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UK will proscribe Palestine Action | Podcast 160
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1:00:23Now PlayingOn today's pod, Ed and Ava touch on recent developments in the Middle East, Labour's threatened proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, and are also joined by Fawaz A. Gerges, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, for some real analysis of Trump's actions in Iran.
Beamed into JOETowers over the waves, Professor Gerges discusses Trump's strengthening bond with Israel's Benjamin Netenyahu, the potential future of the conflict, and the slow death of the international rules based liberal world order. His most recent book is The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East.
US President Donald Trump struck three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities this weekend in support of Israel’s escalating campaign against Tehran. Gerges outlines the serious risks of such an intervention, including the potential for full-scale regional war and hypocrisy on the part of the UK and the rest of the West. Gerges draws clear parallels between today’s rhetoric and the lead-up to the Iraq War in 2003, given the manufactured intelligence, political pressure, and potentially catastrophic consequences.
In the back half of the podcast, the pair turn to the UK’s decision to label Palestine Action a terrorist organisation, following its direct action targeting RAF Brize Norton, a key military base linked to arms shipments to Israel. Is this a proportionate response to vandalism and disruption, or a worrying crackdown on protest and dissent? They ask what it could mean for the future of activism in Britain, and the criminalisation of solidarity with Palestine.
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