Richard Sanders

Full press conference here. Thanks to @CrispinShow for footage.

Watch this. Lubna Speitan, author of the Greens4Palestine motion “Zionism is racism”, spells out the central obscenity of our age – the grotesque inversion whereby the victims of ethnic cleansing, Apartheid and genocide must constantly fend off accusations from their tormentors that it is they who are the racists. “We as Palestinians are being silenced and gaslit and vilified [as we] witness the annihilation, the cold-blooded murder of our families, of our people… our children burnt with phosphorus, having to endure amputations with no anaesthetic, having their limbs torn and shredded, their bodies burnt by phosphorus, being starved to death … And to have to sit here … and try to bury my feelings so I can eloquently and diplomatically shield my anger, my rage, my anguish that every Palestinian is feeling, is an insult.” /1

My thanks to Nicole Jenes and Tadhg Hickey for having me on their show. youtube.com/watch?v=BOwd5Jbr…

The full interview is here. youtube.com/watch?v=UdfckdXJ…

The Butcher of Beirut – Israel’s alternative to Netanyahu. Peter Oborne – just returned from almost a month in the Occupied Territories – came into the Double Down Newswatch studio to talk about the Israeli election, Britain’s feeble surrender to the Israelis over the consulate in East Jerusalem and the ongoing horror in the West Bank and Israeli prisons. Plse share/1

Consume and share independent media. It's much better journalism! youtube.com/watch?v=6pEiZYoR…

My thanks to @PeteApps for coming in to the Double Down Newswatch studio to talk about his brilliant book "Homesick" which dissects how successive governments have conspired to render housing unaffordable. youtube.com/watch?v=Owaq_na2…

The claim in Sir David Bell's report that 3 in 5 Jewish students have experienced antisemitism was based on just 29 people - and was untrue. My latest for Double Down Newswatch. youtube.com/watch?v=6pEiZYoR…

👏👏👏 In the face of the predictable onslaught from @bbclaurak Zack Polanski turned in a solid performance re Zionism is racism. No apology, no climbdown. Jo Coburn and Nadine Dorris left spluttering with outrage, which indicates he did something right. Dale Vince, wearing a kaffiyeh, even managed to slip in a reference to “genocide,” without correction. We’re getting there, slowly. As for Laura, if only we knew what her own views were ...