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Did Muslim governments put oil revenue, Gulf investment and defence pacts ahead of Gaza? Or is that unfair to states that helped negotiate the ceasefire, came under missile fire themselves, and have their own people to feed?
Host Fakhar Anwar Safeer puts these questions to Kareem Shehadeh, a Frankfurt-based lawyer by training who has spent 18 years doing business across Europe and the Middle East. Kareem argues that oil producers held real leverage and chose not to use it. Fakhar tests that argument from the other side.
In this conversation: - Could oil have been used as leverage, and at what cost? - Would the Pakistan-Saudi defence pact survive without Saudi financial support? - Can we hold Israeli grief and Gaza grief in the same breath? - Fear in Britain's Jewish and Muslim communities after Manchester - Celebrities who spoke up, on every side, and what it cost them - What one ordinary person can actually do
This is the edited version of our live discussion of 3 October 2026. It opens with a short preview, and a few passages were removed after broadcast.
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