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The Owen Jones Podcast

I Defended Palestinian Kids - And Got Shut Down

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:20.1

It should not be controversial to propose the killing of both Palestinian

0:24.5

and Israeli children and civilians.

0:27.5

It shouldn't be controversial to propose war crimes.

0:30.9

But when I went on Sky News this week to calmly and gently do just that,

0:35.0

I was interrupted, heckled, and lied about.

0:37.5

I might other guests did all they could to shut down any mention of Palestinian suffering.

0:43.0

This is a case study of what's happening now,

0:45.9

when there's any attempt at all to affirm the humanity of the Palestinian people.

0:51.1

Now I'll share this clip, but for context, I asked to go on Sky News last week before the

0:56.0

atrocity for Labour Party conference. It was only a few hours before the programme

1:00.6

that I told that the Labour MP Margaret Hodg was on.

1:04.4

I'm not saying this to have a go at Sky News.

1:07.6

It's just firstly, we should be elevating other voices at the moment,

1:10.9

particularly Palestinian voices.

1:12.8

And also, I think, for reasons which will become very evident when you watch this clip.

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