A Sunday Times Bestseller
From one of Britain's most celebrated political journalists, a fearless and forensic indictment 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 theDaily TelegraphandSpectator, 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.
About the Author :
Peter Oborneis associate editor ofMiddle East Eyeand columnist forByline TimesandDeclassified UK. He has worked as political editor ofThe Spectatorand political columnist for theDaily MailandDaily Telegraph, and is the author of numerous books includingSunday TimesbestsellersThe Assault on TruthandThe Fate of Abraham: Why the West Is Wrong about Islam.
Review :
“Utterly damning and devastating . . . a masterclass in truth-telling”
—Jeremy Corbyn in the New Statesman Books of the Year
“Incisive, detailed, and brutally honest, Peter Oborne cuts through the daily noise and propaganda.”
—Sayeeda Warsi
“A triumph. Deeply researched and very readable, this remarkable book deserves the widest possible readership among policymakers and the general public.”
—Avi Shlaim
“Peter Oborne is one of the most respected and important writers on the tragedy of the Palestinians and Britain’s complicity in their ethnic cleansing.”
—William Dalrymple
“An absolutely devastating indictment of Britain’s criminal role in Israel’s genocide. A must-read, utterly compelling contribution to the coming reckoning.”
—Owen Jones
“At last, our politicians and media are in the dock for colluding in the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. Peter Oborne’s book leaves no hiding place. There will be a day of reckoning, there always is.”
—Ken Loach
“Thrilling, essential reading if you care about the world and the moral decency of those who lead us. Gaza is being murdered; Britain is guilty: here’s the proof.”
—Miriam Margolyes
“This is a critical document for understanding not just this war but the workings of Western imperialism.”
—Ghassan Abu-Sittah
“Incisive . . . a damning document recording British betrayal of Palestine that began a century ago and continues today.”
—Ilan Pappé
“This work is both an act of resistance and a testament to the power of truth. Every seeker of justice should not only read it but truly reckon with its message.”
—Ahmed Alnaouq
“Undoubtedly one of the most important exposés of the British press we have read.”
—Jewish Voice For Labour
“Political careers are short, legal timelines are often long. But a reckoning is coming, and everyone who reads Complicit will come away determined to bring that day nearer.”
—Declassified UK
“A devastating exposé of Britain’s role and of the genocide itself.”
—Stop The War
“In the years to come, Oborne’s unsparing account of the British role in the Gaza genocide will be a crucial tool in this work of memorialization and accountability.”
—New Arab
“A candid, evidence-based record of Britain’s role in the slaughter visited by Israel upon the Palestinians with an unequivocal message for those in our midst who have enabled this: we are coming for you.”
—Morning Star
“Peter Oborne has written the most powerful, detailed summary so far of Britain’s complicity in the Israeli military’s onslaught on Gaza.”
—Electronic Intifada
“The imperial crimes of the British elite are immense. What Complicit does is lay out in a clear, scientific way a fresh crime, the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.”
—Counterfire
