The Owen Jones Podcast

Don't let them wash their hands of one of the greatest crimes of our age.

Seven and half months on, and Israel is staring a catastrophic defeat down the barrel of a gun.

They really thought this would be a PR victory, didn't they?

Lord Walney - or John Woodcock to you and me - is the unelected Lord who was appointed by the Tories as a life peer after he endorsed Boris Johnson, and then an 'independent advisor' on political violence.He's now trying to ban Palestine Action, and wants clampdowns on the right to protest, from the Palestinian movement to climate justice. But who is he? His links have been exposed - and it raises damning questions about our democracy.I'm joined by Palestine Action's Huda Ammori. Make sure you check out their website: https://www.palestineaction.org/

This should be the mother of all scandals.

Prof. Lee Mordechai is a leading Israeli historian - and he went viral after he spoke out against what he describes as genocide: https://twitter.com/LeeMordechai/status/1780034934444331325 We have a lot to talk about - but history tells us how important figures like Prof. Mordechai are.

How low can apologists for this crime go?

This is just one element of Israel's genocidal onslaught.

After cops crush a peaceful encampment protesting over Israel's genocide in Gaza at the University of Pennsylvania, I talk to Eliana Atienza, one of the student leaders, and Dr. Dagmawi Woubshet, member of the Faculty for Justice in Palestine group.