How far will Israel go in response to Hamas terrorism?
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Keir Starmer was asked live on LBC how far he'd be prepared to see Israel go in response to Hamas.
Would he support a blockade? A siege of Gaza? And that's where the questions get tough. Israel has the world's sympathies right now - but no one wants to see this escalated into an existential middle east war. Who is prepared to say so?
And later, we talk about the new BBC drama about Jimmy Savile and "hiding in plain sight" with Meirion Jones, the journalist who first tried to tell the world Jimmy Savile was a monster.
Editor: Tom Hughes
Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus
Producer: Laura FitzPatrick
Planning Producer: Alex Barnett
Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell
Video Producers: Rory Symon & Charlie Clinton
You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents".
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.5 | Kirstama emerged from his conference speech, pretty triumphant yesterday afternoon. |
| 0:18.9 | I saw him in the lobby shortly afterwards where he said... |
| 0:21.6 | Was he still glistening? |
| 0:22.6 | He said, I think I look better with glitter. But just 12, 15 hours later, he was on the radio doing the rounds. |
| 0:30.6 | And he got asked this question by our colleague Nick Ferrari on LBC. |
| 0:36.6 | I'm very clear. |
| 0:38.2 | Israel must have that, does have that right to defend herself. |
| 0:42.3 | And Hamas bears responsibility. |
| 0:45.9 | A siege is appropriate, cutting off power, cutting off water, secure. |
| 0:49.6 | I think that Israel does have that right. |
| 0:53.6 | It is an ongoing situation. Obviously, everything |
| 0:58.0 | should be done within international law, but I don't want to step away from the sort of core |
| 1:04.7 | principles that Israel has a right to defend herself and Hamas bears responsibility. |
| 1:09.8 | And in that clip, you hear the conundrum of policy makers, not just in Britain, but around the |
| 1:17.4 | world. How far can Israel go to defend itself? How much will Western democracies tolerate? |
| 1:25.1 | At the moment Israel stands, wounded after the most hideous terrorist attack. |
| 1:32.5 | But is there a military solution to a problem like Hamas? |
| 1:38.2 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:43.4 | The news agents. It's John. It's Emily. And we are back. The News Agents. |
| 1:45.4 | It's John. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Global, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Global and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.