Husam Zomlot in Conversation

Ambassador Dr Husam S. Zomlot is the Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom. Prior to his appointment to the UK, Dr Zomlot served as Ambassador to the United States (Head of the PLO General Delegation to the United States), and Strategic Affairs Advisor to the Palestinian President. Dr Zomlot’s previous official roles include serving as Ambassador at large for the Palestinian Presidency and Director of Fatah Foreign Relations Commission.

Secunder Kermani, Channel 4 News’ Foreign Affairs Correspondent and the Royal Television Society’s Journalist of the Year 2024, is renowned for his fearless reporting. He has played a leading role in covering the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and is one of the few foreign journalists to have reported inside rebel-held territory in Myanmar, where a brutal civil war is raging. Secunder was previously the BBC’s Pakistan and Afghanistan Correspondent, witnessing firsthand the dramatic rise to power of the Taliban and chaotic withdrawal of western forces.