The Owen Jones Podcast

As the horrors of Gaza multiply, we are joined by:- Ahmed Najar, playwright, director, actor, financial analyst who has family in Gaza and studied at Al Azhar University in Gaza- Uri Goren, an Israeli man who cousin was kidnapped by Hamas- Dr. Brenda Kelly from Gaza Medic Voices on the latest humanitarian crisisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Antisemitism is an evil in itself - it is the cause of terrible horrors over many centuries - and it is also a mortal enemy of peace in Palestine.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A leaked Israeli government document calls for the permanent mass ethnic cleansing of Gaza. When you listen to other statements by Israeli ministers and officials, this outcome can't be dismissed. They're not hiding their support for war crimes. They mean what they say - believe them.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is beyond outrageous. A Labour MP calls for a peaceful settlement for Israelis and Palestinians alike - and the Labour leadership suspends him for it. The attempt to demonise those opposing the current horror will only escalate - so we must speak louder.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alon-Lee Green is the co-director of Standing Together, which brings together Israeli Jews and Palestinian citizens of Israel in the struggle for peace. In this interview he tells me what campaigners like him are up against, where the struggle for peace goes now - and what he'd like from the international left.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He's a Palestinian leader who offers an alternative to both Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank - and he desperately needs to be heard. Mustafa Barghouti leads the Palestinian National Initiative - which campaigns for a progressive, free Palestine - and here he lays down the facts - about the humanitarian catastrophe, the West's double standards, and why Palestinians will never be broken.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most of our media isn't even pretending that Palestinian life has an equal worth to that of an Israeli or Western life. Here, Palestinian writer Hamza Ali Shah exposes this endemic racism - and why it must be confrontedSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keir Starmer's decision to back war crimes - then be dishonest about it - and refusal to support a crisis has plunged him into crisis. A massive internal revolt has now gripped Labour, demanding the party support peace - and that's down to you.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is how a rogue state behaves.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Courageous Israelis - who support peace and Palestinian justice - are under attack. They are being victimised, harassed and targeted. Uri Horesh is one striking example: a sociolinguist who faces being fired for speaking out.This is a must-listen about what's happening in Israel right now.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the horror in Gaza mounts, we've got the latest best analysis and news, including:- İyad el-Baghdadi, writer, human rights' activist and Palestinian refugee.- Omar Abdel-Mannan, UK-based paediatric neurology doctor who has visited Gaza multiple times since 2011, to discuss the humanitarian crisisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With growing public fury at the horrors unleashed by Israel against Gaza, the cheerleaders of this crime have a strategy. Those who oppose it are to be harassed, intimidated, fired. Here we document what's happening, who has been targeted - and why we must fight it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Israel's onslaught against Gaza unleashes ever greater horrors, supporters of peace have become increasingly targeted. In Germany, most pro-Palestinian protests have been banned, often using the justification of fighting antisemitism.I speak to German-Israeli author and Jewish peace activist Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus on Germany's crackdown, the racist implications - and why it doesn't make Jewish people safer.Here's a letter from Jewish writers, academics, journalists, artists, and cultural workers living in Germany condemning the crackdown: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/freedom-for-the-one-who-thinks-differently/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Defenders of Israel's onslaught against Gaza know that public opinion is turning, and that they have no moral high ground. So a smear campaign is underway - and here it it expSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is actually beyond belief - and the fact Starmer is allowed to get away with this tells you everything you need to know.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These were by-elections the Tories had whopping big majorities for - and they lost them. There's no coming back - Tory rule is coming to an end. So what next?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Omar Baddar is a brilliant US-Palestinian analyst based in Washington DC, and here he takes apart the hypocrisy over Israel. As he notes - look at the damning statements about Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine, and contrast them with what's being said about Israel's onslaught against Gaza.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keir Starmer's public support for war crimes - endorsing Israel cutting off water and energy from Gaza's civilian population - caused outrage. Across the country, Labour councillors and members have been resigning.Two of the courageous councillors to resign - Cllr. Shaista Aziz (https://twitter.com/shaistaAziz) and Cllr Amna Abdullatif - speak to me about why they quit, what has to happen now - and what they've gone through.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel's authorities have a long history of blatant misinformation and deceit. Here I look at examples of how they've done just that - and how that's become the basis of their propaganda offensive during the current horror in Gaza.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Gaza is plunged into humanitarian catastrophe, we have the latest analysis from:Asad Rehman, director of War on WantEm Hilton, co-founder of Na'amodDr. Nick Maynard, surgeon who has worked in GazaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, you can't say you weren't warned: Israel has just revealed its real intentions in Gaza. This should be a scandal - but our governments won't do a thing.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How tragic that it's taken a Tory MP to talk sense.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This interview with the Israeli Ambassador has to be seen to be believed. But it's so important we dissect this propaganda - because people's lives are at stake, and time is running out.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After thousands took to the streets to oppose the horror being unleashed against Gaza, the BBC smeared us as Hamas supporters. This is dangerous - and shows how a British Establishment exposed for defending war crimes intends to treat those upholding human rights.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A war crime on a mass scale is now being unleashed against Gaza by the Israeli state, all with Western backing.For the latest facts about what's happening on the ground, we are joined by:- Sarit Michaeli, from Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem- Sally Abed, Palestinian activist from Haifa and a leader of Standing Together, the largest Arab-Jewish grassroots movement in IsraelSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A war crime on a biblical scale is taking place in Gaza. Our governments are directly complicit, and most of media is failing to show the reality. This is the truth.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How far Labour have sunk. As Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry back Israel committing war crimes, this is why it matters - because it has massive implications for life and death.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It should not be controversial to oppose the killing of both Palestinian and Israeli children. It should not be controversial to oppose war crimes.But in this Sky News debate about Gaza and Israel, the Labour MP Margaret Hodge tried to shut me down for doing exactly that.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Horror upon horror is now being unleashed in the Middle East - and humanity, truth and context are all being trashed. Don't let it happen.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every year we go to Tory Conference to record our behind the scenes documentary - and this one is the most shocking.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the way he came back and doubled down on it!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Braverman's speech should leave you in no doubt - the Tories are becoming a far right party.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh dear oh dear. And to think commentators once fawned over him.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The rampant misogyny on display at GB News has caused widespread outrage - but has most of the debate completely missed the point?Laura Bates - founder of Everyday Sexism and author of Men Who Hate Women - tells us what this horrendous incident really exposes.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our free speech martyrs are out there dying for all of us - and I for one think it's time we stood up for them.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This tells you all you need to know about the modern Conservative Party. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the nauseating misogynistic attacks on journalist Ava Evans, Laurence Fox has been suspended by GB News - but Dan Wootton, himself the subject of serious accusations, apparently remains on air. But what now for this cesspit of a news channel - and what does this episode tell us about Britain in 2023?We're joined by Novara Media's Dalia Gebrial.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time we finally said it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as the head of his malicious media empire - and now is the time for honesty about the carnage this man has helped unlash.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are heading to a really gruesome place. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rishi Sunak is lying to you. He is lying through his teeth. And he's trying to throw your future under a bus for short term political gain. Don't let him get away with it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You might think that, after crashing the economy and leaving the Tories in political ruin, Liz Truss might just quietly depart the political stage. Not so! I honestly think she wants to be PM all over again...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Being horrified by Suella Braverman might seem like a waste of emotional energy - but her latest public utterances are disturbing, and this is why.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Stewart is a pin up for centrist dads everywhere - and his defence of Jeremy Corbyn is going to have them frothing, to say the least. But what he says needs to be heard carefully.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Tories are in freefall and face electoral annihilation - and now a panicked Rishi Sunak is desperately thrashing around, now throwing net zero promises under a bus. Where does he think this will end for him?We're joined by Adam Bienkov from Byline Times and Leo Murray, the co-director of climate campaign group Possible.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rishi Sunak's attack on Labour over immigration underlines one basic fact - the Tories are in a desperate, desperate place - and this isn't going to work.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OK, I know what you're thinking: 'this guy is a pantomime villain, 'yuck', 'I can't believe how awful these people are'. But this capitalist accidentally revealed the truth about capitalism - and it needs to be heard.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The real class warriors are the Conservatives - and new secret plans being cooked up underline exactly why.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Tories have wrecked the country - and if Labour doesn't offer a bold alternative now, then when? If you listen to Rachel Reeves' car crash interview, the answer is "never".Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's all falling apart: literally. The schools crisis underlines how Tory rule has led Britain to the point of disaster. We're joined by an expert to explain how we got here - and what it says about government policy.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.