James O'Brien's damning verdict of Israel's war on Gaza | LBC

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  • čas přidán 3. 01. 2024
  • 'Here we are listening to the Israeli Ambassador justifying what has to be called ethnic cleansing...'
    James O'Brien responds to Tzipi Hotovely's 'chilling' belief that Israel bombing 'every school, mosque, second house' in Gaza is justified as they have access to a 'tunnel city'.
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  • @vaclavkubicek2970
    @vaclavkubicek2970 Před 5 měsíci +2344

    I cannot understand why Tzipy Hotovely is not deported from the UK.
    Fanaticism and warmongering cannot be tolerated in the UK.

    • @Ayeshteni
      @Ayeshteni Před 5 měsíci +102

      "Fanaticism and warmongering cannot be tolerated in the UK." That would be the most hilarious untruth i've read today if it wasn't for the fact it's not funny.

    • @jayhuss4263
      @jayhuss4263 Před 5 měsíci +143

      We should all report her to the police

    • @MrLefrog1
      @MrLefrog1 Před 5 měsíci

      That won't happen because your PM is all in, and so is Biden.

    • @alanrobinson2229
      @alanrobinson2229 Před 5 měsíci +98

      Because Britain agrees with her

    • @markusleitner8313
      @markusleitner8313 Před 5 měsíci

      Because UK is yet again in bed with US supporting Israel. Shocking.

  • @morningstar4789
    @morningstar4789 Před 5 měsíci +2612

    I really can’t understand how anyone can support Israel at this point.

    • @gemmapeter7173
      @gemmapeter7173 Před 5 měsíci

      Psychopathic geopolitical objectives, the Palestinians are a relatively defenceless (no nukes) and geopolitically unimportant population being massacred by our allies. Of course if it was being done by someone our establishment supported war against they'd be screaming it from the rooftops.

    • @placerdemaio
      @placerdemaio Před 5 měsíci +145

      Propaganda...

    • @Lurch685
      @Lurch685 Před 5 měsíci +78

      Yeehaw Jesus or something.

    • @ricedrown
      @ricedrown Před 5 měsíci +136

      AIPAC of course

    • @marinagonzalezmartin
      @marinagonzalezmartin Před 5 měsíci +71

      At ANY point

  • @milapopdimitrova1283
    @milapopdimitrova1283 Před 5 měsíci +425

    "If Israelis don't want to be accused of being like the Nazis, they simply need to stop behaving like Nazis." - Norman Finkelstein

    • @watterson9008
      @watterson9008 Před 5 měsíci +37

      What I find funny is that all Pro-Israeli supporters come and say, yeah I support Israel because I read history. Then I went and researched history and I found the level of atrocities Israel committed (still), from the massacres in Palestine villages such as Deir Yassin, Al-Dawayma, Al-Tantoura, and many more in (1948), Qibya Massacre (1953), Khan Yunis Massacre (1956), Sabra and Shatila Massacres (1982), Al-Aqsa Massacre (1990), and Jenin Refugee Camp Massacre (2002) - Keep in mind these are all West bank (no Hamas).
      Then we move to the wars in Gaza 2008, 2012, 2014, 2021 and it has been documented that all these started by Israel, and the Massacre of civilian protestors in the march of Return in 2018 (It has been reported than only 1 Israeli solider died then) so you can imagine who had the upper hand. Then I discovered that Israel rejected Peace with Hamas on five occasions (1988-2017). As a side research I found the disgusting crimes on micro and macro levels, such as the fact that from 2012, Israel only allowed a specific number of food trucks to enter Gaza based on a study of calorie count needed for a person to stay alive to push people to overthrow Hamas, they even banned many items from entering Gaza even Coriander isn't allowed! And the cherry on top, Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their knowledge. My sources are simply google search that will show you news articles mostly US and EU newspapers (Guardian MSNBC CNN Euro etc..) and even some Israeli channels like Haaretz and Hayom.
      Now, having know all of that since the current event started. I can confidently say that without a doubt - Israel is the biggest and most sophisticated terrorist organization.

    • @zoltan-zq3xe
      @zoltan-zq3xe Před 5 měsíci

      Being antisemites?

    • @zakmartin
      @zakmartin Před 5 měsíci +10

      Israelis aren't in the least bit bothered by being accused of being Nazis.

    • @Hat101
      @Hat101 Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@watterson9008 so well over nearly what needs to be said

    • @victormeidan1062
      @victormeidan1062 Před 5 měsíci

      Finkelstein
      Does not speak Hebrew
      Never lived in Israel
      Never served in IDF
      Has no academic degrees in MidEast politics.
      But all I can hear is "Finkelstein, Finkelstein, Finkelstein our Great Expert".

  • @majl7917
    @majl7917 Před 5 měsíci +263

    'Offended by everything and ashamed of nothing.' - Israel in a nutshell -

  • @robertovers1863
    @robertovers1863 Před 5 měsíci +808

    she should be told to leave the UK asap !

    • @ARolls-dd2zd
      @ARolls-dd2zd Před 5 měsíci +35

      Absolutely!

    • @shortfattoad7317
      @shortfattoad7317 Před 5 měsíci +51

      Yes, IF the UK government were not complicit in Israel's actions, also they were responsible for Israel.

    • @WestermanT.
      @WestermanT. Před 5 měsíci +6

      Why should she leave, she’s entitled to an opinion and it’s an opinion most of the free world shares.

    • @salma-xz7kb
      @salma-xz7kb Před 5 měsíci +17

      there is a petition for just that please vote

    • @christianmccann9400
      @christianmccann9400 Před 5 měsíci +47

      ​@@WestermanT.You can leave with her ..

  • @user-xn8vl4df3w
    @user-xn8vl4df3w Před 5 měsíci +918

    The fact that she was so comfortable with making those comments on LBC
    Shows how confident she is that she will not be questioned about her stance.

    • @nancyiaj
      @nancyiaj Před 5 měsíci +35

      Because she knows there’s nothing we can do to stop them-debate, disagree or not… It’s happening…

    • @eruston
      @eruston Před 5 měsíci +34

      when you are trying to see who it is that rules you..... look to see who it is that you cannot criticize.

    • @toshtosh9482
      @toshtosh9482 Před 5 měsíci

      the ICJ case next week might change that even though it's doubtful as our political elite support Israeli without qualification.

    • @django3422
      @django3422 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@erustonMeaning?

    • @danielreiss-cy4zr
      @danielreiss-cy4zr Před 5 měsíci +22

      What's the point of questioning her? She recites soundbytes like a robot.

  • @zahourhussain2421
    @zahourhussain2421 Před 5 měsíci +511

    Thank you James for speaking out when so many are silent - so shameful.

    • @12thninja
      @12thninja Před 5 měsíci +15

      It's a little late in the day isn't it? We've been saying this was the plan for 3months now. But better late than never.

    • @MrDavital1
      @MrDavital1 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Literally no one is silent about this.

    • @normankennith7919
      @normankennith7919 Před 5 měsíci

      in their spite, israeli jews are trying to outdo the german nazis!!!

  • @osamashatat
    @osamashatat Před 5 měsíci +89

    Free Palestine ❤ 🇵🇸

    • @JawboneDonky
      @JawboneDonky Před 3 měsíci

      Zahir Muhsein was a Palestinian leader of the pro-Syria As-Sa'iqa Ba'athist faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization between 1971 and 1979.
      In an interview with Trouw Magazine, 31. March 1977 he stated....."The Palestinian people do not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism. Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons. The establishment of a Palestinian state is a new tool to continue the fight against Israel and for Arab unity.
      If Palestine were an Arab state, at any point in recorded history, why was there no mention of them? Because there never was an Arab Palestinian nation, nor any nation called Palestine, ever.

    • @osamashatat
      @osamashatat Před 3 měsíci

      @@JawboneDonky August 324 BC, Alexander the Great in his Opis Mutiny Speech, mentions Palestine.
      A map of Palestine Published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, London, 1885 and then again in 1911
      Shakespeare Mentions Palestine more than 400 years ago
      In reality it is Israel that only existed in 1948, but go ahead and attempt to disprove reality.

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x Před 5 měsíci +2068

    No one can defend Israel's actions anymore. What's happening to Palestinians is Horrific.

    • @somebody701
      @somebody701 Před 5 měsíci +53

      @@jamespaul6315was never their fault.

    • @user-em6ie2be7x
      @user-em6ie2be7x Před 5 měsíci +84

      ​@@jamespaul6315 Not all Palestinians supported Hamas, just like not all Israelis support Israel's response.

    • @lucasmoreno5330
      @lucasmoreno5330 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@jamespaul6315 Over 80 Palestinian children have been killed by the IDF in the West Bank, since October 8th. What's the excuse for this?

    • @felixmoyoedonmi
      @felixmoyoedonmi Před 5 měsíci +63

      ​@@jamespaul6315Please explain how this is the fault of Hamas.

    • @jamespaul6315
      @jamespaul6315 Před 5 měsíci

      @@lucasmoreno5330 hamas hides behind children, thats their strategy. Just not working this time

  • @surenperera9288
    @surenperera9288 Před 5 měsíci +297

    She didn't even think about how Palestinians rang in the new year. Their lives aren't even a thought to her. Monster.

    • @victormeidan1062
      @victormeidan1062 Před 5 měsíci

      Why should she ?
      She is not the ambassador for Gaza.

    • @emmaslyons
      @emmaslyons Před 5 měsíci

      They are not human for her and other Israelis. There is deep propoganda in Israel dehumanizing Palestinians...This is also evident in the west to a lesser degree. The people in Palestine 'die' while the Israelis are murdered or killed. we have been sold a lie. The west doesn't want to wake up from the nightmare we have enacted on Palestine.

    • @jarrahaq7911
      @jarrahaq7911 Před 5 měsíci +24

      ​@@victormeidan1062Of course, so you mean she has to be an ambassador for Gaza to be human

    • @berriesblue4302
      @berriesblue4302 Před 5 měsíci

      Right? "Ringing in the New Year with rockets", but conveniently leaving out that Gaza is the one being razed. Absolutely hypocritical.

    • @sorrykay3450
      @sorrykay3450 Před 5 měsíci +10

      ​@@victormeidan1062Why should she?!! Because its her rockets that have killed tens of thousands

  • @StephenReynolds-jk7dv
    @StephenReynolds-jk7dv Před 5 měsíci +127

    I hope I am not the only own who will never vote for any political party that will not pursue justice for the Palestinian people

    • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419
      @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Righteous as that is, your “stand” let’s the worst of us take power. Because they do vote. And a stand means nothing against that.

    • @BobOort
      @BobOort Před 5 měsíci

      @@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419 He didn't say he would not be voting.

    • @robertbarrett5699
      @robertbarrett5699 Před měsícem

      You are not alone.

  • @king_panda1387
    @king_panda1387 Před 5 měsíci +79

    Tory and Labour MP's who took money and benefit from the war need to be held to account.

  • @meetings3071
    @meetings3071 Před 5 měsíci +951

    At 6:36 Israeli embassador Tzipi Hotovely's calls for Genociding Palestinians 🇵🇸. _She has no shame._

    • @Jordan_Starr
      @Jordan_Starr Před 5 měsíci +72

      Think about the rhetoric of politicians she must have been around that makes her feel confident and comfortable enough to say that. It's horrific. She feels no shame because no doubt people are saying a lot worse behind closed doors - my heart breaks for Palestine :(

    • @danmayberry1185
      @danmayberry1185 Před 5 měsíci +29

      And she bears a striking resemblance to Prince Andrew.

    • @staciasmith5162
      @staciasmith5162 Před 5 měsíci +9

      ​@@danmayberry1185🙃 thank you for that brief moment of levity.

    • @firefox1234ize
      @firefox1234ize Před 5 měsíci +2

      💯💯💯💯

    • @jaxcoss5790
      @jaxcoss5790 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@staciasmith5162 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @saturninebear
    @saturninebear Před 5 měsíci +1429

    I do wish you wouldn't say "no one would expect them to turn the other cheek"... given that this is exactly what you've been expecting of Palestinians for decades to every atrocity visited on them.

    • @betro4292
      @betro4292 Před 5 měsíci +97

      Well said 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @DEE-cb2ec
      @DEE-cb2ec Před 5 měsíci +112

      Don’t worry they have finally woken up at least LBC is seeing the Palestinian civilians as humans now

    • @michaelcoward1902
      @michaelcoward1902 Před 5 měsíci +109

      I remember James demanding that cheeks be turned when it was Corbyn pointing this stuff out (and being called an anti-semite for it)

    • @nelsonpereira4442
      @nelsonpereira4442 Před 5 měsíci +12

      ur are on point mate. Dialetical materialism...

    • @SamS-uv2ql
      @SamS-uv2ql Před 5 měsíci +5

      When has James O'brien asked the Palestinians to turn the other cheek? Do you have a link for us?

  • @user-ug1uw3ix3x
    @user-ug1uw3ix3x Před 5 měsíci +24

    When Tzipy Hotovely indicated that there is no other solution, then she is saying that this is the Final Solution. Where have we heard that before?

  • @hajazineb1
    @hajazineb1 Před 5 měsíci +151

    Thank you James for speaking on behalf of the poor Palestinians people .

  • @CBbreaker
    @CBbreaker Před 5 měsíci +437

    Where has James been? This has been Israel's plan since 1948.

    • @tonguelessghostofsin
      @tonguelessghostofsin Před 5 měsíci +50

      If he'd acknowledged it much earlier he'd have had to admit the antisemitism arguments against Corbyn were driven chiefly by his justified opposition to the occupation of Palestine by Israel

    • @kaystar1844
      @kaystar1844 Před 5 měsíci +20

      ​@@tonguelessghostofsinexactly i agree with you. James is rather two faced aswell. I can't always take him seriously.

    • @riversguy92
      @riversguy92 Před 5 měsíci +19

      He’s stupidly late to this conclusion. Better late than never I suppose, but if more of our media figures realised this earlier then maybe the requisite pressure would be applied to those in power and this loss of life can stop.

    • @mdb3040
      @mdb3040 Před 5 měsíci

      He’s been busy using antisemitism as a weapon to get rid of any politician who might actually bring real change both here and abroad

    • @jaz4280
      @jaz4280 Před 5 měsíci +5

      He has to pay some attention to his employers. He gets a salary, means has a boss tells him what to do.

  • @tataritka
    @tataritka Před 5 měsíci +1263

    1% of the population of Gaza is dead. More than 50% are starving and much more are wounded or displaced. Imagine now 1% of UK citizens are dead and 50% living on 1 or less meal a day. Imagine all English are displaced to Northern Ireland and all East including London looks like Gaza. Imagine the rest of the World is keeping silent in this situation and you know it could get only worse.

    • @olgam601
      @olgam601 Před 5 měsíci +25

      Neither Jordan, neither Egypt, neither Syria, neither Lebanon, neither Tunisia what to receive the Palestinians.

    • @justbabes2685
      @justbabes2685 Před 5 měsíci +242

      @@olgam601 Neither UK, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Belgium, USA wanted to receive the Jews but Palestine did

    • @sabpakistani2109
      @sabpakistani2109 Před 5 měsíci +143

      ​@@olgam601lies!!...in a heartbeat they would, but they know that's NOT what the Palestinians want!! Why should they have to leave THEIR land!?

    • @EnnAye
      @EnnAye Před 5 měsíci +74

      @@olgam601 Neither UK, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Belgium, USA want to receive Palestinians. Why should they even leave their ancestral land.

    • @tvwatcher5938
      @tvwatcher5938 Před 5 měsíci +96

      @@olgam601WHY should they? Why don’t all the Israelis with dual nationalities live in the country? Why DO THEY ACQUIRE 2 passports if they are so loyal to Israel?

  • @lisamcg93
    @lisamcg93 Před 5 měsíci +96

    At last thank you James for saying the truth. It’s not antisemitism to say it’s disproportionate.

    • @hendrixinfinity3992
      @hendrixinfinity3992 Před 5 měsíci

      If they want to be taken seriously they need to stop conflating the Jewish people with Israel.

  • @Elemenopi205
    @Elemenopi205 Před 5 měsíci +26

    This woman is vile.

  • @Nomad-wv4oe
    @Nomad-wv4oe Před 5 měsíci +749

    The worst aspect for me is our Governments silence to what is happening to the Palestinians

    • @tonythebomb4147
      @tonythebomb4147 Před 5 měsíci +5

      But what happened on the 7th October it's OK.

    • @andybrockbank3027
      @andybrockbank3027 Před 5 měsíci +34

      @@tonythebomb4147 I don't believe that was ever suggested.

    • @stephencarter8625
      @stephencarter8625 Před 5 měsíci +35

      @@tonythebomb4147 Of course it wasn’t OK, but it seems that it was facilitated by Israel so that they had the excuse they’ve always wanted to destroy Gaza under the pretense that they have the right to defend themselves. Israel had been and was defending’ itself all along with its oppressive policies and overwhelming military superiority, they just yearned for the opportunity to turn that defense into attack. The Hamas action on October 7th, which allegedly was known about in advance by Israel’s intelligence agencies, gave them the, so called legitimacy, supported by many western governments, to proceed with their aims.
      It is of course important not to forget or excuse the atrocities inflicted on the Jews during WW2 but the persistent special pleading and hypocrisy touted by them has surely now, with the passage of time, worn too thin.

    • @jonconnor9601
      @jonconnor9601 Před 5 měsíci

      Because both sides of the bench are heavily lobbied via donors and labor friends of I and conservative friends of I, it's an absolute joke, same in the USA with AIPAC

    • @kevindonaghey8483
      @kevindonaghey8483 Před 5 měsíci +15

      ​@tonythebomb4147 most of it was done by Israel under the Hannibal directive

  • @I.Musaa2008
    @I.Musaa2008 Před 5 měsíci +1390

    The Israelis told us exactly what they planned to do from the very beginning. Anybody who had the slightest idea of what they have done to Palestinians for decades believed they would do exactly what they threatened to do. Supporters of Israel pretended all the unabated destruction was not intentional.

    • @roadtohope
      @roadtohope Před 5 měsíci +35

      Absolutely

    • @itsonlysound
      @itsonlysound Před 5 měsíci +57

      Exactly. I can't take people claiming to have had some kind of epiphany about this, seriously. They've enabled it. And that includes James. He was told, repeatedly.

    • @JohnWerner-te5zy
      @JohnWerner-te5zy Před 5 měsíci +17

      tunnels under the Warsaw ghetto, ambassador?

    • @peckhamprincess7098
      @peckhamprincess7098 Před 5 měsíci +49

      100% I went on pro Palestine marches in October as I knew what was coming! I'm kinda shocked about labour leader, when he repeated Israel has the right to defend blah blah blah...all my hope was lost.

    • @BillyBowlster
      @BillyBowlster Před 5 měsíci +16

      Bethlehem Pastor Munther Isaac said those who supported Israel will not be forgiven, will James be able to recover from this?@@itsonlysound

  • @Juju2012ZA
    @Juju2012ZA Před 5 měsíci +28

    Bless you for speaking out. Anyone who does is wrongly labelled anti-Semitic 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ this is utterly heartbreaking and shameful.

  • @S4MB0
    @S4MB0 Před 5 měsíci +29

    James, humanity owes a big gratitude to you for being so truthful and speaking for justice

  • @carysparkes
    @carysparkes Před 5 měsíci +115

    She is a very dangerous woman

  • @toddb9313
    @toddb9313 Před 5 měsíci +614

    That has been the plan for 74 years. Israel talks of a Greater Israel like the Nazis did greater Germany.

    • @kashmone9y99
      @kashmone9y99 Před 5 měsíci +48

      Dont forget greater isreal includes lebanon, syria and yemen

    • @victormeidan1062
      @victormeidan1062 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Yes, this Greater Israel is the size of Wales or New Jersey.
      Much Greaterness !

    • @perirgensolsson3673
      @perirgensolsson3673 Před 5 měsíci +13

      sadly you are correct

    • @RidvanHarlicaj
      @RidvanHarlicaj Před 5 měsíci +58

      The mother of all ironies has to be Israel portraying themselves as similar to allies fighting nazis. When in fact Israel are behaving worse than nazis.

    • @leonhughes9014
      @leonhughes9014 Před 5 měsíci

      it started because they started terrorism and never want a two state solution and still dont .. your telling lies to yourself

  • @effjay8970
    @effjay8970 Před 5 měsíci +26

    “Israel didn’t celebrate the new year with fireworks, we had rockets”
    The fact that you have one side celebrating at all during war times says it all.

  • @papabear90
    @papabear90 Před 5 měsíci +91

    It's like all the Israeli political staff and politicians went to the same school where they were taught master lessons in how to gaslight and manipulate. Look how confident she is in what she says, it's just insanity.

    • @rholdagosain5649
      @rholdagosain5649 Před 5 měsíci

      They are indoctrinated since age 3

    • @ginettenestor5108
      @ginettenestor5108 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Indeed, yes. They all went to the same school.

    • @abdulwahab7186
      @abdulwahab7186 Před 5 měsíci +1

      They all went to the same school and I believe manipulation was a whole topic till you complete your course.

    • @ssheik004
      @ssheik004 Před 5 měsíci +2

      She is asking for an alternative as if she is going to act on it. She forgot to remind the audience that Gaza was always under siege and was dependent on Israel for all basics and now fully occupied by Israel.

  • @DavidCaddock
    @DavidCaddock Před 5 měsíci +755

    The answer to her question, which she doesn't want to hear, is that to end the terrorist attacks from Hamas into Israel is to end the occupation, apartheid, and oppression of the Palestinian people.

    • @pbey4903
      @pbey4903 Před 5 měsíci +39

      Probably the best comment here

    • @priyamaharaj9066
      @priyamaharaj9066 Před 5 měsíci +7

      💯

    • @therichieboy
      @therichieboy Před 5 měsíci +4

      And where do the Jews go?

    • @jonathannaoufal3858
      @jonathannaoufal3858 Před 5 měsíci +49

      @@therichieboy how do you make the leap from ending the occupation to displacing the jews from israel??

    • @django3422
      @django3422 Před 5 měsíci +46

      ​@@therichieboyThey stay. And work with Palestinians for peace. Coexistence.

  • @tinman10
    @tinman10 Před 5 měsíci +438

    I live in the USA, and if you say ANYTHING against Israel, you will be canceled whether you are a TV presenter, university dean, or a politician.

    • @michaelg1279
      @michaelg1279 Před 5 měsíci +9

      you may, yes. but you won't be prosecuted. you won't be arrested. your property won't be taken away.
      now go and try to say something against Hamas in Damascus, Doha or Teheran. Don't forget to tell us how it ended!

    • @thesabiqoon4178
      @thesabiqoon4178 Před 5 měsíci

      So much for freedom of speech in the USA. All the western values down the drain.

    • @mckoz523
      @mckoz523 Před 5 měsíci

      The clampdown on freedom of speech, freedom to protest, cancel culture taking place is setting a very dangerous precedent and it must be stopped.

    • @staticcouch135
      @staticcouch135 Před 5 měsíci +7

      You live in Israel proper because everyone knows who owns who.

    • @clairewright332
      @clairewright332 Před 5 měsíci

      If you live in the UK you can be cancelled by those same pro Hamas people for saying that a woman is an adult human female, so let's not get indignant about something that both sides do

  • @blobbins17
    @blobbins17 Před 5 měsíci +123

    It’s the impunity, the unstoppable madness of Israel and the lack of pushback that is terrifying. Unhinged. We have not learned from history

    • @rewdwarf123
      @rewdwarf123 Před 5 měsíci +3

      How should they have responded to the October 7th massacre, then? Held a candlelit vigil?

    • @spamtownhamilton6200
      @spamtownhamilton6200 Před 5 měsíci

      @@rewdwarf123One thing they could have done is focus on bringing hostages home. But they haven't even done that, families of kidnapped Israelis have urged their government about this repeatedly. Instead the Israeli government (i.e. Netanyahu and his cabinet of right wing Zionist extremists) decided to "not let a bad situation go to waste" and used the October 7 terrorist attack against them as a convenient excuse to carry out plans they already had intended to execute.

    • @davejohnson8090
      @davejohnson8090 Před 5 měsíci

      @@rewdwarf123they have a very powerful military and supposedly one of the most sophisticated intelligence services in the world. And yet, identifying and precisely targeting Hamas leaders and senior militants is somehow beyond them. They could have done many things instead of indiscriminate bombing of civilians and almost total destruction of infrastructure. Are you really suggesting that there was NO other option???

    • @rewdwarf123
      @rewdwarf123 Před 5 měsíci

      @@davejohnson8090 I'm not there on the ground to witness what is happening, so I cannot give an expert analysis. Unlike other people on social media who seems to think they have all the answers while sitting in front of a keyboard.

    • @davejohnson8090
      @davejohnson8090 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@rewdwarf123 you asked a question and I answered. That’s all. Your response is a total cop out as your implied viewpoint just can’t stand up to challenge. I’ll repeat my answer: there are lots of things they could have done instead of their current course of action.

  • @sarooshmansoor459
    @sarooshmansoor459 Před 5 měsíci +46

    Unlike South African apartheid we will likely find that Israel will not be held to any accountability for these crimes and it is VITALLY important that we write to our MPs against the Anti boycott bill. We must boycott Israeli goods, that is the only way to hold Israel to account as our government’s won’t

  • @guvviyulg4821
    @guvviyulg4821 Před 5 měsíci +355

    As a Sikh in the UK, I feel a humanitarian disaster is unfolding in front of me and I am powerless to assist.
    What can I do???

    • @user-et7tc3ld6q
      @user-et7tc3ld6q Před 5 měsíci +37

      Tell three friends and they tell three

    • @user-vj4hs3li8d
      @user-vj4hs3li8d Před 5 měsíci +7

      find a bunker

    • @bandolero5068
      @bandolero5068 Před 5 měsíci +44

      Keep writing to your MP, other politicians and broadcasters protesting the inaction and biased coverage. Please. It’s a small action and feels insignificant but we must keep making our voices heard. Peace.

    • @robinwalden3369
      @robinwalden3369 Před 5 měsíci +65

      Boycott, divestment, sanctions

    • @agulm6625
      @agulm6625 Před 5 měsíci

      If this is not stopped ,it’s not going to stop another country doing the same thing. The ppl who can stop this USA and west won’t even sanction or stop arming them .

  • @kal-px7qd
    @kal-px7qd Před 5 měsíci +255

    How can anyone now take her seriously after saying that, she looks like she is on her own demonic mission

    • @staciasmith5162
      @staciasmith5162 Před 5 měsíci +6

      I appreciate her honesty.

    • @firefox1234ize
      @firefox1234ize Před 5 měsíci +13

      @@staciasmith5162 as horrific as all this is, it’s quite convenient for judges and lawyers to make deliberations on crimes against humanity with so much evidence being freely provided by some government officials.

    • @newviolets8489
      @newviolets8489 Před 5 měsíci

      She's waiting for her potato at the end of the day.

  • @trouvereyork
    @trouvereyork Před 5 měsíci +132

    Ironically, everything you said in this broadcast might well have been said (and was said in other words) by Jeremy Corbyn.
    The dismantling of Corbyn was carried out by the entire UK political and media class and helped land us where we are now.

    • @pgl0897
      @pgl0897 Před 5 měsíci +22

      It wasn’t so long ago that James was jumping up and down about antisemitism on the basis of much more gentle criticism of Israeli government policy than he himself serves up here.
      It’s a welcome turnaround but he’s a little late to the party.

    • @theronster3533
      @theronster3533 Před 5 měsíci +13

      I notice the media haven't been regurgitating their 'Corbyn is anti-Semitic' rhetoric recently, I wonder why (not!) 🤨

  • @_Damian_.
    @_Damian_. Před 5 měsíci +20

    What i find surprising James is that anyone can look at the history and not see that this has been the plan from the start.

  • @SM-dk8cs
    @SM-dk8cs Před 5 měsíci +212

    So many people are saying that this was Israel’s response to 7th October. Well, the other side of the coin is that 7th October was Hamas’s response to decades of apartheid, restrictions, and the continuous massacring of Palestinians, including the indiscriminate killing of children. James, I think you are fantastic! But please can you at least talk about what lead up to 7th October. ♥️

    • @samara6041
      @samara6041 Před 5 měsíci +9

      🎯🎯🎯🎯

    • @robinblick9375
      @robinblick9375 Před 5 měsíci

      Pogroms OK then?

    • @naijaman6639
      @naijaman6639 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@robinblick9375Israeli propaganda bot sighted here working hard to spew nonsense.

    • @BrodaPaul
      @BrodaPaul Před 5 měsíci +7

      ​@@robinblick9375genocide is ok then?

    • @robinblick9375
      @robinblick9375 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@BrodaPaul According to the Hamas Covenant, Article Seven, yes.

  • @martintimlin1827
    @martintimlin1827 Před 5 měsíci +529

    It would an admission of guilt if our politicians if they reject the South African initiative

    • @juraj_b
      @juraj_b Před 5 měsíci

      They’ll just say “we don’t see any evidence” just like WH spokesperson just did…

    • @williamgraham5630
      @williamgraham5630 Před 5 měsíci +20

      Their silence has already been an admission of guilt.

    • @12time12
      @12time12 Před 5 měsíci

      South Africa lecturing others whilst they invited Putin to brics is brilliant. Israel and the adults in Gaza both failed the children of Gaza.

  • @omarzaag3924
    @omarzaag3924 Před 5 měsíci +15

    Poor thing, she expected to start the new year with normal fireworks on stolen land and dead people comfortably. Seriously 😳

  • @pookiewood
    @pookiewood Před 5 měsíci +17

    Our American media is not allowed to talk like this. Thank you!

    • @alexfawcett1448
      @alexfawcett1448 Před 5 měsíci

      Don't worry the UK media also at times fails to report stuff due to their woke agenda's here too. Free speech and awareness like these guys support is important on all fronts.
      This conflict is a tangled web that has gone on for too long , and which any human on either side of the fence with compassion would look to end peacefully before now like, me and you.
      I think the bear has been poked once too often and is on a rampage.
      Ask yourselves why is the westbank not offering a home for the innocent Palestine people in Gaza ? Why has Hamas not released all the hostages ?
      As surely these things would go towards a peace agreement.

  • @aktcdc
    @aktcdc Před 5 měsíci +576

    It is disappointing that the ambassador was not asked for evidence that every second house had tunnel access. Why did LBC just accept that at face value? By not asking these things, it devalues any claim to journalistic integrity.

    • @barry9741
      @barry9741 Před 5 měsíci +63

      because it's Iain Dale, to have journalistic integrity he'd actually have to be a journalist.

    • @placebo2020
      @placebo2020 Před 5 měsíci +58

      It’s so far fetched it’s bordering ludicrous. When they make this stuff up they must think the rest of the world is thick.

    • @NotThatOneThisOne
      @NotThatOneThisOne Před 5 měsíci +15

      It'd be a massive security risk having all those access points.

    • @thierrybilson9634
      @thierrybilson9634 Před 5 měsíci

      when looked up online M90 rockets seem not to be that big (storage canister approx 1.6m x 0.25m) although thousands of them stored underground would require space. Once a mining operation of any considerable size is started it attracts attention, not particularly the hole in the ground, which is usually surprisingly small, but the associated parafinalia such as lining material not to mention void reduction materials etc but the spoil generated which has to be disposed of away from site. A 2.5m diameter tunnel would produce over 5 cubic metres of spoil for every 1m of dug tunnel, multiply that by a thousand (to give a single kilometre of tunnel) and you have a huge amount of spoil which has to be moved away from the mining site. 5,000 cubic metres of spoil would require lorries or a conveyor system, the later highly unlikely in the given circumstances. An 8-wheeler lorry might convey 15 - 20 cubic metres per movement, which would give rise to approx 250 loaded vehicle movements. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can extrapolate the figures and details more fully. @@NotThatOneThisOne

    • @mahanibaharum
      @mahanibaharum Před 5 měsíci +27

      She should have been interviewed by James or Sangeeta

  • @jonesfactor9
    @jonesfactor9 Před 5 měsíci +415

    Sadly, it appears Netanyahu is using this situation to wipe out everything in Gaza. ☹️☹️

    • @juraj696
      @juraj696 Před 5 měsíci +16

      For him it is just a smoke screen trying to stay in power longer, he knew he was in trouble, he tried to rewrite the rules undermining the separation of judicial and executive powers and failed. Worst is just a couple months ago there were thousands in the streets protesting for his resignation and it is now public that Egypt warned him of a possible attack.

    • @TheNagualWilliam
      @TheNagualWilliam Před 5 měsíci +1

      He made the situation..... It always starts with a false flag ... .FFS the demon did 9/11 too

    • @ramiramone
      @ramiramone Před 5 měsíci +12

      He created this situation too.

    • @Sadoodi
      @Sadoodi Před 5 měsíci +17

      That was obvious from the beginning. He wants to make this a larger conflict with Lebanon involved so he stays in power longer

    • @garyjohnstone6422
      @garyjohnstone6422 Před 5 měsíci

      BB is a fine politician and warrior leader.@@juraj696

  • @johnm.ronald5690
    @johnm.ronald5690 Před 5 měsíci +26

    Thank you Mr O'Brien. The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

  • @TruthRules2
    @TruthRules2 Před 5 měsíci +21

    Blair should be investigated as to the Iraq war crimes!

  • @Lindisfarnefarmer
    @Lindisfarnefarmer Před 5 měsíci +104

    Took you a while James, but you finally understand what we've known for years.

  • @aiyubpatel9165
    @aiyubpatel9165 Před 5 měsíci +402

    The British government is complicit in this. Supporting the Israeli policies of occupation, brutality, torture. Supplying weapons. Allowing lobbies which influence our politicians to ensure certain policies are pushed in terms of foreign policy. There is also the issue of Christian Zionism both in UK, EU and the US. This also influences the policies in the middle east and the lack of real action against violence perpetrated against mostly the Muslim world.

    • @Dawah_Help
      @Dawah_Help Před 5 měsíci +9

      Sadly most ordinary British Anglos are unaware of the influence of US-like Scofield Bible Christian Z on our own elites.😲

    • @willbeach87
      @willbeach87 Před 5 měsíci +15

      ​@@Dawah_Help Not only that, British imperialism is a big cause of this whole situation

    • @thaki72
      @thaki72 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@willbeach87not only that, they were blowing up the British whilst fighting for their "state". The infiltration is real.

    • @Mohamed-jm4po
      @Mohamed-jm4po Před 5 měsíci

      They support Israel money weapons all they have against plastinen people they know that hamas didn't die

    • @garyjohnstone6422
      @garyjohnstone6422 Před 5 měsíci

      the muslim word is the perpetrator of great crimes of violence globally. Tell it like it is

  • @DocDanTheGuitarMan
    @DocDanTheGuitarMan Před 5 měsíci +42

    Shame on the Israeli government

  • @luluamin1388
    @luluamin1388 Před 5 měsíci +21

    They blew the oldest church in Gaza. They shot unarmed women in the church compound. They are heartless

  • @RechtmanDon
    @RechtmanDon Před 5 měsíci +170

    Why are Palestinians labeled terrorists and Israelis are not? HINT: "Follow the Money."

    • @dinnyskips
      @dinnyskips Před 5 měsíci +5

      Because there's a very arbitrary distinction between 'terrorism' and 'state-sanctioned violence'. In reality, Israel is a terrorist state committing ongoing acts of terror on the Palestinian people for years. But because it's seen as state-sanctioned violence, it doesn't get the big red stamp 'terrorism' so people don't see it as being as bad. The dead Palestinian children probably don't care too much about that distinction, though...

    • @garyjohnstone6422
      @garyjohnstone6422 Před 5 měsíci

      see oct. 7

    • @eddiecalderone
      @eddiecalderone Před 5 měsíci

      Cry me a river

    • @chojin6136
      @chojin6136 Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@garyjohnstone6422 the conflict started in 1948, not 2023. October 7th is irrelevant to the comment

    • @chojin6136
      @chojin6136 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I do label Israel as a terrorist nation, with the caveat that I'm referring to the government and military, not the regular people, especially not those that don't support the occupation, in the first place

  • @andyvonbourske6405
    @andyvonbourske6405 Před 5 měsíci +158

    no other country in the world would be allowed to do what's being done to the palestinians. they've been milking the holocausts and antisemitism to a point were now just criticizing israel is being antisemetic and we need to put a stop to it they're out of control .

    • @robinblick9375
      @robinblick9375 Před 5 měsíci +2

      No other country would passively accept what Hamas did to Israel on October 7. So why should Israel? As usual where Jews are concerned, its the usual double standards.

    • @KingBee24
      @KingBee24 Před 5 měsíci

      Other countries aren't occupying other people's country ... @@robinblick9375

    • @riversguy92
      @riversguy92 Před 5 měsíci +15

      @@robinblick9375 ok, cool. So when does it end? Are you ok with the entirety of Gaza being razed to the ground and made uninhabitable? The whole population duppied? You think the retaliation, justified as it initially was, is proportional?
      No double standards, just a desire for no more innocents to die, on either side. That’s a human position. What’s currently going on is indefensible.

    • @robinblick9375
      @robinblick9375 Před 5 měsíci

      No one can accuse Hamas of being 'out of control' when their pogrom of 1,200 Jews launched this war.

    • @riversguy92
      @riversguy92 Před 5 měsíci +21

      @@robinblick9375 I don’t particularly want to have to defend hamas, but their entire existence is because of illegal Israeli occupation of their land/displacement of their people by successive Israeli governments uninterested in a 2 state solution, aided and abetted by Western governments who felt guilty at their lack of action during the holocaust. Context is important; go do some research the information isn’t hiding from you. Since Israel was created how many Palestinians have died comparative to Israelis?

  • @drcommonsense1
    @drcommonsense1 Před 5 měsíci +20

    And still we have leaders of countries who just aren't even willing to question the actions since October 7th. What a horrible world we live in

  • @SamBeautifulChicago
    @SamBeautifulChicago Před 5 měsíci +31

    Mr. O’Brien, thank you for your honest and ethical reporting. You give a voice to the oppressed Palestinians when most of the media has turned its back and gives its unconditional support to the apartheid state of Israel.

  • @Scotland2306
    @Scotland2306 Před 5 měsíci +185

    Britain and America want the gas and oil off the coast of Gaza. Make no mistake this is about money.

    • @adivarso8175
      @adivarso8175 Před 5 měsíci +23

      BP already running for deals like a rabid dog running from water.

    • @ronaldtapiwatagwireyi5961
      @ronaldtapiwatagwireyi5961 Před 5 měsíci +31

      Agreed. And its also about people thinking they are a superior and 'chosen'. Delusion

    • @sharrongarratt4050
      @sharrongarratt4050 Před 5 měsíci +4

      💯

    • @azh6737
      @azh6737 Před 5 měsíci

      💯The fake unelected Sunak already has deals signed alongside his father in law.

    • @HopeLoveMatters
      @HopeLoveMatters Před 5 měsíci +4

      All wars are

  • @northerncousin7862
    @northerncousin7862 Před 5 měsíci +169

    James, you were slow to understand, but now you are making the points about this conflict that the UK public needs to hear

  • @steveakam
    @steveakam Před 5 měsíci +11

    If the tunnels exist in the way she says then the whole of Gaza would collapse in to them, there would be nothing holding up the city above, it would be a massive void.

    • @antoniokasto4293
      @antoniokasto4293 Před 5 měsíci

      She had to say that to justify Israel’s actions I don’t think Isreal will get away with this not this time and sending people to the Congo 🇨🇩??? What silly talk is this ??

  • @phunky64
    @phunky64 Před 5 měsíci +179

    Judging by the reactions from the younger generations here in the western world, Israel might run out of luck and allies sooner than later.

    • @feloniousshlong
      @feloniousshlong Před 5 měsíci +15

      I hope that is the case here in the US, the political class are currently not listening

    • @BJSR1
      @BJSR1 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Nah, we can multitask ​@@WestermanT.
      EDIT: Don't know if it's just my CZcams that deleted the original comment, but for context to anyone reading this anti...(whatever they're being) said (to paraphrase) that "young people are too concerned about what gender they will be"

    • @michaelotieno6524
      @michaelotieno6524 Před 5 měsíci

      The calculation is that by that time they would have completely changed the facts on the ground. Gazans shall be people living in Oman, Yemen, Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq and many more places. If there is one thing Israel has learnt from the youth reactions, it is that they don't have time.

    • @WestermanT.
      @WestermanT. Před 5 měsíci

      @@BJSR1 probably, but you’re already spending all your free time trying to find new things to be offended by

    • @BJSR1
      @BJSR1 Před 5 měsíci

      @@WestermanT. You know what multitasking is right? "The carrying out of two or more tasks at the same time by one person".
      Next you'll tell me you don't know the actual definition of "woke".

  • @Nellsmum22
    @Nellsmum22 Před 5 měsíci +89

    The thought that nobody will be able to stop them is beyond heart breaking. Israel - the world's pariah.

  • @user-rn6kk1di1s
    @user-rn6kk1di1s Před 5 měsíci +9

    No words can describe the sufferings of Palestines children, pregnant women, young children and vulnerable men living in these horrific conditions 😢

  • @CuddleStories
    @CuddleStories Před 5 měsíci +30

    Absolutely ridiculous that Israel cannot be stopped by all the super powers of the world.

    • @IkramKhan-wf7lr
      @IkramKhan-wf7lr Před 5 měsíci +2

      It’s not a question of ability, more a question of willingness ( especially the USA ).

    • @ianrobinson9565
      @ianrobinson9565 Před 5 měsíci +3

      They are all in it together.

    • @samantharawle5142
      @samantharawle5142 Před 5 měsíci

      Stop funding them for a start.

  • @joesheridan3395
    @joesheridan3395 Před 5 měsíci +76

    They wouldn't be very secret tunnels if every hospital, mosque, and second house had access.

    • @adaephonprime855
      @adaephonprime855 Před 5 měsíci

      They were secret to the Palestinians as they were built by Israel

    • @user-xs1wc6op9m
      @user-xs1wc6op9m Před 5 měsíci +1

      💯

    • @ashrafmahomed3344
      @ashrafmahomed3344 Před 5 měsíci +11

      Exactly, the claim is preposterous. It’s typical Israel gameplay, say something untrue, then go and use this as a basis of their atrocious actions.

    • @CraigArnott
      @CraigArnott Před 5 měsíci +7

      If there was an underground city then we wouldnt be seeing such high civilian deaths... As they would be seeking shelter in them from.... After all theres access to them in every household etc🤔

    • @wiz2769
      @wiz2769 Před 5 měsíci +1

      They built them themselves

  • @thomasbulkowski9216
    @thomasbulkowski9216 Před 5 měsíci +113

    I'm not surprised by any of it. This is exactly how Netanyahu wants to go out.
    With the Arab normalization plans scrapped for now, he will try to annex the West Bank and Gaza. Don't forget that the only reason he stopped with the plan to annex the West Bank in 2017 was the normalization offer by the Arab countries.
    He's a very dangerous man right now with nothing to lose.

  • @ahmadjooma8850
    @ahmadjooma8850 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Shame no fireworks. Imagine having no food no water no electricity no healthcare no right to live in peace no self determination hmmm

  • @shrubhunt
    @shrubhunt Před 5 měsíci +9

    No, israels argument was never water tight. By water tight all you mean is they didnt openly revealing l their intentions but all well meaning people saw it. Millions of people if the world saw the clear sign that they wanted to destroy gaza

  • @furryelvis
    @furryelvis Před 5 měsíci +35

    Tzipi should be in jail for war crimes

  • @unjustkatana
    @unjustkatana Před 5 měsíci +39

    Those are the same people the Palestinians had to negotiate with !

  • @LittleBigMediaCo
    @LittleBigMediaCo Před 5 měsíci +16

    The very first question, at the very beginning of this 'war', was "how did the Israeli intelligence miss this attack?"
    The answer to that is 100% obvious now. They didn't. They knew about it, but they allowed it to happen anyway. Because it served their long-time hidden agenda, and gave them a window to proceed with the sympathy (& even support) from the west.
    Western governments were played ... while average people saw through it all and protested on the streets despite the push-back from those governments.
    And yet, still they dig the hole deeper for themselves. Anything to avoid admitting they were wrong.
    Typical politicians.

  • @elisabethbordin982
    @elisabethbordin982 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I never miss any of your videos… I am American living in Switzerland and appreciate your classy way of saying the truth … thank you !

  • @annastracke8585
    @annastracke8585 Před 5 měsíci +418

    Ms Hotovely sends a shivers down my spine. There are such despicable wrongs done on both sides, but Israel's revenge is out of all proportion - thousands of children dead, how can that be shrugged off as collateral damage ?

    • @firefox1234ize
      @firefox1234ize Před 5 měsíci +13

      💯💯💯

    • @uthman2281
      @uthman2281 Před 5 měsíci +16

      Not both sides.

    • @taxpayer1040
      @taxpayer1040 Před 5 měsíci +14

      When she was interviewed by Kay Burley she asked KB if she had any children which made me flinch to say the least.
      But Dale admires her so ........

    • @TheAArmstrong
      @TheAArmstrong Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@uthman2281 Yes both sides. You can’t excuse massacres against Israeli civilians

    • @free_spirit111
      @free_spirit111 Před 5 měsíci +23

      She didn't get to see her fireworks! That's all she cares about. She seems a psychopath

  • @popgoesaweasle920
    @popgoesaweasle920 Před 5 měsíci +81

    I'm amazed how long it's taken some of the so called people in the know to realise and admit what Israel is really like. Just because something isn't palatable to say doesn't mean you shouldn't say it. Glad you've woken up to what many have known for decades James.

  • @azacamis
    @azacamis Před 5 měsíci +8

    If you read history and watch a documentary of it, any form of oppression results in resistance. And part of the resistance is almost always a tunnel.
    'The fighting organization is unified, strategies are planned, underground bunkers and tunnels are built, and roof-top passages are constructed'
    Guess where that was referenced? Warsaw ghetto uprising. The only difference with Gaza is the resistance is labeled as terrorists to justify all the atrocities being carried out.

  • @MK-pt9xt
    @MK-pt9xt Před 5 měsíci +5

    I am shocked !
    LBC are almost finally calling it for what it is!

  • @edwardgibb1453
    @edwardgibb1453 Před 5 měsíci +61

    Someone could stop them stop sending them weapons USA and uk

    • @susanwestern6434
      @susanwestern6434 Před 5 měsíci

      Joe Biden has gone against Congress twice to supply arms and munitions to Israel. The original package Biden wanted the Republicans to pass was for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the USA Southern border. Still not passed. So Biden went round it. He won't do the same for Ukraine.

  • @loreena.plstne
    @loreena.plstne Před 5 měsíci +103

    I always wonder why people are surprised. It was pretty clear from the beginning that this would happen. (For me, at least) You do a great job, James, and I see your frustration, and I want to thank you for everything you do.
    It's absolute madness.

    • @gillianessien7417
      @gillianessien7417 Před 5 měsíci

      100%. It was evident from the start what Israel’s right wing government’s agenda was.

    • @magnuscarlsson9969
      @magnuscarlsson9969 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Well it was pretty clear for anyone who have read some of the earlier documents on the matter, to establish a Jewish homeland the people living there would have to be removed it doesn't matter which country was in mind for that specific meeting(Madagascar etc.). Even the British realized this, albeit a bit late perhaps, but they decided to hand the matter over the League of Nations(UN) which really dropped and have kept on dropping the ball on this matter. They weren't informed enough back in the late 40's and have been extremely poorly informed ever since, considering they let Israel handle the "two state solution" accepting each and every single excuse given ever since... how naive can a organization be. Honestly it's only after the declassification of documents, some people started to question things.

  • @yooodam8467
    @yooodam8467 Před 5 měsíci +10

    They have no right to defend themselves as occupiers. They never did at any points.

  • @Hassan_MM.
    @Hassan_MM. Před 5 měsíci +2

    ❤ The problem is that it's been for 7 Long Decades Palestine 🇵🇸 vs. Whole 🌎 World

  • @62Cristoforo
    @62Cristoforo Před 5 měsíci +276

    Palestinians have the right to defend themselves, by whatever means necessary.
    On the other hand, no occupying military force has any claim to ‘self-defence’ from that population it occupies and controls. To think so is an absurd claim.

    • @Fredric_Cedrich
      @Fredric_Cedrich Před 5 měsíci

      Exactly. They even call themselves the IOF! Israel Occupation Force! It’s insane.

    • @denzel270
      @denzel270 Před 5 měsíci +4

      As does Israel

    • @alphapen_dragon8554
      @alphapen_dragon8554 Před 5 měsíci +25

      Imagine arguing that the Nazis had the right to self defense against the French resistance?

    • @LilyJones-mu2cy
      @LilyJones-mu2cy Před 5 měsíci +23

      ​@@denzel270 I don't think you read their comment properly.
      Israel is the occupying force, therefore it has no right to self defense from the people it is forcibly occupying

    • @dilonkumar4960
      @dilonkumar4960 Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@denzel270they do on there land which is in europe

  • @motosashi6971
    @motosashi6971 Před 5 měsíci +296

    I respectfully disagree with you, James, on a specific matter.
    To be candid, Israeli brutality has persisted(75 yrs) without facing consequences, further intensified by global sympathy and, Israel's exploitation, of the Holocaust. Let's not overlook the recurring play of the 'We are victims historically' card, deployed whenever there's a disproportionate loss of life and eviction of Palestinians from land owned long before their arrival.
    International Law withholds the right to self defense from an illegal occupier because the rights of displaced and subjugated peoples outweigh those of an illicit and notably aggressive occupant. Apologies, but precision in the language of this conflict is crucial.

    • @bernardmoore8877
      @bernardmoore8877 Před 5 měsíci +23

      Very well said

    • @victormeidan1062
      @victormeidan1062 Před 5 měsíci +3

      ​@@bernardmoore8877
      Except Israel left Gaza in 2005.
      Whoops.

    • @ummdawoud3705
      @ummdawoud3705 Před 5 měsíci +44

      ​@victormeidan1062 physically left but military governed gaza, not to mention blockade of every thing that would give Palestinians any normal existence. Not to mention giving no autonomy for electricity, water, food etc

    • @danielcrown6428
      @danielcrown6428 Před 5 měsíci

      @@ummdawoud3705 The Palestinians were left much infrastructure and had foreign aid that could have created a civilised society. But they tore down that infrastructure, Hamas came in and spent all the aid on tunnels and rockets.
      There have been multiple offers of a 2 state solution turned down by Palestine since 1948.
      They are full of hate. Most support what happened on October 7th and we know Hamas want to do it again. What is Israel to do?

    • @bernardmoore8877
      @bernardmoore8877 Před 5 měsíci

      @@victormeidan1062 the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem continues at this very moment. Your talking point means absolutely nothing to me. Palestinians in those areas are treated worse than blacks in the Jim Crow south.

  • @romanomendez8617
    @romanomendez8617 Před 5 měsíci +22

    "But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians" ~ Nelson Mandela

  • @junaidnadir07
    @junaidnadir07 Před 5 měsíci +1

    James O Brian. You are a legend - no one has spoken so well so openly and with clear lenses.

  • @RidvanHarlicaj
    @RidvanHarlicaj Před 5 měsíci +86

    There's nothing controversial in calling out Israel's atrocities towards Palestinians. Nothing at all.

  • @freedom__and_peace
    @freedom__and_peace Před 5 měsíci +273

    Zionism isn't even a religious belief. In reality, the leaders of the modern Zionist movement that was created in Europe weren't motivated by religion. Many of them were actually secular or agnostic Jews. They saw the Jewish people more as a nation than a religious group. For them, Zionism meant establishing a separate political state for the Jewish nation. Originally Uganda and Argentina was proposed as a homeland for the Zionist before Palestine. *To put things into perspective, in the year 1891 Jewish people owned less than 1% of land in Palestine,* *where as Palestinians owned 99%. In 1947 that number was still at a low, with the Jews owning below 5% of Palestinian land.

    • @victormeidan1062
      @victormeidan1062 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Of course they owned a tiny amount of Land. The Ottomans stopped them from entering for centuries.

    • @kevhavard
      @kevhavard Před 5 měsíci

      It's the Christian idea of zionism that gets real dark.

    • @henryb160
      @henryb160 Před 5 měsíci

      Of course it is driven by the religion of Torah which they use to justify every horror they inflict on their hapless victims as being a result of divine prophecy. At the 1937 World Zionist conference in Switzerland, Chaim Weizmann declared that he was a deeply religious man: It should also be noted that Adolf Eichmann was present as a guest of the Zionists to hear him say it. And for years David Ben Gurion ran a Bible study group. Later these weekly lectures were published in the book "'Ben Gurion Looks At The Bible.'

    • @stevejones3530
      @stevejones3530 Před 5 měsíci +13

      The thing that gets me is how the church in America has went away from Jesus and turned to jew worshipping

    • @franklingoodwin
      @franklingoodwin Před 5 měsíci +11

      ​@@victormeidan1062Not strictly true. You omitted the part where most Jews voluntarily left Judea/the Kingdom of Israel to live in Europe's Greek and Roman Empires for centuries as well as other European nations like Russia, Poland etc. The Ottomans did take that land but the Jews had already left and they weren't stopped from returning, they were part of the Ottoman Empire. They returned when the British were given Palestine after WW1 from the Ottoman Empire (yes plenty of Jews were under Ottoman rule)

  • @purplecrown505
    @purplecrown505 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Well done James. It took you almost three months to reach the correct conclusion, but you got there in the end.

  • @Fdzzaigl
    @Fdzzaigl Před 5 měsíci +3

    I have several friends who have travelled Africa extensively. All agree that the Congo is one of the most dangerous countries there is on the continent at the moment. Which as a Belgian saddens me given our historical responsibility. That said, a plan to deport people there is completely and utterly insane on so many levels.

  • @michaelbirchall6307
    @michaelbirchall6307 Před 5 měsíci +22

    I have emailed my MP expressing my disgust about the situation. I suggest everyone do this. I am Also boycotting any products from Israel. What else can we do???

  • @kensab4065
    @kensab4065 Před 5 měsíci +89

    Ian Dale was more focused on making callers show respect to the Genocidal israeli Ambassador than holding her accountable or at the very least asking her tough questions! I'm very happy for your show and quite disgusted with Ian Dale and his actions.

    • @lizdocherty3067
      @lizdocherty3067 Před 5 měsíci +3

      There is a few LBC interviewers who are like this.

    • @BrodaPaul
      @BrodaPaul Před 5 měsíci +5

      Best to save electricity and switch off the radio when that fool is on.

  • @itsonlysound
    @itsonlysound Před 5 měsíci +10

    Israel's actions have been repeatedly explained away by the likes of yourself. You were warned. People told you, before all this happened. And you ignored it. The reluctance to talk about it isn't due to the policy of Israel suddenly being exposed. These attitudes have existed in Israel proudly and amongst British Israel apologists, for years. It's due to you and other people in the media, standing idly by, ignoring the warnings from people who knew better. Giving Israel the benefit of the doubt when they have done nothing to deserve it. Ignoring the plight of millions who have been suffering for decades, as you have always done. Blood is on all of your hands.

  • @gautamanyerere3294
    @gautamanyerere3294 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I had chills just hearing her say that.

  • @TheSaudiBoom
    @TheSaudiBoom Před 5 měsíci +109

    Thank you for calling out the Genocidal argument of The Israeli Ambassador- Hotiveli

    • @leonhughes9014
      @leonhughes9014 Před 5 měsíci

      its war people die, name one war they haven't... also they have been told to leave ...

  • @jaywilson4520
    @jaywilson4520 Před 5 měsíci +159

    And after they remove all the Palestinians, Israel would rebuild the area and Israeli settlers would move in. It's precisely what the Goverment of Israel and decriers of a two-state solution have always wanted.

    • @firefox1234ize
      @firefox1234ize Před 5 měsíci +9

      💯💯💯

    • @juliewake4585
      @juliewake4585 Před 5 měsíci +12

      Absolutely, and they’ve been talking about it for years.

    • @garyjohnstone6422
      @garyjohnstone6422 Před 5 měsíci

      they rejected an offer of 48% a few yrs ago

    • @firefox1234ize
      @firefox1234ize Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@garyjohnstone6422 I am proud to have prevented the formation of a Palestinian State. - Bibi Netanyahu

    • @BrodaPaul
      @BrodaPaul Před 5 měsíci +4

      Beachside properties and how they would look in gaza for settlers already been drawn up. Shame on them. Hope it never works.

  • @intentionalliving1302
    @intentionalliving1302 Před 5 měsíci +13

    She conveniently leaves out the fact that those tunnels were built by Israel

    • @JonLauridsen
      @JonLauridsen Před 5 měsíci

      Absolutely wrong, are you thinking of the underground storage rooms built under hospitals? Hamas has poured millions into their kilometres of tunnels, no one denies that.

    • @alexandermartin-sv2up
      @alexandermartin-sv2up Před 5 měsíci

      False! Where does that come from? Why would Israel dig underground? Under their strawberry fields? You will believe anything 😮

  • @jeffturner2102
    @jeffturner2102 Před 5 měsíci +3

    James O'Brien vgd, also carol voderman vgd! They tell the truth thank you LBC.

  • @peterdollins3610
    @peterdollins3610 Před 5 měsíci +82

    The US could stop them.

    • @jujutrini8412
      @jujutrini8412 Před 5 měsíci +10

      Of course it could but they won’t. They don’t care though.

    • @jjboys215
      @jjboys215 Před 5 měsíci

      America is as much of the problem as Israel is when it comes to The Palastinians

    • @athenarockabilly6245
      @athenarockabilly6245 Před 5 měsíci +15

      The same devils

    • @trechter222
      @trechter222 Před 5 měsíci

      Of course, who is sending the bombs to them? But i think that Israel owns US, US does everything what israel is asking!

    • @michaelsmith-re2ge
      @michaelsmith-re2ge Před 5 měsíci

      Their political system is bought and paid for by lobby groups including powerful Pro-Israeli groups.
      "The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) spent more than $4m to defeat Andy Levin in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for a congressional seat in north-western Detroit.
      "Aipac has poured more than $24m into defeating Democratic primary candidates critical of Israel. Last month it celebrated defeating former congresswoman Donna Edwards, who was the favorite to win a Maryland seat until the UDP spent $7m to unleash an advertising blitz against her."
      "Other pro-Israel groups, such as the Democratic Majority for Israel and Pro-Israel America, have also spent heavily to oppose candidates regarded as anti-Israel in Democratic primaries from Texas to Ohio and California."

  • @sooh7068
    @sooh7068 Před 5 měsíci +189

    James and sangita are the only reasons I still watch lbc, they are saving this program 👏👏👏👏👏

    • @Ztandard32
      @Ztandard32 Před 5 měsíci +15

      Totally agree. Is there are station with better coverage, because I would gladly boycott LBC?
      I fear LBC may be the least worse. If James didn't have such a big audience I think his job would be on the line.

    • @Sylvia-ps8tg
      @Sylvia-ps8tg Před 5 měsíci +22

      @@Ztandard32Novara media, breakthrough news, democracy now, real news network…..

    • @mmmfahmy
      @mmmfahmy Před 5 měsíci +19

      @@Ztandard32Owen jones too

    • @Ztandard32
      @Ztandard32 Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@Sylvia-ps8tg I listen to Novara and DM already, but will also try the others. Thanks for your response.

    • @Freemouse159
      @Freemouse159 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Sangita first JOB straining over the line... In the last few days...

  • @shrekswife2164
    @shrekswife2164 Před 5 měsíci +3

    She was plainly unhinged.

  • @AnalyseThat
    @AnalyseThat Před 5 měsíci +4

    Should Tzipy Hotovely be arrested for planning and promoting war crimes?

  • @Roblox-ev7ry
    @Roblox-ev7ry Před 5 měsíci +100

    Every house does not have access to tunnels. These people are defending their lands, just like out forefathers did from British empire.

    • @garyjohnstone6422
      @garyjohnstone6422 Před 5 měsíci +3

      these ppl started something they couldn`t finish

    • @chojin6136
      @chojin6136 Před 5 měsíci +8

      @@garyjohnstone6422 Israel started it in 1948. This didn't start on October 7th

    • @deanburns8174
      @deanburns8174 Před 5 měsíci +2

      ​@@chojin6136 actually the Palestinians started it in 1948 you need to learn the history

    • @jasonm3780
      @jasonm3780 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@chojin6136wrong

    • @chojin6136
      @chojin6136 Před 5 měsíci

      @@jasonm3780 until you expand on that thought, no I'm not

  • @frixosfriedman7813
    @frixosfriedman7813 Před 5 měsíci +30

    Ambassador is a psychopath. Plain and simple. At least these mouthpieces are in video record for historical reference for the rest of time. One day hopefully we will learn from this.

  • @bulentosmane
    @bulentosmane Před 5 měsíci +2

    James bless you mate. Thank you for using your voice.

  • @lextron-audio
    @lextron-audio Před 5 měsíci +31

    Where’s the conversation about the ties Rishi Sunaks family has to Israeli companies? And the lobby money received by Tory & Labour MPs.

  • @Buckydhu
    @Buckydhu Před 5 měsíci +100

    I think to be fair it would have been hard, if not impossible, for a reasonably informed person to maintain the belief that Israel was going to behave with moderation and within international law for as long as ten days.
    This could be stopped now as some have said with one phone call, it's just the will that is lacking and a fair amount of racism.

    • @JonLauridsen
      @JonLauridsen Před 5 měsíci

      But where have they broken international law? I say put all Israeli attacks up in courts and let’s see what comes out, I personally think many won’t have enough evidence to warrant the action and such will be ruled that Israel did break the law. But you say claim they already have, when you actually don’t know. Your black-and-white proclamations are not really actionable or useful.

    • @1101grayzer
      @1101grayzer Před 5 měsíci +2

      You would deny that they are bombing civilians, and forcing civilians to leave their homes? You would deny James’ assertion, that they have decided to destroy Gaza completely?