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The Owen Jones Podcast

EXPOSED: Israel Handed Power In UK Justice System - w/. Huda Ammori

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

News, Politics, News & Politics, Government

4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0

A foreign power handed influence in Britain's justice system.

0:03.4

These are new revelations published in the Guardian newspaper about the British government

0:07.0

sharing contact details of counterterrorism police and prosecutors with the Israeli embassy,

0:11.8

whilst there was an investigation into protest at an arms factory.

0:15.4

The context here is the arrest of 10 Palestine action activists under the Terrorism Act

0:20.3

during a protest and Israeli

0:21.7

weapons factory last August with another eight, then arrested three months later. According to the Guardian,

0:27.6

the email sent by Nicholas Smith, the head of international law at the Attorney General's office

0:31.9

and obtained through a freedom of information request was sent 11 days after she'd met

0:35.8

Grudski-Extine. It was redacted apart from the subject matter.

0:39.9

What the hell is going on here then? As the solicitors for the past line action activists ask,

0:44.2

the information disclosed in response to an FRI request, clearly raised questions and need further

0:49.4

investigation. Why, for example, did the Attorney General's office provide the contact

0:53.5

details for the Crown Prosecution Service, an independent body to the Israelis?

0:58.2

What further exchanges followed and was there discussions about ongoing criminal prosecutions?

1:03.4

Now, Palestine action takes direct action in the UK against Israel's genocide, up to and including breaking the law, which in the world we live in is judged to be

1:10.9

worse than breaking international law to facilitate the mass slaughter of innocent people.

1:16.0

I've covered their prosecutions, the prosecution's taken against their activists on this

1:19.7

channel repeatedly, including the use of anti-terror legislation against them.

1:23.4

I'm honoured to be joined again by the brilliant Huda Amori from Palestine action to talk over what these revelations mean.

1:29.7

Firstly, tell me your response to what we've discovered.

1:35.3

Well, I think it's quite disturbing, to say the least.

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