Video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
Jeremy Corbyn joins Zack Polanski to discuss the Gaza Tribunal, a book-length project modelled on the Russell Tribunal that gathered expert testimony on Britain’s role in the conflict. Corbyn argues that Britain is complicit in what he calls genocide, pointing to the overflying of Gaza, the supply of parts for F-35 jets, and the failure to suspend arms licenses after the ICJ opinion. He welcomes Andy Burnham’s admission that Labour got it wrong on Gaza but insists that words must translate into action, including accepting the ICJ ruling and halting weapons transfers.
The conversation widens to the broader political landscape. Corbyn contrasts Britain’s Atlanticist establishment with Spain’s more independent stance under Pedro Sanchez, and argues that public opinion, particularly among young people and young Jewish Americans, is shifting against the current US-backed order. He links the rise in global military spending to the neglect of housing, education, climate action and overseas aid, and stresses the need to connect anti-war, environmental and socialist struggles. The tribunal, he concludes, is meant to provoke that wider public reckoning.