months, charged with trespass, property destruction, and being a members of a ‘criminal organisation’ under ‘Section 129’ of the German criminal code. They are being subject to harsh detention conditions, including solitary confinement, 23-hour lock-up, extremely restricted activities, and surveilled visits, phone calls and post, under ‘under conditions that breach the right to adequate, confidential and unrestricted legal representation, the right to be heard, and the right to a fair trial’ (lawyers’ statement).Germany, which supplies a third of all weapons delivered to Israel, is currently on trial at the International Court of Justice for complicity in the Gaza Genocide.‘Section 129’ is also being used against climate activists in Germany, which has been criticised by UN Special Rapporteurs.Other speakers at the event were Nehal Abdulla from CAGE International, and Yasmin Khuder from Amnesty International.Related press Conference: https://realmedia.press/ulm5-press-conference/ and https://www.youtube.com/live/Lm9whmEKyxISupport the Ulm5! website: https://ulm5.info/en/Letter writing guidelines: https://ulm5.info/en/page/letter-writing-guidelinesUlm5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theulm5/Roser Gari Perez: https://theleftberlin.com/germany-vs-the-ulm-5/NehalAbdulla, CAGE International: https://www.newarab.com/author/75089/nehal-abdallaYasmin Khuder, Amnesty International Germany:https://verfassungsblog.de/author/yasmin-khuder/‘Germany: criminal proceedings and investigations against members of climate action group Letzte Generation (joint communication)’ by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN human rights experts to the Government of Germany: https://srdefenders.org/germany-criminal-proceedings-and-investigations-against-members-of-climate-action-group-letzte-generation-joint-communication/The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide can be read here (it’s quite short) and worth a read:https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-prevention-and-punishment-crime-genocide‘Torture and genocide – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967’, Francesca Albanese, 19 February 2026: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc6171-torture-and-genocide-report-special-rapporteur-situation-humanIrish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin

This episode is a rebroadcast of an episode of ‘Not to Forgive, but to Understand’, a podcast series discussing topics in genocide studies with scholars and individuals deeply involved in understanding the complexities of genocide and its perpetrators, presented by Sabah Carrim, a writer and scholar of Genocide Studies, along with co-host Luis Gonzalez-Aponte.The interview is with Saira Hussain, an an anesthetist who has worked in Gaza at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis through humanitarian deployments with Medical Aid for Palestinians and IDEALS. The conversation explores what it means to deliver critical care inside a collapsing health system. Drawing on firsthand experience, Saira discusses blockade conditions, mass-casualty medicine, famine and forced starvation, and the daily ethical and clinical decisions faced by medical professionals working under extreme constraint. The discussion also looks beyond the present moment, asking what rebuilding medical education, infrastructure, and professional capacity might entail in post-conflict settings.This interview was recorded in September 2025, during a period of enforced starvation in Gaza. It remains acutely relevant today, as United Nations reporting indicates that over 400 Palestinians have been killed since the October ceasefire, underscoring the ongoing humanitarian and medical crisis.Collapse of Gaza’s Health System, Why a Doctor Goes to Gaza, Practicing Medicine Below Standards, Patient Testimony Under Siege, Mass Graves Near Medical Facilities, Blockade, Aid Restrictions, Hospital Failure, Patterns of War-Related Injuries, Famine and Enforced Starvation, What Global Reporting Misses, Rebuilding Gaza’s Medical Community,Personal Cost of Medical Witnessing, Medical Ethics After Atrocity, Unprecedented Weapons and Trauma, Aid Sites and Civilian DeathLINKS:Not to Forgive, But to Understand: https://perpetratorstudies.sites.uu.nl/2025/07/28/podcast-series-not-to-forgive-but-to-understand/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@NottoForgivebuttoUnderstand Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/ IDEALS: https://www.ideals.org.uk/ Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin/

Interview with Josephine Solanki of the Transnational Institute (TNI), the author of a recent TNI report on Germany’s repression of the Palestine movement. Since 7 October 2023, German authorities have imposed a far-reaching domestic crackdown on Palestine solidarity in tandem with its political, diplomatic and material backing for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This ranges from protest bans and police violence, to smear campaigns, cultural deplatforming, workplace reprisals, and the instrumentalization of migration and asylum law. Together, these measures illustrate the emergence of a repressive infrastructure in Germany which criminalises almost any effective form of solidarity with Palestine and threatens broader civil liberties. The report covers the first 18 months of the genocide, from 7 October 2023 until mid-April 2025.TNI’s report ‘Solidarity under siege: Germany’s repression of the Palestine Movement’ can be downloaded at: https://www.tni.org/en/publication/solidarity-under-siege ‘Flirting with authoritarianism’ by Josephine Solanki in The Left Berlin: https://www.theleftberlin.com/germany-crackdown-palestine/TNI website: ⁠https://www.tni.org/en⁠ TNI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transnationalinstitute/ ‘Modernity and the Holocaust’ by Zygmunt Bauman:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernity_and_the_Holocaust Udi Raz of Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Near East, Germany: https://www.instagram.com/udiraza/ Statement by Fridays for Future, Munich, Germany: https://www.instagram.com/fridaysforfuturemuenchen/, actual post (one need to log in to view: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNvxD6FUHWQ/Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin/

Interview with Masha, a Belarusian anarchist in exile.We discuss how the dictatorship in Belarus functions, the general political and social situation, the general repression of dissent, the arrests of protestors, the use of facial recognition software, and how cases are processed through thecourts, the role of social media in organising resistance, and the situation regarding political prisoners.Belarus has the most political prisoners in Europe, more than in Russia.Masha, is speaking from Poland.Info on sending letters of support to political prisoners in Belarus: https://abc-belarus.org/en/main-page/Belarus Anarchist Black Cross: https://www.instagram.com/belarus_abc/ Prisoners mentioned who have died in Belarus: https://www.instagram.com/p/DB6KhzFMVUR/Synesis, facial recognition software company mentioned: https://www.biometricupdate.com/?posttype=all&s=Synesis Green Border – Agnieszka Holland – Official U.S. Trailer: https://youtu.be/7sfSUzVNNio Interview by Kurtis and Gerry of the Irish Bloc Berlin.Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin/

Interview with Fabio, a member of the trade union SI Cabos (Sindacato Inter-categoriale Cobas), and of TIR (Tendenza Internazionalista Rivoluzionaria) in Italy.S.I. COBAS is a syndicalist trade union that follows in the footsteps of IWW (Industrial Workers of the World). Recently, both S.I. COBAS and TIR made the news by being one of the main organisers pushing for a general strike on the 22th of September and the 3rd of October.In this episode, we will be talking about the strike, labour struggles in Italy, and how labour struggles intertwine with social movements.Mimì, Dario and Francesco’s campaign against Israeli pharmaceuticals in Naples:https://www.instagram.com/p/DQPG8R2itdQ/ TIR (Tendenza Internazionalista Rivoluzionaria):https://coalizioneoperaia.com/tag/tendenza-internazionalista-rivoluzionaria/ S.I. COBAS (Sindacato Inter-categoriale Cobas):https://sicobas.org/ The General Strike call for 28th of November:https://www.usb.it/leggi-notizia/contro-la-finanziaria-di-guerra-e-il-governo-meloni-rompere-con-israele-palestina-libera-28-novembre-sciopero-generale-29-novembre-manifestazione-nazionale-a-roma-ore-1400-porta-san-paolo-1116.html SHUT IT ALL DOWN FOR PALESTINE, Francesca Albanese on the upcoming general strike:https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ1vkjZCI2O/ IWW (Industrial Workers of the World):https://www.iww.org/ andhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_WorldInterview by Liav of the Irish Bloc Berlin.

‘Distorting Justice: Courtroom Observations of Palestine-Related Cases in Berlin, April 2024—August 2025’ is a new report by the Solidarische Prozessbegleitung group, Berlin, Germany.This podcast contains excerpts from the public presentationof the report in September 2025.You can access the report in German, English, Arabic, Spanish and Italian here https://linktr.ee/palestineontrialAnd here is the other report mentioned in this episode, 'Repression of Palestine Solidarity in Germany' https://www.palaestinaspricht.de/news/report-repression-of-palestine-solidarity-in-germanyFollow the Berlin court monitoring group on Instagram for latest updates: https://www.instagram.com/palestine.on.trial/

Interview with Roser Garí Pérez and Lara from Palestine on Trial, a Berlin group monitoring court cases related to the ongoing protests in Berlin against the current genocide in Gaza. We discuss how the courts functioning, the systemic nature of police violence, mainstream media complicity, with numerous examples.Palestine on Trial on Instagram, with weekly Court Watch updates: https://www.instagram.com/palestine.on.trial/ Interview by Interview by Kurtis Sunday and Finn of the Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin/Police violence and misinformation at the 2025 Nakba Day protest, Forensis report: https://counter-investigations.org/investigation/police-violence-and-misinformation-at-the-2025-nakba-day-protests-berlin‘Repression of Palestine Solidarity in Germany’ by Roser Garí Pérez: https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article9046Know your rights in the event of racist police violence: https://kop-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/know_your_rights_Broschuere_web.pdfMultilingual guide on filming the police: https://www.gofilmthepolice.de/leitfaden-zum-filmen-von-polizeigewalt/Palestine Solidarity Archive: https://imginn.com/pal_soli_archiv/10.000 investigations in Berlin since October 2023: https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/2025/33/pro-palaestina-demos-kriminalpolizei-antisemitismus-ermittlungSection 231 of the Berlin prosecution office: https://www.berlin.de/staatsanwaltschaft/aufgaben/spezialabteilungen/

Interview with Wieland Hoban, chairperson of the German Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, known as Jüdische Stimme. We discuss the recent classification of Jüdische Stimme as a ‘foreign-related extremist organisation’ by the German Verfassungsschutz (Office for the Protection of the Protection of the Constitution), and the repression of Jewish and other voices in Germany who are protesting against German complicity in the current genocide in Gaza.Wieland Hoban on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wielhoban/ Jüdsiche Stimme on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juedischestimme/ Jüdsiche Stimme wesbite: https://www.juedische-stimme.de/ Wieland Hoban’ book, German Apartheid Politics: https://thebattleground.eu/book/german-apartheid-politics/ Iris Hefets lecture, ‘Silence and Guilt - Psychological Mechanisms in Dealing with Genocide’, banned event at the University of Bremen: https://youtu.be/LKTnh3rPVcU Archive of Silence: https://www.instagram.com/archive_of_silence/Jüdische Stimme is an independent organisation, not a branch of the US group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).Interview by Caoimhe and Kurtis Sunday of the Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin/

Interview with Zoya and Asia of the Berlin-based AFG Activists Collective on current situation and gender apartheid in Afghanistan. AFG Activists Collective: https://www.instagram.com/afgactivistcollective  Donations to support the Afghanistan schools mentioned in the podcast can be made here http://simorghberlin.org/ or https://www.paypal.me/SimorghBerlinKabulInterview by Maeve of the Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlinApologies for the occasional poltergeist activity (audiointerference) in the background.

Interview with Jara and Moath of besetzunggegenbesatzung (BgB) on the Palestine Camps set up near theBundestag in Berlin in 2024, reactions and police repression.BgB on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/besetzunggegenbesatzung BgB on Telegram: https://t.me/besetzungggnbesatzungJara’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaramachtsachen Jara’s Substack: https://wortevonamal.substack.com/ Global March to Gaza: https://marchtogaza.net/ and https://www.instagram.com/globalmarchtogaza/ Jara’s play, Baba Dein Herz, is be performed on July 4th,5th and 6th at the Brux Freies Theater, Innsbruck: https://www.brux.at/Interview by Shane of the Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin/

Interview with Ntina Tzouvala, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. We discuss international law related to genocide and crimes against humanity, and the difference between the two. As well as the role of technology in committing these crimes, concepts of civilisation in international law, and related issues.Capitalism As Civilisation: A History of International Law, Cambridge University Presshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/capitalism-as-civilisation/F66ABF447B13A75739D4644A8674EAD9 Genocide and Political Economy: Reconstructing the RelationshipLink: https://lpeproject.org/blog/genocide-and-political-economy-reconstructing-the-relationship/Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress by Raphael LemkinLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_Rule_in_Occupied_EuropeSouthern Europe Is Now In Bed With Israel's Murderous Elbit Systems w/ Shir HeverLink: https://youtu.be/aIuowPY6W50Interviewers: Kurtis Sunday and Simon

A conversation between several members of the Irish Bloc Berlin on the origin of the group and their experiences over the last twelve months.Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin/Grieving Doves: https://www.instagram.com/grieving_doves/Jüdische Stimme (Jewish Voice): https://www.instagram.com/juedischestimme/Zine of Interest: https://www.instagram.com/p/C94iVJFs2jL/Irish language ban Berlin: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/berlin-police-ban-irish-protesters-from-speaking-or-singing-in-irish-at-pro-palestine-ciorcal-comhra-near-reichstag/a234500393.htmlPalestine Congress Berlin banned: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/16/germany_palestineThis podcast was recorded before the deportation order for two Irish EU citizens in Germany for pro-Palestinian activism. And before the recent arrest of an Irish woman for speaking Irish at a protest outside the Irish embassy in Berlin.

Interview with Dani and Public Enemy of Grieving Doves, Berlin.Grieving Doves hold regular processions to mourn the victims of the Gaza genocide.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grieving_doves/ Website: https://grievingdoves.com/ Trash Pillow - Grieving Doves (Official Music Video): https://youtu.be/-lho1Uq0OS0 https://trashpillow.bandcamp.com/album/grieving-doves The painting of the Palestinian journalist referred to is ofHeba Al-Abdallah, who was killed by the Israeli military along with her daughter Judy and several family members in Gaza on 9 January 2025. Link: https://cpj.org/data/people/heba-al-abadla/ Interview by Nessa.

Interview with Ilona Abdelfattah and Rania al-Haddad of Palästinensische Geschichte(n).Palästinensische Geschichte(n), which can be translated as ‘Palestinian History / Stories’, has been organising events at various venues in Vienna, Austria, at which Palestinians tell their stories and those of their families, stories of dispossession, of living under occupation, of the culture and diversity of Palestinian life, in Gaza, the West Bank, historic Palestine and in the diaspora.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palestinianhistories/ Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PalestinianHistories Trailer for the documentary film on the 1948 Tanturamassacre: https://youtu.be/LBtdnzcjMjwForensic Architecture report, Executions and Mass Graves inTantura: https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/executions-and-mass-graves-in-tantura-23-may-1948Nadine Sayegh’s book, Oranges from Jaffa: https://orangesfromjaffa.com/ Interview by Kurtis Sunday.

Today the Scéal is interviewing the Stimmen aus Gaza team, Katya and Samer from Berlin.‘Stimmen aus Gaza’ is German for ‘Voices from Gaza’.The group is doing public readings of poetry and diaries from people in Gaza at public places in Berlin.Interview by Kurtis Sunday.The interview took place before the current ceasefire in Gaza.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stimmen_aus_gaza

Today the Scéal is interviewing the HeART of Gaza team, Mohammed from Gaza, Féile from Ireland and Ilaria from Italy. HeART of Gaza is exhibiting paintings and drawings by children in Gaza around the world. Interview by Kurtis Sunday. The interview took place before the current ceasefire in Gaza. Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heart.of.gaza⁠