Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba
I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film
As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes
It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions.
But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken
We've had a ridiculous amount of emails and messages asking for this and it has to be said: you were right.
This is almost definitely the best episode of any politics podcast ever.
And it's the longest episode we've done too, obviously. See you Wednesday for Zack & Gary.
"People that are working here shouldn't be targeted like that, nobody should be targeted like that."
Social media content creator and “proud Englishman” John Fisher, aka Big John, on the flag debate.
#Newsnight
During the Poll Tax Riots of 1990, which looked like this, 339 people were arrested.
Today, 466 people have been arrested for holding placards opposing what a consensus of genocide scholars say is a genocide.
This is insane. And my word, history's judgement will be damning.
My friend got robbed this week and the police were very upfront that they could not and would not do anything about it. Good to know that they've got plenty of resources when it really matters: arresting pensioners for holding pieces of paper.
I've long campaigned for a Wealth Tax - and it’s great to see support for it growing stronger by the day.
A 2% Wealth Tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 BILLION per year.
That's the much fairer alternative to cuts that we need.
Why is our media and political class more outraged by musicians showing solidarity with Palestine than by a UK government directly complicit in genocide?
Condemn war criminals, not musicians.
Ban arms sales with a genocidal apartheid state, not non-violent direct action groups.
"Palestine Action is to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation...
alongside groups like Hamas, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, in a move that will leave supporters facing up to 14 years in jail."
This is deranged.
Completely and utterly deranged.