Owen Jones: "Keir Starmer is a liar. He's gaslighting all of us" | Real Talk
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- "He’s gaslighting all of us," says British columnist Owen Jones on Keir Starmer’s stance on Gaza.
Today on Real Talk, we sit down with Jones for a candid discussion on the unfolding of the Israel-Palestine war in British politics, particularly Labour leader Keir Starmer and his party’s stance on the situation in #Gaza, as it endures Israeli bombardment. We also speak on the "dehumanisation" of Palestinian voices and victims in the media.
This comes as new polling has shown a massive drop in support for the British Labour Party by the country's Muslim community, as anger over the party's pro-war stance on the Israeli onslaught on Gaza continues to mount.
#RealTalk is a Middle East Eye interview show hosted by Mohamed Hashem that delves into the stories and experiences of a diverse range of guests.
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00:00 Owen Jones intro
01:06 Pro-Palestine protests
05:49 Coverage of Palestinians
08:40 Palestinian voices platformed enough?
09:50 Dehumanisation of victims
13:56 UK government's Gaza stance
15:55 Keir Starmer's Gaza comments
17:49 Should Starmer apologise?
22:14 Labour 'panicking' over Muslim vote
22:42 Singling out Israeli violations?
26:12 Short term vs long term
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*"Keir Starmer is a liar."*
He's not a liar. He's a serial liar.
Examples?
Where is your evidence? Unless you are just another russian bot 🙄
Owen Jones is a liar, a grifter, and the left version of Farage, shouting from the side lines and refusing to take responsibility for his blatant lies.
And you are not better, you accused Starmer of lying, but you have not a single piece of evidence supporting your false accusation.
@@glydyr007plenty of examples! Do your research don’t follow the sheep. The hypocrisy and biased propaganda. Portrayed by the media. Is horrific.
@@howlinmadmurdock9553 well the 10 pledges are 10 examples for you.
I will never vote for Stamer or Sunak🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸💔💔💔😭😭😭🤲🤲🤲🤲🙏🙏🙏
Me Too, Many BIG Thnx
Well you are part of the problem!
You believe the lies and misinformation spread by the likes of Jones etc.
It is people like you that keep the current fascist government in power.
Me three!!
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But you'll vote labour/tory?
Excellent.
Owen is incredibly courageous for speaking out on this issue. I am in my 60's, but I've never seen such one-sided and racist coverage of a war by the mainstream media in my lifetime.
The overt dehumanisation of Palestinians is a disgrace to the journalism profession. Even more staggering of the silence of so-called 'experts' on UK media, mostly retired military officers, as to whether Israel is committing war crimes. Indeed, most are cheering on Israel, with the incessant and false "self-defence" and "human shields" arguments, to justify their atrocities. Lets be frank - this is clearly a war of ethnic cleanising.
Our military academies train every officer as to the Rules of Armed Conflict, and what constitutes war crimes. That says much as to the moral compass of the military profession, which is meant to be 'honourable'. Finally, Starmer is indeed a liar. As an eminent human rights lawyer, he will be well aware of the above.
@fore. I am 93 had far more experience,than to make such remarks.without knowing the truth rather than propaganda.
I suppose you are up to date with the beliefs and Charter of Hamas .If Owen were in Gaza he would be in prison because Hamas are not only misogynistic and anti trade union they are deeply homophobic .
Go online and read the Hamas Charter that will tell you what Israel are fighting against .
Very well said, I couldn’t agree more
@@garethfitzpatrick3932 Do you understand Gareth who and what Hamas are and what their beliefs are because if you did you would understand why Starmer and dare I say it Sunak are showing true leadership on this issue .If Owen did a video about Hamas , which he should do , he would be enlightening his viewers and subscribers and o am certain their views on the conflict would dramatically change .Owen though has two narratives , anti Israel and a dead seated hatred of Keir Starmer .
Please Gareth go and read about Hamas I guarantee you will see things differently if you do.
@@davidmontgomery9846that same point about research should be applied to Zionism. Also, whilst you're looking, maybe look into how the Israeli government funded Hamas as a way to destabilise Palestine & give Israel the excuse needed to seize more land. All information is freely available & is on record, coming from government officials including Netunyahu himself. Extremism needs to be called out in all forms. We should not cherry pick truth just to suit a narrative.
I'm from the US and I consider myself as a traditional Conservative in the mold of Sir Roger Scruton. I think we can all agree that this Palestine issue is not one of Left/Right or Liberal/Conservative but one of humanity and justice.
Dark and the light are the terms you fumble for. Hamas is the Dark.
@@elih9700 and Israel is light?
@@omnishambles5956absolutely, they have civilisation and the Arabs have barbarism. It’s incredibly simple.
@@elih9700No it is not black and white, good or evil. By doing that you are trying to say israelis good, palestinians bad. Demonizing one group to make it easier to murder them is obviously something you fall back on to avoid looking deeper at your clear bias and ignorance.
@@elih9700good 1 hasbara troll
When are other leaders gonna help the palenstines civillians shame on usa uk eu
When are their Arab neighbours going to help them?? Shame on them too
@@DM-vq8ux They are helping, they're holding the West to account. What form of help do you think they should do? Taking palestinians helping with Israel with it's ethnic cleaning!
_Edited:_ Looks like my comment was censored by the algorithm. To repeat, this ex Muslim atheist supports Owen's courage and boldness. A much needed voice in the media landscape.
he is right here but really not needed in the media landscape
I'm a Muslim. But I don't see your point. The truth is the truth. An injustice is an injustice. And anyone who boldly champions the rights of the downtrodden will be my friend.
starmer is a known liar, a known bully, and a coward
sooner or later, starmer betray's everybody
Thank heaven for Owen Jones. If only his voice could be heard everywhere. New is being ignored by the Right wing for now BECAUSE another enough people hear this. Thank you Owen.
Didn't know Owen until after this recent episode of the conflict started. Glad I do now. He is brilliant!
If Kier was ever going to shine, this was his moment. He should seriously consider his position.
you don't win an election, you lose them. I wouldn't put money on labour at the moment
Dont underestimate the feeling in Europe now though.
WE understand what our leaders are saying & where their loyalty lies & WE ARE ANGRY!!
I am an activist but now see others taking to the street in numbers who have never ever before taken part in protests.
They are coming out in support of Palestinians because they understand that this is all wrong. Especially since Russia started hostilities in Ukraine & there was an explosion of sympathy for the Ukrainians.
One very crucial comment: israel are framing this as if it were happening in a vacuum, when it is the result of history. Everybody needs to be reminded of how the Brits started the rot in 1948, but as with Ireland, the government are refusing to take responsibility for past deeds and are not allowing the citizens to know the truth (the way history is taught at school), and I am saying this as a part Jew who supports Israel...And I am very honoured to be in the same camp as Myriam Margolies. I also think that unconditional support of israel is sowing the seeds of a backlash and tomorrow's antisemitism. Tha Palestinians are not Hamas, their lives are as important as the Ukrainians', Jews', Europeans' etc...
Big respect to you and Owen.
Owen Jone, you deserve to Prime Minister once day Insha'Allah ❤
Owen is the man!!
I don't by any means always agree with Jones...but he is absolutely right about Starmer and Israel/Palestine. I left the Labour party over Starmer's lies! BTW you will get a more balanced media coverage of this issue in Haaretz than you ever will in the British media!
Channel 4 is also excellent, Matt is a diamond.
Love for owen❤
Owen Jones is the people’s hero. He has a lot of courage and empathy. For Palestine. Thank you for your humanitarian stance
Owen , I’m with you , I’m very disappointed with Starmer .
... how do you think Starmers parents feel?... they must feel terribly ashamed, and wonder where they went wrong...
Owen you are a amazing beacon of light and intellect
Thank you Mr. Jones
Please, please help medical aid for Palestine by donating to MAP in the UK. I give a little of my,pension every time l hear yet another lie aimed at having our perceptions manipulated. I give thanks for people,like Owen. Please don’t stop.
❤ Owen
Stop the genocide!
I always Thank him standing up for humanity.
He is a racist antisemitic
He's an absolute gem, he's the voice for the oppressed.
Owen is a great human being who speaks out for all humanity against oppression and injustices.
He has all of my respect 🫡
The UK needs more Owens 👍
Free Tibet.
Thx Owen❤
Much love and respect to Owen!!! 💙
Owen thank you one person always speaking out against opression
No amount of words can praise Owen Jones and his effort to raise this matter of grave importance to humanity. ❤
Only one word is needed and it begins with C and sounds like Hunt.
@@lesonline2268 Or if he was in Gaza personally it will end with a rooftop view
@@lesonline2268 since we discussing English alphabet, you reminded me of another word which begins with D, & ends with HEAD. A big one.
😁 good one Baba Yaga 👍🏼
@@iBabaYaga like Owen, you seem to have Dick on the brain. Why not go to Palestine as a couple and see what the view is like on the roof top.
He's clearly not alone in his opinion and knowledge, far far from. But most and especially large media companies don't present it. Why is that? And don't stop at ownership or production- look at who makes decisions about what stories will be run, especially in US and Europe media
We need Owen in office
I would like to see the little soy boy book a flight to Gaza with Corbyn , one way of course. 😂
We need Owen in Gaza waving his rainbow flag
Standing with truth is being human.. Thank you sir for talking the truth.. long live Palestine❤
Owen's coverage of Starmer alone is worth subscribing to him for.
🤡 Jones has no evidence. He just has an "axe to grind" with Starmer after he voted against Corbyn to remove him as leader. He hates the idea that Starmer is appealing to the public more than his cult leader Corbyn..
This ex Muslim atheist admires Owen. A bold and courageous voice on this topic. Earned my respect.
Very respectable journalist very decent man rare to see in the British media
"In fact, it’s these three words, terror not territory, that we need to understand how Israeli propaganda works. Territory is about history. I once had a student tell me that the most radical class I taught was where I went over the actual history using maps of the conflict. Once you know the facts, it’s very clear what the just and moral position should be, especially if you’re neutral within this. That is why the history is made out to be so complex that only experts can speak.
The reality, of course, is that the so-called Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the simplest and most straightforward in the modern world to explain-if you just tell the story of territory, if you just tell the history, if you stick essentially to the facts. So Luntz says, this is his advice, he says, avoid history. Avoid facts. Focus instead on terrorism.
In the same report, Luntz goes on to outline strategies for how to deal with horrific civilian casualties that will inevitably make their way before the eyes of the American public.
Once you’ve done that, Luntz says, you also have to get people to empathize with Israelis by describing what life is like for them, living in constant fear of Hamas rocket attacks. So again and again, we hear the focus-tested phrase that the rockets are raining down on Israel.... Clips show newspeople and leaders repeating the phrase “Hamas rockets raining down on Israel.” Any advertising executive will tell you the essence of propaganda is repetition. Then the Israelis ask the American people what would you do?]
The story never starts with the violence of the occupation. The story always starts with Hamas rockets. In fact, if Hamas did not exist, Israel would have to invent it. It really matters where history starts, where the story starts. If it starts with the violence of the occupation, then what the Palestinians are engaged in is legitimate resistance. If however it starts with Hamas rockets, then what the Palestinians are doing is terrorism. One of those stories, it works much better for Israel than the other one. The function of PR is to put this story, that the responsibility for the violence lies with the Palestinians, to put those ideas and your words into someone else’s mouth so that it does not appear as your speech.
That is the essence of public relations. It is how it is different from advertising. Advertising is visible and it’s clear who is speaking. The best PR is invisible because you’ve got someone else, in this case hapless and hopeless American journalists, to mouth your words. I’m not even sure they know what they’re doing."
Professor Sut Jhally
Palestine has more than just muslims. There are also Jews & many Christian Catholics living side by side with others. This is not about Muslim. Not about skin color. More going on here
What a beautiful human being Owen is. His family must be so proud. ❤️
Massive respect for Owen who has been tireless in his efforts to balance out the disgusting bias shown in the media in support of Netanyahu. He has been on every show that will have him and had to endure the most appallingly racist stances being put forward as supposedly reasoned debate. How he has done it with such good grace and still managed to get his views out there is a miracle to me. I think he has done a brilliant job and he has helped turn the tide from apathy to outrage at this appalling injustice
Thanks heavens for owen jones
Owen for PM!
My Father was with Israel because the Jews had been in the area a long long time ago. But ! The Present Government of Israel has been going much too far: you just have to listen to the number of the Jews dissidents Among them there are the ones who had been in the Israel Army.
People everywhere are against Israel ! Calling the Palestinians ANIMALS and why they have to be treated as animals… ? Sorry, PM of 🇮🇱! How come ? Animals also deserve being treated with respect. Only now the people of Israel are more like white but the Indigenous weren’t white. I now stand with this great British young MAN. His words = mine. I cannot blame the Politicians we see: they have to obey those no one ever sees. I am a Conservative. Now, who are we going to vote for ? Hamas was wrong, but the present Government of Israel have crossed the line: ETHNIC CLEANSING IS A CRIME !
Great post
Starmer is widely regarded as the most dishonest individual on Earth, with a reputation for consistently misleading and deceiving others.
He is an amazing human being ready for the next level
'If you brutalize people for so long, this has to have devastating consequences..'
Starmer trying to walk in the shoes of war mongror Blair.
These politicians are self-serving cowards. Either that or just plain evil. We must hold them all accountable! They don’t deserve to be in office. They’re supposed to represent the people & they’re clearly not doing that.
Amazing conversation! Owen is so well articulated and educated on the matter. Very few would do a better job than him ❤❤❤
Shame he doesn’t cry for the release of the hostages as much as he does for the Palestinians!
@@g.p616Hamas have tried to return fifty people to Israel, but the government have refused to accept them. That's why the few who have been released already were handed over to Egypt, rather than Israel.
@@jumperontheline
What did Hamas want in exchange?
@@jakkeday1 I may have misunderstood, but as far as I know they just want rid of them! Apparently, they only wanted to capture military who they intended to use for a prisoner exchange. They said that when they made the hole in the wall, all those young guys went out and came back with the civilians.
Have you seen the video of the lady who was released and turned back to take the Hamas fighter's hand and wish him Shalom?
She said that the young guys who snatched her treated her badly, but once they were in Gaza with Hamas they were treated well. So it kind of makes sense if the young guys brought them to Hamas, but they didn't actually want them, that they tried to return them!
@@jakkeday1Hamas said unconditional release of many hostages... Israel refused. Tbh, I'm not really sure why people keep mentioning the hostages when the IDF are indiscriminately carpet bombing Gaza, jeopardising the hostages' safety. They obviously don't care about them all that much. Land-grabbing Gaza is Israel's goal.
Sir keir stamee took the cynical politician's view which is to rule out Palestinian humanity
Exactly. I will never vote for that weasel of a man. He is beyond contras far as I am concerned. Ditto Sunak!
Sucking up to USA who suck up to Israel.
guys spread ( boy cotting ) the products of x, spread the truth everywhere .
do your part in this wa r . 🛑
What a man!
Speaking the truth with resolute conviction and principle.
So emcouring to hear.
Ironically, in israel he would be allowed to hold his partners hand, not in palestine 😮
@@neilmc8289in Israel he wouldn’t be allowed IN because of his view on the terrorist occupying Apartheid state 😮
@@neilmc8289 Israel refuse to grant asylum to gay men who flee homophobia, and instead arrest them and return them to the apartheid wall to become victims of honour killings.
In addition, in Israel it's illegal for a Jew and a non-Jew to marry, so it's hardly a society where everyone is free to be with the person they love.
The solution is obviously a truly democratic (non-theocratic) state where everyone has equal rights, including the right to citizenship, and is protected by the law.
As far as I can see there are two prisons, Gaza and Israel. Whilst being sympathetic to the bloodshed being stopped, I'm also aware of the words of Golda Meir - i,e., if Palestine puts its weapons down there's peace, if Israel...there's no Israel. What fascinates me is how rapidly this coverage switched from the atrocities of Hamas to how people now seem so willing to go Israeli bashing, with marginal lip service to the original cause to provide credibility. Truth? Whose? Commentators like these were chanting 'Gas the Jews' in Sydney and convicting Israel of atrocities...before they'd done anything! They just jumped in. What truth does that indicate, if you step back? I presume one that many don't want to hear, just yet. Jones is a cheap gas-lighter looking for the next cause to use for self-promotion, and probably needs a long incognito holiday in one of the numerous states in the region, other than Israel.
You're a noble man Owen
We need jezza corbyn back , Owen very brave for saying
Why? So he can lose more elections for Labour? Wasn't 2 enough for you?
@@user-uv8bv4dm9f what’s the point in winning if they don’t stand for anything good now anyway ?! WhAt do you gain from that whne it’s no longer a genuine labour ???
@@user-uv8bv4dm9f what’s the logic or gain from winning with a just as corrupt if not worse opposition
Glad theres a hero here speaking up.
Keir starmer must step down as leader once and for all Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Thank you 😊
Excellent!
Never heard of this chap before but I salute him for speaking out
You just walked past my house
Ve is not a journalist. He is marketeer!
gaza is an open air prison
To treat Palestinian women and children as human beings; you first must get Hamas to acknowledge that instead of using them as human shields.
How silly must Israeli called-up soldiers feel... being sent to war by Benjamin Netanyahu... while his own 32 year old son resides, safely, in the US? ...
And Zionists, supporting war crimes and genocide, then using the innocent "Jewish community" as a human shield, when the backlash comes?... Claiming their critics are being antisemitic, by calling them out?...
How's that for a human shield?
Gaza is very compact, they aren't being used as human Shields. they live in the same overcrowded area. And there's no point using them as human Shields because Israel doesn't respect them as humans.
I'd love to see Owen do an interview with the Hamas leadership in Gaza. They would love him. Just as much as they loved Mahmoud Ishtiwi.
Owen would be imprisoned or killed for his sexuality in most Muslim countries
For your information hamas was created by Israel to over throw government of Palestine, do your research my dear
While yes it’s about making Palestinians different to western countries, however not just that ignoring Christians and what were Arab Jews within the Palestinians supports the idea they are different, not like us, not normal. The Palestinians also need to bring Christian Palestinians into their conversations, even if it’s just a minor comment, it would shock American and European Christians in my opinion because they simply have no idea that Palestinians are like any other population with mixed religions
good point..
97.5% of Palestinians are Muslim.
Or keep religion out of it altogether as it causes more conflict.
@@patcampton7163 I think it’s relevant considering all the nutcase Christian zionists in America
Run for prime minister bro. I will vote for you. I haven’t voted for a long time.
netenyahoo's grandad's lastname was mileikowski, yet jr bragged about the new name in one of his speaches, as was he somekind of native.
Many migrant zionists of the colonising era changed their names to appear more authentic and thus justify their expansive presence:
gruen->gurion
mabovitz->meïr
sholnik->eshkol
Owen Jones' expressing his pleasure for invition with sincere gestures 1:09 proves his humanity. And this is the reason why he stands for Palestinians. Respect! Free Palestine 🇵🇸🤍
It's amazing, he always makes better content. Respect him❤
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Workers MUST own and control the means of production.
The following article explains core details about the fundamental mechanics employed by the special interest group to yield exceptional political influence:
"The Cost of Israel to U.S. Taxpayers"
by Richard H. Curtiss
Excert:
In the 1970s members of AIPAC’s national board of directors set out to form deceptively named local political action committees (PACs) which could coordinate their efforts in supporting candidates in federal elections."
O.J. is a institution and a good one at that!
One is a socialist and the other is a communist. Take your pick? No thanks.
Who is the communist?
The aid program is to get the port in so they have control the area again and to get in the backdoor of resources
I used to like Owen’s stance until his comments following a private BBC screening with, Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari of the 7/10/23 uprising. Instead of remaining curious to events, Owen immediately said that Hamas were terrorists (despite them being cited officials of the Gazan population), that they were to blame for all deaths and the scorching of the Kubbutz. Things which have been debunked, when it has become very known that Israelis burnt and murdered their own. Also, he seemed to be totally ignorant to the UN charter where it is a recognised right for oppressed people to uprise against their oppressor.
If his views have now changed due to new information, he should recognise this and retract his comments. But this quick to spout the curated narrative was a shock
Lot of nasty comments on here.
Owen is a very good journalist and cares about people.
LADY STARMER IS JEWISH.
HE IS PARTISAN THEREFORE CANNOT REMAIN LABOUR LEADER.
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Does Owen know what would happen to him if he went over there?
Make dua for him may Allah guide him
Fix you audio. It ruins what otherwise is a great and informative conversation.
SubhanAllah! welcome to Islam Owen, Allah Akbar!
Labour has lost my vote forever
Excellent video
…so HMS makes their own media agenda???
1400 dead by Kkhamas on Oct 7
Turned straight off
Real lies is how it looks.
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They had already been at it for months in Jenin, too, were they also posthumed Shireen the Abu journalist Akleh. Didn't stop then,- au contraîre …
israeli medias have featured survivors and military personnel testifying, that gov forces fired at unidentified vehicles and shelled kibbutzim houses. Much of the carnage wrecked 8.-11 Oct. could only have been caused by hellfire missiles¹ and tank shells, which are only at gov forces' disposal.
1 Those are launched by apache helicopters
Surviving hostages and military personnel. Look up their testimony:
Porat,Yasmin
Dagas,Hadan
Rachiel,Danielle
Col. Erez,Nof
Col. VachGolan
Security Coordinator Escapa,Tuval
Volunteer in rescue unit Veteran Tidhar,Erez
Airforce col. Nof even spoke of a "mass hannibal situation".
Palestinians opposing the growing colonisation were increasingly molested by the brits¹ through the 1920s. The east european 'nisers were gradually trained and being involved more & more, as time went by. By the 1930s they even represented a threat, not only to the locals, but to the brits, too.
Since 1948 Palestine was almost completely taken over² consolidating the colonisation.
By 1967 the rest of Palestine was run over, and have been occupied ever since.
When in 2005 Gaza was cleared of settlers, the area was left under complete and increasingly brutal siege³.
There is no way anyone could have done anything differently regarding autonomy under such circumstance. Of courses the prison guards and their leadership arr responsible for the restrictions, under which they submit the detainees.
1 Many of these officers were christian zeyos
2 Details are explained by Ilan Pappé, who has studied classified documents of the late forties written by the delinquents themselves
3 Details by Norman Finkelstein, who has read *all* UN documents on colonised, occupied and besieged Palestine
Thank you Owen for being one of the few voices in the media who speaks the truth and defends the rights of the innocent in Palestinians.
I strongly agree with Owen Jones
Sorry guys my bot is broken, can the other bots here remind what our line is?!
I don't care about any claimed "issue" Israel has.
Free Palestine, and then treat the Israelis in the exact way they treated the Palestinians
A few month ago I thought I would vote for Owen if he were in politics. Not any more. It is so easy to criticise everybody without offering any solutions.
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If it's that easy, there must be a lot to criticize. If you take your blinkers off and listen more he does State the solution.
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This fight is for land self government between Israel and Palestine leave out the religion this is politic
Palestinians are Jordanians everybody knows that