With an extended 2025 introduction by Dimbleby that updates the story, The Palestinians is about a stateless people who have lived under occupation or in refugee camps in neighbouring states since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. Written to refute the pernicious but widely peddled falsehood that ‘There is no such thing as a Palestinian people’, Dimbleby’s account is illuminated by searing photographs taken by the peerless Don McCullin, who travelled with the author. Together they reveal a richly diverse people with a strong culture who are united by a longing to return to their homelands. Reflecting on today’s horror story, Dimbleby forecasts that, without a ‘two-state’ solution, the soil of Palestine will be soaked in blood for generations to come. A tragedy too terrible to contemplate.

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JONATHAN DIMBLEBY: The Palestinians 

16th November 3.00pm until 4.00pm - (60 mins)