This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to Author, Journalist and editor of The Jewish Chronicle, Jake Wallis Simons about his book ‘Israelophobia’. Watch the video version at www.youtube.com/gspellchecker 0:00 Intro 0:32 About Jake 2:03 Why the title of ‘Israelophobia’ for Jake’s book? 3:49 Disagreement with David Baddiel 8:18 Israel and the power dynamic 9:40 The left’s problem with Israel and reality 11:40 The problem of Jeremy Corbyn 12:29 Does Keir Starmer understand the problem? 17:08 People who take a position of neutrality on the conflict 19:53 Israel screening footage of Hamas’s atrocities for journalists. 22:04 Islamist and Arab support for Israel from within Israel 28:32 Is Israel an ‘apartheid state’? 34:48 History repeating itself and younger generations 41:36 Is antisemitism a unique form of racism? 45:22 Pro-Palestine marches and freedom of expression 51:46 Are more people openly supporting Israel now? Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.