The Owen Jones Podcast

Thought the International Court of Justice ruling would force Israel to scale back its murderous onslaught? Think again. The opposite has happened.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Labour has just suspended left-wing MP Kate Osamor. Her crime? Describe Israel's onslaught on Gaza as a genocide, just days after the highest court on earth placed Israel on trial for possible genocide.Meanwhile, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy claims the party has always been clear through the conflict that international law must be upheld. That is a lie. Here's the sordid truth about Labour's wretched Gaza policy - and how it's allowed the Tories - and Israel - to get away with murder.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don’t fall for it. Donate to UNRWA here: https://donate.unrwa.org/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the truth about the ICJ ruling against Israel that most of our media won't discuss, with Mouni Rabbini, a brilliant researcher, analyst and commentator with many hats.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is blood boiling stuff.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's a never-ending smear campaign against Gary Lineker over Gaza. But it's not just about him, bad as it is: there's far more at stake.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s called ‘pinkwashing’ - the use of LGBTQ+ rights to justify Israel’s brutal oppression of the Palestinian people.Whether you’re straight or LGBTQ+, you need to hear why this argument is based on outrageous lies - and why it has nothing to do with freeing LGBTQ+ people at all.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's hunger which risks killing most Palestinians, not bombs and bullets. Israel is using hunger as a weapon of war - and Israeli claims there are no food crisis in Gaza is a grotesque lie. A terrible famine may beckon - and even in the violence stopped now, immediately, many would still die.I'm joined by Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation, who has been writing about famine since the 1980s.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Violent deaths caused by Israeli weapons are now thought to be well over 30,000 once you include those buried under the rubble. That's horrific on its own terms - but the deadliest threat doesn't come from bombs and bullets.I'm joined by UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo to discuss the big threat too few are talking about.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noura Erakat is one of the most important voices on Palestine we need to hear. A Palestinian-American university professor, legal scholar, human rights attorney, and activist we discuss - US complicity, South Africa's ICJ case and international law, Zionism, what possible hope - and so much more.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tal Mitnick is a courageous 18-year-old Israeli citizen who was jailed after refusing to serve in the army - in protest at the war on Gaza, and the oppression of the Palestinian people.Here he tells me absolutely shocking truths - but also explains why there is hope.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why did the interviewer let him get away with this?David Cameron made a series of total outrageous claims about Israel - and we do the job that should have been done.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The International Court of Justice has issued a devastating provisional ruling against Israel today. Don't fall for the spin of the apologists for Israel's crimes: the ICJ has accepted there is a plausible case that Israel is committing genocide, and that it must be fully investigated. In the meantime they have imposed provisional rulings which, among other things, order Israel to cease killing and maiming Palestinians and provide full access to food, water and humanitarian assistance - all impossible without a ceasefire - and to take action against Israeli leaders and officials who have incited genocide.This ruling has more significance than you think - here is why.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Could British ministers - and British civilians who fought with the Israeli Defence Forces - face prosecution for aiding and abetting Israel's war crimes?A new legal case has been launched - including a criminal complaint alleging UK government ministers' complicity in war crimes which has been lodged with the Metropolitan Police. Could this really lead someone?I speak to Tayab Ali, partner at Bindmans LLP and Head of International Law, and one of the driving forces behind the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians which is driving the case.You can support the case here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-cases-against-war-crimes-committed-in-gazaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Biden isn't even bothering to pretend anymore. He's exposed his contempt for Palestinian life - and as I show here, that's no surprise given his history, and Netanyahu's boasting of running rings around the US.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Human shields' - you'll have heard those words spoken a lot by Israeli spokespeople and their apologists. The aim? To make you think that the catastrophic death toll isn't the fault of Israel at all.But not only does the evidence completely destroy the narrative - it actually shows the Israeli state has a far worse record of using Palestinian civilians as human shields.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We desperately need to elevate the voices of courageous Israeli peace activists - without them, there is little hope - and so it was an honour to interview Dana Mills. She's an author and writer, and here she discusses the trauma of 7th October, the grim atmosphere facing Israeli peace activists, the horrors unleashed on the Palestinian people, the terrifying plans of the Israeli right - and what happens next.We also discuss what German-Polish revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg - Dana Mills.is her biographer - would have made of all this.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While those still cheering on the massacre of Gaza should be treated as morally depraved beyond reason, what of those still silent? No excuses anymore. It's time to shame these people - this is about life and death on a colossal scale.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is dangerous stuff. When Zarah Sultana - one of the few Labour MPs taking a courageous stance over Gaza - spoke in Parliament, Tory PM Rishi Sunak and his sidekick made a truly grim jibe.Zarah Sultana joins me to talk about how dangerous racist rhetoric is used to shut down solidarity with Palestinians, how the atmosphere is getting worse - and how she's taking on Israeli arms sales.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week South Africa presented a devastating case against Israel at The Hague alleging genocide - and then Israel offered its defence. So what will the International Court of Justice likely rule?This is such an important interview with Dr. Alonso Gurmendi. He says "the Master's tools will not dismantle the Master's house." He cautions those expecting the ICJ to issue a definitive ruling on genocide - but explains the real significance of what has just happened.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Regev is the slick PR man for Israel's mass slaughter of Gaza. Normally he's used to walking all over journalists who are pliable, ill informed, weak and not up to their job. So it's refreshing to hear LBC's Lewis Goodall actually put him on the spot - and Regev left flustered.Here, too, is more facts which shred the false narrative Regev keeps trying to build.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wow. What do you even say. Even if you've been closely following Israel's war crimes, South Africa's legal team provided overwhelming, utterly devastating evidence of genocide against the Palestinian people.I go through the key points and claims here - and why the Israeli state has no leg to stand on.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Both of Maoz Inon's parents were killed when Hamas attacked their kibbutz on 7th October. Now he's using his platform to demand peace.Here this extraordinary man tells me about the humanity he inherited from his parents, why we can forgive the past and present but not the future - and why he sees hope amidst such horror.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the Houthis staged attacks on shipping in the Red Sea - claiming a defence of Palestinians - Britain and the US have staged attacks on Yemen. But who are the Houthis, what is the war in Yemen all about - and why would more bombs on Yemen work given a Saudi-led coalition armed and backed by the US and Britain has bombed the country for years? What's the actual alternative to bombing - and what kind of catastrophe could beckon?I'm joined by the brilliant Dr. David Wearing, Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex and author of AngloArabia.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At The Hague , Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC delivered an unbelievably powerful - condemning the Israeli state for the utter horror it has unleashed against Gaza. Here it is in full - everyone needs to hear it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity is sweeping the Western world - but nowhere is more severe than Germany. The German state is compelling artists to sign a definition of antisemitism weaponised by the Right to shut down criticisms of the Israeli state's behaviour - that is, if they want to protect their livelihoods. As the German far-right rises, the establishment courages the idea that the real danger to Jews comes from the left and Palestinian solidarity activists - including Jewish activists.This is the world turned on its head. So I'm delighted to talk to German-Israeli author Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus who speaks with huge moral clarity, and tells the truth about what's really going on.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lord Cameron has moved from his old role of 'destroying Britain's social fabric' to Foreign Secretary, and this week he was interrogated about Israel's onslaught on Gaza.His responses were completely damning.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The statistics don't lie - the US and UK media have now been exposed for their outrageous racism towards Palestinians. This should be a massive scandal - not something we shrug off.Read The Intercept’s dynamite study into US media racism against Palestinians here: https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I was honoured to speak to @MansourShouman, who is in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in a live interview. He is one of the courageous Palestinian journalists risking their lives to tell the world about the horrors unleashed against Gaza.We discuss the work of these journalists, the horrors currently being suffered by civilians, the historical and political context - and what we can all do to help.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm delighted to interview Ofer Cassif, an Israeli politician of the leftist Hadash party. He has signed a petition backing South Africa's genocide claim against Israel - and he explains why he's done so, the horrors currently enveloping Gaza, the attempt to silence him, the genocidal rhetoric of Israeli leaders, and what happens next.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Avi Shlaim is one of the great living historians: Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, he's a proud self-described Arab Jew, born in Baghdad in 1945. That heritage has deeply influenced him, and we talk about Zionism, the real history of Israel that is often erased, defying the attempt to start the clock on 7th October, the question of state terrorism, how there could have been a different approach to Hamas, genocide - and why a one state giving equal rights to all is the solution.His new book, appropriately enough, is 'Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew'.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From 7th October 2023, it's been clear that media coverage about Palestinians has been defined by racism: that their lives are considered to have little value.That's not simply an assertion. A detailed study has gone through the BBC's coverage in depth - and it has exposed the undeniable fact that there is proportionately far less coverage of Palestinians being killed than Israelis, and that far less humanising language is being used per violent death.This isn't simply a moral affront - this racist coverage is crucial to making sure that one of the great crimes of our time is not being stopped.You can see the study by the brilliant researchers Jan Lietava and Dana Najjar here: https://github.com/liet-git/bbc-biasSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This "interview" with respected Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti was an absolutely disgrace - and it's easy to dismiss the host as an unpleasant pantomime villain.But this nauseating performance tells us so much about the Western media as Palestinians suffer one of the great atrocities of our age.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hanan Ashwari is one of the most recognisable faces associated with the Palestinian cause. The official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation at the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991, she served as a minister in the Palestinian Authority as a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee.Here, we discuss genocide, the West's complicity, the historical context which must be remembered - and what happens next.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's rare that I end an interview on the brink of tears, but this was such a powerful interview with former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein. He tells me his family history of surviving the Holocaust - unlike so many of his relatives - and how this informed his struggle against Apartheid.But he tells me why Israel's oppression of the Palestinians is worse than Apartheid, why the anti-apartheid movement is an example to now follow, the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices, South Africa's case against Israel alleging genocide - and why history shows we have a responsibility to speak out.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a huge honour to speak to Reverend Munther Isaac, Senior Pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church of Bethlehem, who delivered a hugely powerful Christmas message about Israel's onslaught on Gaza. We speak about Western complicity - including those who remain silent - and the refusal to describe Israel's actions for what they are.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tzipi Hotovely is an extremist who has long issued disgraceful statements about the Palestinian people - but now a line has been crossed. She has committed a criminal act on UK soil - and now she must be expelled.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Africa has filed a case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, accusing it of genocide in Gaza. The 84 page document offers an absolutely terrifying and overwhelming. Here I go through that document - and why it is one of the most important things written in our time, and why everyone needs to know what it says - before it's too late.Here is the document in full: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Africa has filed a case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, accusing it of genocide in Gaza. The 84 page document offers an absolutely terrifying and overwhelming. Here I go through that document - and why it is one of the most important things written in our time, and why everyone needs to know what it says - before it's too late.Here is the document in full: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel has just bombed Beirut, killing senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri. But Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has already promised retaliation if Israel bombs Lebanese capital. Does regional war beckon - and how catastrophic could that be? What of the media's continued refusal to tell the truth about the horrors of Gaza? What do IDF TikTok videos boasting of war crimes tell us? And has Joe Biden destroyed his presidency?We're joined by Palestinian-American analyst Omar Baddar to answer all of this.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Russia launches missiles at Ukraine and kills innocent civilians, Western governments are in uproar. Yet when Israel unleashes far worse war crimes, there's not only no condemnation - Western governments are arming and supporting Israel's onslaught.The rest of the world isn't stupid - and this double standard will have devastating consequences for Western power for a very long time to come.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gideon Levy is a man of immense moral courage and leadership: the award-winning Ha'aretz columnist has spoken out against the atrocities committed against the Palestinian people, and has become an increasingly lone voice.Here he tells me how Israeli society has degenerated to a terrifying degree, why he has so little hope, the forgotten horrors of the West Bank - and why the only chance for a just peace will come from sanctions against Israel.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many of you feel you have watched the horror of Israel's onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza and felt fury and grief - but helplessness. You may have participated in large demos, tweeted about it, peacefully occupied a train station, yelled at your computer screens and TVs, or offloaded on to friends and family - but ultimately felt "there's nothing more to do to stop this genocidal war!"Well there is. I interviewed Omar Barghouti - he's a Palestinian human rights defender, winner of the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award, and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement https://bdsmovement.net/. He explains how this peaceful, Palestinian-led mass global movement can help bring this horror to an end - and finally bring about freedom, justice, equality and dignity.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are two pillars of Western complicity in Israel's massacre of Gaza: one, governments which arm and back Israel; and two, mainstream media outlets which cheer on Israel's onslaught, and which fail to report properly on the scale of the crime currently unfolding.I'm joined by Adam Johnson, a pre-eminent media critic in the US and co-host of Citations Needed pod, to dissect the media's role. Even if you thought you had no illusions, the examples given by Johnson will shock you.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel's Netanyahu and Turkey's Erdogan have engaged in a vicious war of words, each accusing the other of mass murder. They're both right about each other - they just don't have a moral leg to stand on. But this spat had an unfortunate consequence for Netanyahu - he just accidentally confessed to genocide.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diana Buttu is a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer, former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization, who served as a Palestinian peace negotiator. Here we discuss Israel's undisguised ethnic cleansing, why this is an Israeli-American assault on Gaza, the forgotten horror in the West Bank - and why this won't end well for Israel.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Benjamin Netanyahu has made Israel's true intentions gruesomely clear - and now there's no excuses for pleading ignorance.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the pro-war media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While much of the Western world is distracted by Christmas, Israel has a gruesome opportunity - to use this moment to get away with horrendous crimes. Unspeakable horrors are being committed over Christmas - and it's our responsibility to make sure they're not hidden.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a new Telegraph article, the former Tory Defence Secretary admits Israel is guilty of a series of war crimes. Here's why that's not good enough.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remember Israel's claim that al-Shifa hospital was Hamas' headquarters? They used that to justify a devastating attack on the hospital, destroying medical facilities and killing doctors, nurses and patients alike.Well, a new study in the Washington Post has exposed these claims for what they are - and underline that this was a war crime, and a grave war crime at that.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.