About this episode

George Galloway discusses the shifting balance of power in the Gulf, the Iran-Oman Hormuz pact, and the implications for US foreign policy and Israel's actions.

Rope-a-dope in the Gulf. America sidelined. Israel grabs more land. Day 163 and the balance is shifting. The Iran-Oman Hormuz pact puts Washington on the outside looking in, as the United States finds itself sidelined in the very waters it once claimed to control. While diplomacy moves without America, Israel pushes ahead with land grabs and the political battle at home turns to Burnham on tour. Tonight George Galloway asks who has really been played. Is Trump being boxed in, is Iran setting the pace, and is the old order losing its grip? Joining George: Professor David Miller: Producer of Palestine Declassified, author and political commentator. Analysis of anti-Zionism, free speech, Israel, lobbying power and the attempt to brand criticism as antisemitism. Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs: Professor of Economics at Columbia University and UN policy adviser. A global assessment of the Iran-Oman Hormuz pact, US decline, diplomacy and the changing balance of power. Plus: The Iran-Oman Hormuz pact and why the US has been sidelinedIsrael’s land grabs and the deepening crisis in PalestineAnti-Zionism, free speech and the weaponisation of antisemitism claimsBurnham on tour and the next…

People in this episode

Host: George Galloway

Guests: Professor David Miller, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs

Topics covered

• Iran-Oman Hormuz pact
• US foreign policy
• Israel land grabs
• anti-Zionism
• free speech
• Labour crisis

Keywords

• Iran
• Oman
• Hormuz
• US decline
• Israel
• land grabs
• anti-Zionism
• free speech
• Labour crisis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Palestine Declassified

Places: Iran, Oman, Hormuz, United States, Israel, Britain

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