James O'Brien debates LBC caller on 'absurd' hostage rescue theory | Israel-Hamas war

"Say the truth... you haven't got a single scintilla of support for the fact that this is a good way to rescue hostages."

James O'Brien and this Jewish caller disagree over the effectiveness of Israel's siege on Gaza as an attempt to rescue hostages from Hamas.

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[bashirhersi]

She got angry when James mentioned the Palestinian boy who was killed in America because he's a Palestinian.

[waseemafzal]

She will be on Twitter now calling James an anti semite and Hamas sympathiser. She started with the whole sympathy and anti semitism angle to set up for her point...

[grixlipanda]

"Why would you move 1.5 million people."
"Because they're in the way."
This woman sounds like the kind of person who would attempt to drain the sea to find a fish.

[ikraml]

"Each year approximately 500-700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12 years old, are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system. The most common charge is stone throwing." how can the world explain that

[Twy]

"level-headed" and Rishi Sunak in the same sentence is an oxymoron if ever I heard one 🤣

[SusanPetch-qh]

She's obviously not bothered about Palestinians dying, horrible woman

[fatimah]

We gave you shelter when Europe disowned you
But instead of appreciation
You were greedy
You began slyly occupying our Land
You shelled my home to the ground
You destroyed my olive groves
You burnt down my orchards
You killed my mother and father
You imprisoned my brother
You shot down my wife, and young children
You left me with nothing    
I retaliated only with stones
And the Resistance with rockets
So you and your accomplice
Called 'us' the Terrorists
Yet you can see, that I still smile
Yes! I am strong
You can break my bones and cut my flesh
But you cannot destroy my faith
Yes! I am Muslim
And I will carry on protecting al Aqsa
Our beautifull Holy Land
And I am not alone
For I have
And I believe in life after death
You actually did me a 'favour'
My kindred now rank as Martyrs
You elevated my status
Through your oppression
But I will find you
On the day of judgment
I will find you, Insha-Allah

Ya Allah have mercy on the Ummah
Ya Allah free Palestine
Ya Allah guide all Humanity
The children of Adam
Peace be upon him
Father of mankind
For the sake of thy beloved
Prophet Muhammad
Peace be upon him

[gh]

Well done James. It's about revenge.

[allanmckeown]

As soon as she said "level-headed people in government" I knew this person was deluded?!

[sully]

Save the hostages by carpet bombing the area? Make that make sense

[TheSashapooch]

I wonder how exhausting the people of Gaza found the week to be?

[shinestar]

Interesting how her position goes from a sad bewildered person who can't look at the imagery of people being taken hostage to an angry, ardent supporter of Israeli invasion into Gaza under the premise of hostage rescue.

[mistert]

It's not even about revenge it's about trying to take more and more land they've been doing this for 75years plus

[muzammilali]

Thanks a lot James for fighting for standing up for this oppression against humanity and being so unbiased n truthful

[anthonybariek]

The problem with her argument about moving 1.1million to safety is that they were demanded to move into an active war zone. If they said “we’ll stop bombing the south so you have somewhere safe to go”, you could accept that but they increased the bombing of central and southern Gaza at the same time they encouraged people to go there, they even bombed the evacuation route.

[BritzGaza]

This poor poor mouthpiece for Israel, is so sickening, and James is brilliant pointing it out!

[paulhynes]

Notice how she got more irritated when James mentioned the Palestinian girl being murdered in America

[realhorrorshow]

I heard a doctor in Gaza explaining the other day that evacuating a thousand patients, many of them seriously injured, is simply impossible. I didn't think that needed to be explained, but apparently it does. I don't think many of the hostages are going to make it either.

[frogprincereader]

Basically, what she’s saying is that Jewish lives are important and Palestinian lives aren’t…

[naijaman]

James, you are unbelievably intelligent amd calm. You are incredibly patient too. You are a gem!