A deep-dive into the painful war between Hamas and Israel – the complex context, the dangers and possibilities – with Rory Stewart and ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on The Rest Is Politics. Watch the full conversation on or listen on your preferred podcasting platform.

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics You’re gravely mistaken. No I cannot grasp your pathetic claim that somehow someone who is living on six decades oppression and air strikes somehow love to die. This doesn’t look like that 👇🏻. Shame on you.

@RoryStewartUK @RestIsPolitics Thanks for giving us your time, feelings and analysis.

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics Inconceivable, but a very sad and dangerous truth.

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics We can't just pin all the issues on the myths of the Abrahamic tenants, and it's deeply troubling paradise version. There are simple facts about justice, human rights, and international laws that have been broken since 1948. Hamas and all extremist movements are byproducts

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics The level of religious fanaticism can be seen on both sides. Whereas one side believes in the joys of paradise, the other thinks that God is a real estate agent and the Torah is the deed to the land. The irony is one religion reveres the other so there should be love instead.

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics Legal frameworks, including international law, are often overlooked but crucial in understanding the Israeli-Hamas conflict. These laws provide a lens through which actions from both sides can be evaluated.

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics That’s at best an overlay on the fundamental issue- forced occupation of a people and it’s lands, which you know very well about.

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics “A competition of suffering.” There is no competition. Israel wants to exist. Arab terrorists don’t want us to. We will fight back.

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics Mr Harari, when a Gaza youth deprived from ordinary natural social life, yeah they would stick to heavenly paradise joys. and who did this to them? occupying regim that you are defending and representing in these media. Personally I expect a lot from you, man.😕