James O'Brien praises listeners for educating him on Israel-Gaza conflict | LBC

James O'Brien thanks his listeners for 'getting things right' on the Israel-Gaza war as he discusses the recent 'shift' in Western foreign policy over the IDF's bombardment of the strip.
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[@Q8Caffeinated]

I just learned that a girl that survived the bombings of northern gaza was murdered in the bombing of Al Nasser hospital recently... She died twice, the first time when her family members died in the north and now when she herself died.. in a hospital bombing, being treated from the previous bombing that took her family away... If you still support this, there's no saving you.. or humanity for that matter.

[@samhuangto]

Exactly, first bombing she lost her parents, second bombing she lost her leg, for the last time the world lost her.

[@BrRizzy1]

This is absolutely horrific. I can't use the word 'tragic' because that would suggest it was unavoidable, when the exact opposite is true.

[@AsadKhan-lm6yr]

May her heart and soul rest in peace!!!

[@ovidiudraghici9941]

How was this not avoidable?

[@calvoh9715]

@@samhuangto i hope she is in peace wherever she is now, the world failed her.

[@qasimsreadingcorner149]

Talk about kids who’s limbs have been blown off. Innocent Children in prison for years without any trial, terrorised and abused. The Palestinians have suffered enough at the hands of the IDF. What would you do if someone came in the middle of the night and took away your children and kicked you out of your home?

[@patriciaduarte2392]

That’s right. That’s what they are trying to do but they are condemned for resisting the occupation

[@AB-zl4nh]

I am disappointed in James. At the start of this massacre, he backed Israel and did not understand or acknowledge Israel has LOCKED Palestinians in Gaza, so no refugees can flee. This is collective punishment and has been called a war crime by several major Human Rights organisations and scholars. I don't think he sits back and thinks enough about the situation.

[@zabiarayyan7056]

Trust me they all know whats going on. BBC and CNN litterly reported about the illegal settelments thats taking place. ITs real footage of how they tream these palastininask. but the world still blame Hums for october 7. I think by now its very clear, who support who. and the sad part is that ists no longer 1990s to rely on the main stream media, its 2023 and people can see live footage of everything and can decide whos the opresser and whos the opresseds. but they refuse becasue their heart whch is full of hatred can't give them a permission.

[@branjosnow6244]

​@@AB-zl4nhEgypt has the keys to your make believe prison. Why are they not opening the borders to their Muslim brothers and sisters in need?

[@urielkon1111]

Gross oversimplification.

[@danielreiss-cy4zr]

Because we Jews have been there, know what it looks like, know how it feels, know the excuses as well, I'm astounded that this slaughter is framed as self defense.

[@elusiveeagle8597]

You are astounded only because you haven't seen the full picture yet...

[@cindybryant3753]

I agree. And would add It cannot be self defence against an occupied territory, just as it is not 'terrorism' to strike back in whatever way against the oppressors.This is argued by both Israels ( miko Peled - The Generals son,) and Palestinian historian ( llan Pappe) 100 years war on Palestine. Both argue that Israel is a Terror State. So if James OBrien wants to educate himself i suggest he starts with these.

[@Katy-sh3ru]

❤😢

[@jonathanspencer4834]

​@@cindybryant3753 Your moral compass is warped . Ofc it's terrorism what Hamas did on Oct 7th ! This is not in question .

[@randomdaveUK]

​@@cindybryant3753well it is terrorism to assault innocent people in another nation, it is. The only way the occupation would have ended is diplomatically.

[@aklim4]

Thank you to the journalists in Gaza the real Hero’s that have shown the world the truth risking their lives

[@Elizadoolittle1948]

Exactly. The journalist in Gaza are the real heroes in all of this.

[@hoofhearted1955]

And sadly many losing their lives.

[@cindybryant3753]

I agree

[@firefox1234ize]

💯💯💯

[@carlaissaxxx]

I agree. True heroes!

[@ThomasKing19933]

Don't worry about the criticism you receive, James. You're absolutely right about this. The IDF are out of control.

[@chatham43]

He can take it. He's been wrong plenty of times before.

[@ThomasKing19933]

​@@chatham43He's 100% right.

[@sarangistudent8614]

@@ThomasKing19933the chav doesn’t know anything.

[@aldenpadilla1773]

​@@chatham43all the human rights organizations declared Israel an apartheid state

[@ernieyacub]

the idf is "just following orders" which goes for the whole israeli citizenry.

[@Forksake82]

The west bank atrocities by the Israeli settlers/invaders has to be talked about. The cruelty of these people seems to know no bounds

[@yuvi3738]

We need to mention that these settlements are literally unprofitable and that 60% of the 700,000 west bank Jewish settlers work in ISRAEL. Israel props them up, and has done for 50 years. "Settlement has an economic dimension, much of it driven by the significantly lower costs of housing for Israeli citizens living in Israeli settlements compared to the cost of housing and living in Israel proper.[54] Government spending per citizen in the settlements is double that spent per Israeli citizen in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, while government spending for settlers in isolated Israeli settlements is three times the Israeli national average. Most of the spending goes to the security of the Israeli citizens living there.[55]"

[@fleetingmoments]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@leslie-annmills-gomez8763]

​@yuvi3738 Gosh, none of us would endure what the Palestinians have been subjected to

[@azamyj607]

Wow that’s from research paper ? Going to read this journal ! Thanks fpr pointing this out !

[@terencerowberry2444]

Also, the cruelty of the Zionist towards the Palestinians since 1948.

[@shahpen3814]

I cried every night thinking about the children of Gaza that survived but lost both their parents and relatives, with nobody to take care of them, no place to stay, and no food to eat. How can this happened in this world right now? Have we lost all our humanity?

[@ASOXO]

Well said. An extreme atrocity. The world has truly lost its humanity

[@taq1238]

Who is we?

[@babymonalisa]

Me too. I'm so traumatised!😭

[@maxmusa5925]

Yes

[@ASOXO]

@@taq1238 "We" as in the collective human race. I found it to be quite obvious personally.

[@XxLuvverofMusicxX]

Hey James, you left out the fact that the IDF drove bulldozers over an area of tents outside of a hospital in Gaza, housing wounded and people seeking shelter, killing them under the tracks of the bulldozers. In some of the reports on this atrocity wild, hungry cats can be seen eating some of the bodies.

[@frogprincereader]

James is like a policeman who turns up too late when everybody's dead and then says 'aww, what a tragedy'

[@wandamoon7639]

So sad... I see the video too

[@susanwestern6434]

This happened with dead Russians in Ukraine. Dogs and cats having a feed.

[@Yahyaliye]

IDF has committed numerous atrocities but I believe that video has been shown to be from Egypt in 2013. Let’s not give the zionists any material to argue that accusations against them are propaganda

[@AB-zl4nh]

I am disappointed in James. At the start of this massacre, he backed Israel and did not understand or acknowledge Israel has LOCKED Palestinians in Gaza, so no refugees can flee. This is collective punishment and has been called a war crime by several major Human Rights organisations and scholars. I don't think he sits back and thinks enough about the situation.

[@Andy.Smurphy]

It is a pity that it has taken this long for people's eyes to be opened to what Israel has been doing, but this did not start on October 8th, this has been going on for more than 70 years and we have not just ignored it but actively supported it. For a people who have endured hardships for 1000's of years under the hands of Europeans to now inflicting those same hardships on a people whose only crime was to be living in the place they wanted to settle is a shame. This is not a Jewish problem but a Zionist nationalism problem and as stated before has been going on for more than 70 years. It is about time we starting acting throughout the world with an even hand based on the rules of law as laid out by honest people from within the United Nations.

[@nicwebber5343]

Zionist Nationalism invades our own politics to an astonishing extent. They saw off Corbyn by smearing him as an anti-Semite because he was pro-Palestine and now we have all seen how this works on a global level. Starmer's leadership campaign was funded by the Israel lobby so that explains why he was happy to see the children of Gaza be murdered. And I also wonder what they promised Z list celebrities like Rachel Riley and that Oberman woman to jump on the bandwagon.

[@hamseahmed2151]

It’s coz they losing this one thing they call the “Public opinion”.

[@export2k13]

This is colonization.....did people think that other places where populations have been displaced or occupied was done without significant bloodshed.....this is what happened, only now we are seeing it happen.

[@boru1982]

Unfortunately 'people' don't matter. Leaders matter...and every single western leader conducts themselves around the 'American Buck' and is pro-Israeli.

[@GeorgePoulakis-kf8os]

It's amazing how people have a wealth of information on the internet yet, they still jump blindly on the bandwagon. This conflict is about religion. If this conflict was only about palestinian territory it would have been solved a long time ago.

[@siminoof]

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

[@stuartbritton4811]

What makes you think they are behaving like National Socialists? Are they supposed to just take it and take it and take it and forgive and forget forever, whilst being annihilated, and not allowed to complain about it?

[@chriseast7798]

@@stuartbritton4811 Just who is being annihalated here? Because as far as I see things it's the Palestinians and the Lebanese at the moment. Hamas was formed with the help of Netanyahu to divide public opinion of the Palestinian Authority. It also fought the occupiers, which is their internationally legal right as is Lebanon's. Hezbollah was formed and forced Israel out of Lebanese territory! Israel has to go back to the 1967 borders or they will forever be fighting wars and is the whole world going to continue supporting them? I don't think so! How long do you think the US public are going to putr up with US politicians handing over billions of their hard earned tax dollars?

[@a4all]

I listen to you from down under, I say thank you for speaking up against this horror show. I can not understand what else will take a human to realize what's going on in Gaza and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

[@AT-gu8by]

How are the Aboriginal people?, I can imagine how they felt and the horrors that they have endured when foreigners from Britain and Europe took their land.

[@AB-zl4nh]

I am disappointed in James. At the start of this massacre, he backed Israel and did not understand or acknowledge Israel has LOCKED Palestinians in Gaza, so no refugees can flee. This is collective punishment and has been called a war crime by several major Human Rights organisations and scholars. I don't think he sits back and thinks enough about the situation.

[@983Legend]

Just listen to the rhetoric of western leaders/mainstream media when Russia invaded Ukraine and compare it to their rhetoric regarding Israel. Do some quick maths, add 2 plus 2 and tell me what answer you come to…….

[@ProgrammerPete]

Give me a break. If you want this to end, then you should simply call for Hammas to surrender, it’s that simple. But the truth is, you simply don’t believe in Israel’s right to exist.

[@seanconcannon7922]

@@983Legend Is it a coincidence that Hamas attacked Israel for no reason on Putins birthday? Putin is the ONLY one who comes out winning from this conflict....Ukraine has almost been forgotten now.

[@HRaz100]

The contempt that the Israeli government, the IDF and their supporters have for Palestinians is being seen now by the world. But this contempt began when Palestinians were forcibly removed from their homes in 1948. This is blocked out of the minds of Israeli apologists so they can pretend that Oct 7th happened in a vacuum.

[@leslie-annmills-gomez8763]

Well said

[@tayibahussain]

I blame UN they should have enforced international law a long time ago israel should not be allowed to be in violation of over 60 UN resolutions and a murderous apartheid. Had the law actually applied we would not be here

[@branjosnow6244]

You do know what the word "enemies" means right?

[@purrple.shadows]

It's a pity that honest journalists have to grovel because of their absolute terror of being labeled antisemitic.

[@handl3869]

​@purrple.shadows Exactly. No one group of people has faced an existential global threat. That group would be gone. This narrative is getting old.

[@Anonymous1dskjoadi93]

Independent journalists with journalistic integrity are the heroes of our time.

[@10aDowningStreet]

Agree, LBC should employ at least one.

[@davidsmith5523]

Is there such a person? ​@@10aDowningStreet

[@wrigh2uk]

@@10aDowningStreetSangita has been cooking the Israeli spokesman every time she has him on.

[@elaineread15]

and Israel is actively targeting them.

[@davidsmith5523]

@10aDowningStreet is there such a person.

[@siham1540]

This is happening since 1948. The only difference is that we have social media now, so nobody can say: we didn't know.

[@samsoncooper1]

Since before then mate. 1948 was just when the west legitimised it.

[@yasminmateria4993]

@siham1540, Also believe the biase news like the BBC, Sky and CNN.Too afraid to report it as it is …

[@adamb.m4844]

​@@samsoncooper1AT least in 1917 with british Balfour declaration

[@sult145]

“Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism”. Free Palestine ☝️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪❤️

[@silvercat3243]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸...

[@yongzeal]

There is no Antisemitism exist in the real world. Trust me I have never seen anyone hate Jews because of them being Jews but their actions which are making them unlikable. But not all Jews are bad in the world.

[@davidgreen6490]

Where is Palestine?

[@sult145]

@@davidgreen6490 on planet earth

[@davidgreen6490]

@@sult145 Is it? Where abouts?

[@HassanAli-ye2qx]

It’s not a conflict it’s 75 years old occupation.

[@jamespaul6315]

Palestine tried to fight a war and got battered lol

[@HassanAli-ye2qx]

@@jamespaul6315 they got to do what they got to do to resist occupation

[@jamespaul6315]

@@HassanAli-ye2qx no they dont. Israelis born there have as much a right to live there as anyone else. They lost a war and need to accept it

[@JordanMcCarthy-bh9tu]

​@jamespaul6315 once the victim status runs out what will the little piggies do then

[@gwynedd-1]

@@HassanAli-ye2qx It has never been just occupation. It has been an illegal occupation, Palestinian cleansing and with genocidal intent.

[@beegeekaygee7222]

I am just a member of the public and knew nothing of this situation before Oct 7th but by the 9th I did. Its heartbreaking. Traumatic. James.....you are a reporter and only half way there, yet. Like Roger Waters I am on the verge of tears daily. Children dead, battered, bruised and injured....shaking with fright - and to pass it off as a "war" is shameful. Its G. fuelled by the powers that be and egged on by the media. Its unforgivable. I pray for Divine Intervention because humanity is absent. Who will it be next??

[@franharwood3439]

Exactly! I educated myself about the history of Gaza and current reality, hours and hrs of reading from wide sources. It would be prudent for journalists to do the same before influencing opinion on a public platform .

[@zzsmile1]

Unfortunately there are also other genocides around the world being ignored e.g. DR Congo, Uighurs, Sudan, Yemen, Tigray etc.

[@retiredrebel]

Watch MOATS by George GALLOWAY, The Grey Zone by Max Blumenthal, AJ+, Electronic Intifada, etc.

[@bluelines1]

Where were you before this latest round of mass killing? How is this situation suddenly news?

[@fernandohood5657]

​​@@retiredrebelyou just listed the last places you should use to be informed of any subject lol but makes sense you watch That junk for 2 days and think youre informed about anything, specially a complex conflict like this one. But who has time right? Better for some junk fast food news, served hot in seconds

[@IcarianX]

4:34 "even in the case of one Israeli politician, there being no Palestinian people"... James... This is not one Israeli politician, this is a widespread belief among Israeli politicians, citizens and zionists around the world. Golda Meir denied the very existence of Palestinians in the 1960s...

[@JordanMcCarthy-bh9tu]

Yet held a palestinian passport

[@susiex6669]

Ah, Golda Meyerson (her real family name, Moshe Dayan told her to change it to Meir, to sound more Hebrew when she moved to Israel) once famously said, real Jews speak Yiddish. Im pretty sure Jesus and Moses didnt. The woman was bonkers.

[@IcarianX]

@@susiex6669 the woman, and her beliefs (shared by a large proportion of Israelis and zionists in general) were deeply romantic. But she has been rehabilitated through TV shows like the Simpsons, movies starting Helen Mitten and politicians who have whitewashed her bigotry and hate... Bigotry and hate that has been widely normalised

[@alimantado373]

@@susiex6669 They are not semites either!! I tell that to anybody who throws the anti-semitism line to me, they are not African!

[@susiex6669]

@@alimantado373 Mizrahi Jews are Semitic thats literally what Mizrahi means. But the ruling class of Israel are all Ashkenazi Eastern European Jews, great grandchildren of converts.

[@agoodfilter7139]

Please talk about the West Bank atrocities committed by the Israelis

[@samara6041]

Crazy how they are ignoring this because it doesn’t fit their narrative.

[@Elburion]

"The Stones Cry Out" is a great documentary on youtube

[@mrdenson3101]

October 7th was horrible. But was it an existential threat to the Jews worldwide or Israel ? Not really. It’s disgusting that people have used those events to justify the annihilation of Palestinian civilians

[@adamb.m4844]

And for natanyahu hé Say if WE are gone arabic countries will expend in Europe and occupy them

[@ButlerProspect]

Hypocricy = Civilians killed on Oct 7 is Terrorist act by HAMAS, Civilians killed by IDF are HAMAS human shields Lets just forget thousands to millions of Civilians killed by US & UK bombs

[@deborahshadbolt9736]

That’s just plain humiliation. No wonder the idf are hated so much. Undisciplined, emotionally immature, cruel, disrespectful, UNPROFESSIONAL.

[@AB-zl4nh]

I am disappointed in James. At the start of this massacre, he backed Israel and did not understand or acknowledge Israel has LOCKED Palestinians in Gaza, so no refugees can flee. This is collective punishment and has been called a war crime by several major Human Rights organisations and scholars. I don't think he sits back and thinks enough about the situation.

[@knockingstar]

absolutely ! iv seen idf destro a children's toy shop and relish in breaking toys .they are the most immature so called men. absolute disgrace!

[@caliwolf7150]

Simply put “Modern Nazis”

[@blazingmytrail1962]

And just plain evil.

[@redzbass6254]

They also train the USA Police force, instigate Coups predominantly the Global South on behalf of the CIA 🤢

[@SmokingJoe62]

Why do so many journalists feel the need to prequalify any criticism of Israel by bringing up the holocaust? We all know the horrors of WW2, over 50 million people lost their lives as a result of Hitler’s insanity, it wasn’t just the Jewish community that suffered. Please stop fuelling this idea that Israel has the right to exact its revenge on anyone it chooses with impunity. It’s actions in Gaza are barbaric and should be called out without caveats

[@slayerrocks2]

Because an accusation of antisemitism can destroy careers and lives, such is the influence of Israel, at the heart of Western media and politics.

[@celestesmith6060]

Time to end this excuse....plus all these "pogroms" which amount to a few flare-up over thousands of years...they weren't driven out of the holy land...they left to go to Babylon for better opportunities outside the Roman Empire...they were expelled from England because they were the tax collectors for William the Conqueror and became vastly rich and upset a lot of people...mainly these were bloodless migrations...many racial groups have suffered much more for much longer and are still suffering now...70-85,000,000 people died in WW2...many of them actually fighting...many of them just vaporised and lost to history...no memorials for them.

[@nutcracker2916]

@@slayerrocks2 As with being accused of Islamaphobia.

[@slayerrocks2]

@@nutcracker2916 for example?

[@Malisteen]

As an American I am reminded of 9/11 and the aftermath. A terrible attack ending thousands of innocent lives. A nation's understandable grief & rage turning to all consuming hatred & revenge. A government rushing into an ill considered war in part to hide its own shame in failing to prevent the attack and its historical complicity in building up the terrorist group responsible. And what did America's war of revenge in Afghanistan achieve? Thousands of American soldiers dead. Hundreds of Thousands of innocent Afghan civilians dead. Children cut down by American bullets, entire families destroyed by American bombs. An ocean of blood, on our hands, and for what? Afghanistan is as firmly in Taliban control as it ever was. America's international reputation is in ruins. For every actual enemy combatant slain a dozen more were radicalized by the pointless deaths of their friends and families. Such are the wages of revenge. If the United States were actually friends of Israel we would not be supporting a war that can no more eliminate Hamas than our war could the Taliban, a war that has already cost an order of magnitude more innocent lives than the terroeist attack that instigated it, a war that can only and has only enflamed the hearts of Israel's enemies. A true friend would not be encouraging Israel down this path while knowing from experience that it leads only to suffering and shame.

[@Geebee67]

Perfectly said.

[@kumark214]

Well said. The Palestine problem is created and sustained by the US. Once that is changed, it will be solved.

[@MrEmpireBuilder0000]

To make it worse, our country dumbly swerved into Iraq as many Americans were convinced by the Bush Admin that Saddam was complicit in 9-11. I have never seen anything so foolish and what a big LIE. And people believed it. It's no use rewriting history. That is what the people have been told. And they believed it like mugs. I lost my confidence in the majority of my fellow citizens that day. Totally disgusted and demoralized with how my country acted.

[@lanre007]

It's easy to criticize but no solution advanced. What is the solution?

[@RaeSA1]

💯

[@faizalharoun3930]

This conflict didn't start on Oct 7th. Palestinians have been treated like animals, in their own land since Israel was created. Hamas was funded by Israel. Tunnels were built by Israel. Innocent Young Boys have been detained by Israel yet they are called prisoners and not hostages. The IDF behave like terrorist yet are laughably called a defense force. Israel supposedly has a sophisticated military yet they left their post at that exact time Hamas attacked (coincidence? I think not). IDF have precision artillery yet can't get a few Hamas leaders without killing 20,000 civilians (most of them defenseless women and children) how bad and inept is this army?

[@psibeast]

Actually not a single statement you've made here is true, or at least fully accurate.

[@taimoorshahid91]

Bang on mate. Only Zionists would disagree with the above

[@squared_circle]

​@@psibeasttruth hurts doesn't it.

[@psibeast]

@@squared_circle If there was only any truth there.

[@Brooke3696]

Everything he said is true. We have learned the truth, there is no going back.@@psibeast

[@trueredred859]

Perhaps James should’ve listened to Jeremy Corbyn instead of vilifying him

[@ecaeas4439]

😂😂😂

[@eddiecalderone]

Corbyn should be in jail for supporting the IRA campaign of bombing during the troubles

[@TheAArmstrong]

Yer but he wanted to disband NATO, so not always on point is he??

[@mercurial382]

@@TheAArmstrong Yes he is. The world would be a safer place without NATO. You obviously don't understand that they're an aggressive imperial organisation. 'Self defence' is laughable.

[@TheAArmstrong]

@@mercurial382 Ok Russia 😄

[@WayOfDiplomacy]

Israel’s greatest act of racism is the Nakba: the 1948 expulsion of roughly 750,000 Palestinians from their homes simply because they were not Jews. Even Palestinian villagers that offered to surrender to Zionist militias were expelled. Israel’s problem, then and now, with Palestinians is that they dare to exist on their land. Israel defines itself in exclusivist terms and those outside of the tribe are forever unwelcome. No matter how docile Palestinians may be, they remain a problem for Israel, to be displaced or subjugated.

[@AB-zl4nh]

I am disappointed in James. At the start of this massacre, he backed Israel and did not understand or acknowledge Israel has LOCKED Palestinians in Gaza, so no refugees can flee. This is collective punishment and has been called a war crime by several major Human Rights organisations and scholars. I don't think he sits back and thinks enough about the situation.

[@angelabrodie6262]

Yes. They dare to want to remain on their own land. Self-defence is not an act of terrorism.

[@GeorgeLista]

This 👍🏼

[@pik6921]

This is ridiculous the GENEVA CONVENTIONS came about because of WW2 and specifically the nuking of Hiroshima----we decided that going forward carpet bombing civilians was NEVER going to be a thing anymore. But every time I hear pro-Israeli commentators and even the Israeli "spokespeople" compare the actions of the IDF to WW2, nobody in the western media challenges them... BOYCOTT TALKTV...

[@insikwakwak8299]

Wrong. Nakba was the result of palestine being defeated in a war they started against Israel. Don’t play the victim card.

[@shaymaaabbood448]

What about the life of Palestinians before October the 7th, the Palestinians children hostages detained for throwing rocks or with no reason?!

[@psibeast]

If someone is arrested for throwing rocks they aren't hostages, now are they? And nobody is detained for "no reason". You are confusing the practice of detaining people deemed to be security threats without an indictment due to risks of exposing intelligence assets which can definitely be called controversial but certainly not "without reason" or random.

[@slayerrocks2]

​@@psibeastnobody can be killed for no reason either, eh? Like Israeli hostages "surrendering" with white flags?

[@IXSICNESS]

​@@psibeasthave you tried being a decent human being with morals??

[@psibeast]

@@IXSICNESS Of course. Have you?

[@IXSICNESS]

@@psibeast your comments say otherwise. You defend the oppressor when the oppressed dares fight back; that is not the behaviour of a moral person

[@keppros57]

Say to no occupation, no to imperialism, no to brutal oppression of any indigenous people.. Free Free 🍉

[@normansoh]

I am so disgusted at our leaders that still stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel and not condemning the rate of civilian deaths occurring on a daily basis..

[@Pam513]

Same I will not be voting Tory or labour at the next general election on this issue alone and I wish more people adopt the same position. We elect these politicians and our will is totally ignored. What kind of democracy is this ?

[@mentosmah2414]

@normamsoh What about the security of Israeli citizens from hamas?

[@Astral.etheric]

@@mentosmah2414you mean the ones who were shot down by Israel just yesterday?

[@spjm17]

​@mentosmah2414 leave Gaza. Allow them out of the open air concentration camp they have created. Allow them an airport to travel. Allow them a passport. Allow them basic human rights, and you'll not need protecting. It's not rocket science

[@faizkasim80]

@@mentosmah2414seriously?

[@nmkzf]

James O'Brien , you are wrong AGAIN, Israel is occupying Palestine, Palestinians have all the right to resist the occupation under international law any way they can.

[@RevengeListt]

And this automatically implies the Isr@_el has no right to defend its occupation and existence.

[@tnightwolf]

I think you're misunderstanding his point

[@nmkzf]

@@tnightwolf Oct-7 is a heroic resistance act that can never be called terrorist attack. beside that Israel has killed most of the Jews Music festival SINGING for further destruction of Palestinians of Gaza> 80% of them killed were by IDF. and blaming hamas for that. The killer is accusing the victim of the crime!. Where the west media has greatly contributed to this deception. The truth of the Jewish atrocities committed in all palestine, west bank, Gaza is beyond believe for someone of us living in a stable country. it can be summarized by the official Israeli stand Palestinians are "Human animals" for the jews they can do with impunity to them any thing..

[@eddiecalderone]

Fine… let them resist

[@nmkzf]

1@@eddiecalderonewell, thank u for letting them resisting !

[@boahnation9932]

I just love how he has to walk such a tight rope, and spend the first 3 or 4 minutes of every monologue covering himself from the wrath of israel 😂 while it's sickening, I understand it... He likes his job and he does need to keep it, but it's still annoying. He shouldn't need to EVERY SINGLE TIME spend a third of the time talking about how hard done by israel is, how terrorised the jews are (they simply aren't at this point in time, in the 30s and 40s and before? Yeah sure), how bad Hamas are... Like it's so telling to how much absolute, incredible, overwhelming power israel has over the media.

[@sayitasitis100]

Spot on, it’s actually cringeworthy and annoying and whist people like him continue to walk that tightrope then the facts and the truth will always be slow to emerge, there as to be a time when journalists have to show some signs of a spine and a conscience otherwise the truth will be sacrificed for fear of a lobby.

[@winnieblue9626]

He's a gate keeper. His job like many of these dumb pundits on both the left and the right is to be on the front line of driving the polarization in our countries via this 2-party circus & also to place narratives in your head that you seek out and want to agree with.

[@winnieblue9626]

Many of these pundits also run into the problem of perhaps wanting to condemn these Joos but can't bring themselves to do it because of nonstop victim propaganda we have been fed our entire lives. Oddly even nations who fought/made sacrifices to liberate them have been subjected to this. There's pressure internally & externally to tread carefully which just equals self censorship.

[@deedeedussard]

​@@sayitasitis100but they few who have outright spoke out at this point have all lost their jobs. Anyone in the public eye who speaks out faces backlash. At this point in time I think James is doing the right thing as much as it pains us to watch him do the delicate dance each time he speaks out. We need people like him to speak out and if it means they have to do that delicate dance it has to be done. Or who else will. Hardly anyone else on LBC is doing the work James is they are all just going along with what Israel says so I have to applaud him. He took a while to get here but at least he is doing right now.

[@DaevorTheDevoted]

Absolutely cringeworthy. And interestingly he never mentions the persecution of the Jewish people in Mea She'arim in Jerusalem. And who are persecuting them? The Zionists. To be fair, James' eyes are *starting* to open, compared to where he was a couple of months ago. And no doubt, he still has a long way to go.

[@porkchawpshandappleshash789]

Sending love, justice and prayers to Palestine ❤️

[@chatham43]

So you're not out there defending Gaza?

[@porkchawpshandappleshash789]

@@chatham43 : I defend the innocent people of Palestine against the war pig: )

[@shamim621]

Documentaries : Killing gaza Gaza fights for freedom The killing zone 2003 Born in gaza The great book robbery Tantura Deir Yassin Sabra and shatilla

[@mes382]

watched Tantura, it ruined my weekend

[@frogprincereader]

Yeah these are gut-wrenching documentaries. Glad more people are finding them.

[@shamim621]

@@mes382 born in deir Yassin is like tantura too...

[@shamim621]

@@frogprincereader these documentaries opened my eyes to alot of what's been going on there and I started doing a little digging of my own. Like some other people, I had no idea about anything before watching them

[@grahamgoldie6555]

The Lobby.

[@moorefyre9381]

Every lie told in history has its expiry date. Every person also has their expiry date. As long as Palestine is occupied, the struggle will continue.

[@eddiecalderone]

Let it be…. No problem

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

If, in the name of protecting itself, the Israeli government inflicts misery on the Palestinians for years, then, what do they expect?

[@cheriehamilton9078]

Thank you James for speaking up about this hideous horror that has been unfolding before us. Total atrocity.

[@AB-zl4nh]

I am disappointed in James. At the start of this massacre, he backed Israel and did not understand or acknowledge Israel has LOCKED Palestinians in Gaza, so no refugees can flee. This is collective punishment and has been called a war crime by several major Human Rights organisations and scholars. I don't think he sits back and thinks enough about the situation.

[@blueboys26]

Clueless

[@psibeast]

@@AB-zl4nh How can Israel lock Gaza when Gaza has a border with Egypt?

[@helenab7390]

@@psibeast Because Eygypt cannot take in 2,000,000 refugees? The main thing is once Palestinians leave Gaza Israel will Annex the land for Israel. They'll never let them back!

[@suzimonkey345]

It’s extremely nuanced… As was his monologue here, from START to FINISH.

[@Simon-sr4uc]

I can't stop crying for death and destruction that is happening..Human conscience needs to be reviewed...

[@AB-zl4nh]

I am disappointed in James. At the start of this massacre, he backed Israel and did not understand or acknowledge Israel has LOCKED Palestinians in Gaza, so no refugees can flee. This is collective punishment and has been called a war crime by several major Human Rights organisations and scholars. I don't think he sits back and thinks enough about the situation.

[@deputyvanhalen6386]

​@@AB-zl4nhhe has an income to protect

[@deputyvanhalen6386]

If you really care then BOYCOTT WESTERN COMPANIES AND TELL THEM ON THEIR SOCIAL PAGES

[@eessoms]

The carefulness in his speech alone betrays the sensitivity of this issue. It is so that even the most outspoken persons or people who are known for speaking truths to power are very careful how they speak about this because of the consequences in criticising the state of Israel in their obvious disregard of decorum and international laws and norms. The state of Israel creates a situation worthy of legitimate critique and then turns around and point fingers at anyone who dares call them out

[@BatsAndBadgers]

for the record, occupier dont actually have a "right to defend themselves" in international law occupiers by their meaning have to take care of the humans they occupy and control if there is no palestinian state ...what is israel defending itself against? ...people...people it oppresses so no stop saying " right to defend themselves"

[@ShadowSis]

Yes, people need to stop that bs framework

[@MrBrock314]

Unfortunately, according to international law, Israel isn't an occupier of all its land. So, it does have a right to defend itself when it's attacked within its internationally recognized borders. Ie. It does have the right inside modern political Israel where Oct 7th occurred. It wouldn't have the right if it were attacked inside East Jerusalem or the West Bank or in Gaza.

[@ShadowSis]

@@MrBrock314 yes, if it were attacked by another state. Gaza isn't a state, it's part of a larger territory that is occupied by Israel. Hamas is a military group from within that territory it occupies. So it's a different matter entirely.

[@AliceWatts-d3v]

I used to believe Isreal’s need for protection but now I have educated myself looking at the history & the very brave journalism in Gaza & by the likes of Owen Jones & Novara Media, thank you James for finally opening your mind & heart to the abhorrent reality of what’s going on. I am so so ashamed of this country & It’s compromised political & journalistic principles. I have even lost faith in this version of Labour, where are the defenders of the principled. 😢🇵🇸🕯️ Those poor poor people never will I believe this extreme Zionism coming from the extreme right of Isreal 🇵🇸🕯️🥲

[@MUSABD-f3w]

Your right I agreed 💯 percent

[@chrisspencer6502]

The threat from unarmed civilians in this case 3 hostages trying to be accepted into into the lines of the IDF. Lets talk about how the idf has no regard for civilians in the battle space. This is not an accident its the product of dehumanizing the people in the AO.

[@deborahshadbolt9736]

They might’ve been safer not coming out with their hands up surrendering

[@mes382]

@@deborahshadbolt9736 you mean hamas was more human than IDF ? do you want to be cancelled ?

[@jasonpetrise]

Would that be the same Hamas created and funded by Israel to weaken the PLO or a different one ​@mes382

[@ferozaakherwary4857]

​@@mes382are you threatening Deborah?

[@mes382]

@@ferozaakherwary4857 do you condemn hamas?

[@yuvi3738]

Israel shot 3 unarmed and shirtless hostages holding a white flag. Israeli forces immediately killed 2, hurting the 3rd hostage, who fled into a nearby building and called for help in hebrew. The israeli forces then coaxed him or asked him to come out. Then an israeli soldier shoots him. It wasnt some split second event.

[@frogprincereader]

If they're doing that to 'their own,' imagine what the Palestinians are and have been going through.

[@Reds786]

Hannibal Directive

[@marylander3798]

​@@frogprincereader exactly

[@Tyrgalon]

@@frogprincereader They tought they were palestinians

[@yasminjoosub4197]

They even shot at some of their own military force mistaking them for hamas while in a drunken state

[@RellyM1975]

One of the reasons I repeat and admire James as a journalist and man! He is always willing to stand on his feet and say you know what I was wrong.

[@chatham43]

It's a very rare thing so make the most of it.

[@SISTIC1]

Give them their dignity and their homes back!!

[@ewancarmichael3412]

Well done James for finally cottoning on to what's been going on in Gaza. I think its a shame it took you so long, but at least it's a step in the right direction. Maybe you could even go so far as to say that Corbyn was right all along and those calling him antisemitic for supporting the Palestinians were gaslighting him.

[@robertfmorton]

Yes..the 'Friends of Israel' in the Labour Party have long been complicit in this. They have hounded out of the party anyone who dared to criticise Israel. Pretending that to criticise Isreal is to be anti-semitic. This ludicrous position has been accepted by the media, sadly including JOB, who I generally admire. Livingston, Corbyn and even Jewish Labour Party members who were critical of Netanyahu have been expelled and called anti-semites! And let's not forget Starmer and his vile hypocrisy.

[@r.b6170]

The first 5 minutes he spends on apologising, less he be penalised for what he might say; then he goes on to mention all of the pro Israelis who pretend to threaten to slap the back of Israel's hand. .... Then in the last minute, he speaks the truth; the truth for which he spent the first 5 minutes 'appologising'.

[@dogblessamerica]

Alternatively you could say he was preparing the ground so that the people who most need to hear and understand that last minute, would actually listen and take it on board

[@boahnation9932]

​@@dogblessamericaI don't think that was the reason for it though, I think he is just covering his back.

[@IRGeamer]

I'm sure he is apoplectic with his shame at not being enough of a black/white thinking, all or nothing, zero sum game, one sided zealot, for your purity test... He was just being honest about ALL the atrocities involved in the current situation, not just the ones you want to pretend are the only atrocities. “The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” - George Orwell

[@ShiftyGeeza]

He knows well enough that if he goes all in on criticising Israel, he's more than likely to lose his job. I'm actually surprised he hasn't been booted out already. I'm sure the pro-Israel lobbies are frantically pushing every button they can to get him ejected from the studio.

[@ShiftyGeeza]

@@IRGeamer If that really was the case he wouldn't mark his position as if this conflict appeared out of the nowhere on Oct 7th. If we're just arbitrarily picking and chosing dates why not start with Oct 8th and ignore everything that happened before eh?

[@bebejohnston]

James Thank-you for making this Chanel as peaceful as you can given the circumstances, never in my life have I heard such barbaric stories,growing up in n Ireland in the height of the troubles I now realise how easy we really had it. Shame on the people in power watching on and I salute you for your not forgetting the people in Palestine ❤

[@chatham43]

Whereabouts in Ireland... I know it well.

[@nutcracker2916]

Saw what happened in Dublin recently.

[@bebejohnston]

@@chatham43 Derry

[@bebejohnston]

@@nutcracker2916 yes but it’s a whole different ball game than Gazza

[@emadalyahmed]

I have a Gazan British mate, over the years every time he wanted to visit his family there he had to resign his job….. He arrived in Egypt not knowing when he’d be allowed in through the border and weeks more waiting to get out. People of Gaza deserve better and if they cheered the atrocities on 07/10- while no one should condone it- I understand why.

[@mistyc1986]

Thanks for sharing this. I think this story needs to be amplified. We have no idea what they have gone through.

[@shaneneely3415]

As a jew, I agree with almost everything you said in this video and appreciate your empathy to both perspectives. The only way towards peace is showing respect and understanding to the suffering of the other side, not denying it.

[@jboomhauer]

Love and freedom to Palestine ♥️🇵🇸

[@ebewarrior]

Answer why Jewish oppression is more important than others???

[@mes382]

gods chosen people

[@funkibunz4420]

​@@mes382 Chosen for what exactly??

[@FreeFlyerUk]

FFS it's not a competition.

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

​@@funkibunz4420 The master race?

[@jamespaul6315]

@@FreeFlyerUk hes right though you dont complain about anywhere else

[@Iram.Rehman]

The world is finally waking up to the truth...

[@Mr_badjoke]

They can do whatever they want in this world because technically (the majority) they BELIEVE they're "chosen over others by something" .... Not an easy conversation😅

[@boahnation9932]

I've literally had one of my friends say that "they can do what they want, they are God's chosen people and they have angels with them." She ACTUALLY SAID THAT TO ME. This intelligent woman, who is studying aerospace engineering... Believes THAT. I can't be friends with somebody that deluded, I just cannot.

[@tethergobrrr]

Recently noticed a trend of Ashkenazi Jews around the world testing their DNA to confirm once and for all they’re not indigenous to the ‘Greater Israel’. ie not my homeland bro

[@itzelouise8714]

@@boahnation9932😮😳so brainwashed

[@martinoneill5804]

Israel annexed sovereign Syria land , the Golan Heights Israel annexed this land against international law and said they are not going to give it back. One country approved this the USA. When Russia annexed part of Ukraine, the west put economic, cultural, sport, sanctions against Russia. Why is there one law for Russia and another for Israel ?.

[@evanfreshman2450]

O'Brien is actually very conservative on this issue, he's accepting the status quo of Israel as a necessary apartheid state and occupier at least until some nebulous future peace, he's accepting the Israeli account of October 7, and he grants them the right to enact some sort of retribution. In spite of that, he still thinks the regime in Israel are acting like terrorists and wants them to stop.

[@z-1il]

Free Free Palestine

[@jamespaul6315]

Nah

[@thedarkness2635]

​@@jamespaul6315but yes though

[@jamespaul6315]

@@thedarkness2635 never happening. Israel too strong

[@thedarkness2635]

​@@jamespaul6315they're not as strong as you think. Their time is up very soon. The world is seeing them for the devils they are.

[@funkibunz4420]

​@@jamespaul6315 Why not...black soul

[@s.m975]

Arthur balfour had no right to give away Palestinian land full stop!

[@teefx5681]

How can the world remain silent when this has been going on for 80 years. This needs to be stopped and those involved need to be held accountable.

[@dalidadalida4480]

Thank you for speaking the truth and raising people’s awareness. Because the Palestinians have suffered and are still suffering greatly from Zionist injustice.

[@Raya-w7p]

Thank you James 🙏 the people still supporting this war are inhumane no other explanation

[@zkf1148]

Thank you James for being brave honest, transparent, unbiased and human. Keep on reporting the truth 👍

[@spacechannelfiver]

It baffles me that disagreeing with the Israeli government is Antisemitic. I disagree with with the UK government but that doesn't make me Anti-Christian. Anarchist maybe.

[@psibeast]

It's not disagreeing with the Israeli government. I disagree with the Israeli government on quite a lot of things. It's disagreeing with the right of Israel to exist or defend itself that is anti-semitic, it's holding Israel to a different standard than any other country in the world that is anti-semitic. Hope that clears things up.

[@nutcracker2916]

It's the same if people condemn Muslim extremists that were responsible for 7-7 London Bridge attack & Manchester Arena . Get called Islamaphobic.

[@frogprincereader]

James is like a policeman who arrives at the crime scene 2 days too late when everybody's dead and then says 'aww, what a tragedy'.

[@cocoo456]

😂😂😂 yes. He likes to wait

[@Nadaan2000]

Well initially he was sort of siding with israels right to react like it has, but now he can see the lies the zionist regime is spouting. Zionism is not judaism

[@thequeenofspades]

Because his show isn't on at the weekend?

[@JordanMcCarthy-bh9tu]

He's a pooosey

[@Letusbeguided]

He's a flip flopper and plays it safe. He only came around when it was safe for him to speak mildly anti IDF opinions. This is what happens when you have a fluid set of morals that change with time and circumstance.

[@maureenlionel2675]

Amen I’m gonna use these words when I try to educate my friends and family about this. I’ve never spent so much time and energy on politics before . I feel so bad it took me so long. It please guys don’t forget the Congo.

[@Lime-tx5eu]

so it took israel indiscriminately killing 3 israeli hostages for people to accept that the indiscriminate killing of 25k palestinians is not okay ? WE have always condemned the innocent killings from the very beginning - YOU have not.

[@cdean2789]

There is no excuse for this barbarity. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@Darnzaman]

Much love James. You're a major voice in this situation. Keep speaking up for Gaza. Justice will prevail as always.

[@Happy_Potato0]

75 years living under such monsters brut1al ! P00or Palestinians 😢😢😢

[@ecaeas4439]

There are monsters on both sides. The organisations of HAMAS & the IDF respectively are the belligerents. The people in the middle of them are the victims, whether Israeli or Palestinian.

[@WilhelmDrake]

Nelson Mandela and the ANC were called terrorists for engaging in violent resistance against South African apartheid. Today Mandela is lionized and the ANC are the ruling party in South Africa. History will judge Hamas in a similar light.

[@nickfai9301]

Thank you.... It's hard to explain what is happening before our eyes in Gaza and West Bank now. Unbelievable, frustrated....

[@leedavis6000]

Walking on a tight rope James again. History repeating itself It’s called the Hannibal directive, (Israeli legislation)James get your researchers too look it up

[@YouAreStillNotablaze]

In all this madness it's the only one. There's no righteousness to be had here.

[@leedavis6000]

@@YouAreStillNotablaze not it’s not the only one to be had. That’s the way we’ve got here. Say it as it is! Be honest tell people the truth.

[@space.youtube]

But how was that "haven" established james? And what happened to the people who used to live there, james? Can you really construct a "haven" at the expense of a displaced people, james? "haven"? What a strange choice of words given the reality and history of the region. By the way james, when did the IDF cross "your line" james? Was it when the IDF ended the lives of 3 israeli hostages and some christians, but not the 18,000 Palestinians before, james? How many perished before your delicate liberal sensibilities were offended, james?

[@Hoopsrocks]

Why don't you do something useful and put that energy into convincing someone who *isn't* criticising Israel?

[@samara6041]

🎯🎯🎯

[@fatimaawabdi8917]

Thanks for speaking up the truth, what makes my heart heavy is that such atrocious actions have been made for more than 75 years

[@robertblakley9340]

Palestine isn’t real don’t let the media trick you.

[@adrianred236]

Clearly the IDFs only mistake was that the 3 hostages turned out to be fellow Isralies. It has also been shown in the past that Israel specifically target journalists.

[@cdean2789]

Nice to see O'Brien waking up.

[@ArmageddonAfterparty]

You still get it wrong where you point at a supposed right to defend themselves...they do NOT have that right under International law and under all moral codes imaginable.

[@DerAptrgangr]

"this time, we got it right" "Israel has an absolute right to respond" Well, see, you didn't get it right. Under international law (which we all can see doesn't apply to "Israel") an occupying force actually has no legal right to "self defense" against the people they occupy. Fighting occupation is an emancipatory act, and not one that allows for legal "self defense".

[@foofkanon]

What existential threat? We are talking about arguably the 4th most powerful armed forces in the world against a glorified street gang. James hasn't got it right.

[@jakehyams8659]

To be fair it doesn't mean you can just ignore what the hamasians did

[@ruthies2447]

A street gang? They happen to be funded by Iran. That’s no street gang

[@WilhelmDrake]

The occupier does NOT have a right to self-defence against the occupied. The occupied have a right, under international law, to engage in violent resistance against the occupier.

[@Levantine68]

What happened on the 7th October was nothing compared to the 75 years of Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine let’s get that into perspective!

[@KwabenaAcheampong-k5p]

The world has let these poor Palestinians down terribly...the IDF incessantly use the word terrorists in reference to Hamas, it's time they took a hard look in the mirror themselves cos the word terrorists would be staring right back at them.

[@patrickmcdonnell3798]

James, why do you go on about the "haven" for Jewish people? How about a safe haven for the indigenous Palestinian people? Yes, the Jewish people suffered horribly at the hands of the Nazis. But, I would remind you - the Palestinian people played no part in their suffering, yet they are the people paying the price for what other countries did to the Jewish people. Palestine was overrun by Jewish people led by fanatical Zionists,who had then, and still have now,the intention of creating a new state of Israel free of the indigenous Palestinian people. The Palestinians have suffered horribly since that "Nakba" of 1948. Thousands have been killed over the 75 intervening years, but thanks to western backing - particularly the US, Israel was able to do this with impunity. The UK of course is not free from blame. The infamous Balfour declaration, is at the very root of the disaster that has befallen Palestine. The sooner the UN is reformed, reducing the stranglehold that the US has over it the better. These Zionist war criminals need to be brought to justice for the sake of humanity. 🎉

[@santichatterjee7284]

Well said, as always, and very correct. Only one thing though - the perspective of Palestinians about Hamas is totally missing in your talks. Why is that? Is it because the Sunak government has banned Hamas? As a brilliant independent broadcaster, you should present that viewpoint too, at least sometimes. Because inspite of all the killings, the support for Hamas has now skyrocketed all over the world, especially among Palestinians

[@MrBrock314]

This has been covered to some extent when talking about the Palestinian desire to be free. Their support of Hamas is tied to their desire to be free. Hamas is just one potential avenue for it. It's also related to internal politics relating to Fatah and the Palestinian authority. For example, many Palestinians support Hamas over Fatah due to the latter's corruption, not due to Hamas' methods nor do they trust Hamas. Keep in mind, despite how often people mention that Palestinians voted for Hamas, that Hamas didn't run on a platform of Oct 7th. It ran on an anti-corruption platform and actually suggested it was ok with the 1967 borders. That's what actually happened. So, while there is widespread polling support for Hamas, that does NOT necessarily reflect Palestinian desire for more Oct 7th, just freedom.

[@moawiehhamad4453]

People who have been living under atrocious occupation for 75 years also have the right for self defense

[@rhubarbjin]

A beautiful monologue, as usual. Every word is dripping with compassion and heartbreak. Thank you for not staying silent.

[@bocaj.455]

I have never seen/heard James to be so ignorant as on this issue. He is talking about existential threat to Israel when all existential threats come from Israel. He is talking about Hamas atrocities when Israel is responsible for creating Hamas, therefore responsible for any atrocity in that region. When is he going to understand or admit that Israel is a terrorist state, has been a terrorist state since its foundation ?

[@Heprishence]

Either when he finds another job, maybe with Al Jazeera or if he wins the lottery 😅

[@ryand141]

He wrote the Bible, you know. That's why nobody can understand it. The trinity? Yeah, yeah, that's 3 for the price of 1 but there is only one, sometimes and there's 3 minus 2 = 1.

[@IcarianX]

Does anyone suspect that IDF soldiers react to unarmed Palestinians the same way US cops react to unarmed black men? Shoot first,ask questions later?

[@kezzt]

You were too late. We should not have accepted the premise on October 7th that bombing Palestinians and displacing millions was any kind of "self defence". It was retaliation and a barbaric act from day 1. Israel is a country, not a person. The retaliation wasn't something done in the heat of the moment. It took days and weeks of planning and thousands of different individuals taking different decisions that would explicitly lead to the killing of more innocent Palestinians. A government should be better than that. They had a choice. They could have taken a step back, reflected and found a way to work with the Palestinian people to oust Hamas peacefully. This was possible.

[@toegiedaisaacs6258]

This is certainly not the IDF's first rodeo. As my own boys love playing football on the beach, I will never forget the four Palestinian boys that were murdered in cold blood while playing football on the beach. Mohammad Ramiz Bakr, 11, Ahed Atef Bakr and Zakariya Ahed Bakr, both 10, and Ismail Mahmoud Bakr, nine, were killed when they were hit by explosive rounds. Three of them died as they sought to flee the beach after the first child was killed. The IDF investigating themselves cleared themselves of any wrong doing.

[@symbolicof]

An occupier has no right to self defence.

[@ShiftyGeeza]

There's nothing wrong with pointing out the attrocities of Oct 7th providing you also point out that Oct 7th didn't appear out of nowhere. There are mountains of factual independent evidence of attrocities committed by Israel for decades, let alone the fact that Netanyahu backed Hamas against the PLO to derail the peace proces and even funded them. It isn't even a secret. If you're going to arbitrarily pick dates out of thin air then I'll could easily just pick Oct 8th and totally disregard anything that took place on Oct 7th. But that would be dishonest of me wouldn't it?

[@GeorgieBoy1656]

Justice for Palestinians especially the orphans

[@shabzix5659]

I truly struggle to come to terms with a concept of a heaven built on expulsion of others. A safety that is contengent upon the oppression of an other.

[@firefox1234ize]

Congratulations, you have a conscious.

[@sshultan338]

The 2 woman in church & the 3 israeli hostsges are the stories we know about! Now imagine the thousands of strories of Palestinians we dont know about

[@arturturk5926]

James is still reconciling his ideas, a brilliant man. Hopefully you get it one day James.

[@JB_inks]

Incredible to see so many people calling for a ceasefire except Starmer, who thinks Israel can do what they like.

[@SISTIC1]

Stop stealing land!!!

[@peacebeuntoyou8934]

Israel does not have the right to self-defence since it is an illegal occupation of another peoples' country. You really need to educate yourself, James.

[@mlj01251978]

Using the dog analogy. Back a dog in a corner, what you expect to happen... They only show us the dog attack.. They don't show us why the dog attacked. 🤫 But they kept tabs on why that dog attacked. 75+ years of why that dog attacked.

[@jakehyams8659]

I don't get it. Who's the dog?

[@milapopdimitrova1283]

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