Lucy Hough
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3,855 appearances
82 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3d ago
Lucy Hough’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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just in its language against the actions of the Israeli government, wasn't it?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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And he was very clear about his identity as a Jewish man, as someone that had spent time in Israel as a child, in a kibbutz, and he spoke very, very clearly about the difference between criticisms of this Israeli government and the right of Israel to exist a as a whole.
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There was also w we'll we'll come on to the package of measures, which as you say was much broader than perhaps we were expecting.
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expecting or that was teased ahead of time.
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But there was also very l strong language on Gaza, the likes of which I think many people would have liked to have heard uh language s like this since Labour took power in twenty twenty four.
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Yeah, and I think very specifically and explicitly framing that within the context of international law.
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The last time we spoke, Emma, we were talking about E One settlements, which is effectively uh Israeli government plans to divide the West Bank in half, divide the North and South, or cut them off from each other.
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That seems to have been a real catalyst for Western governments to move beyond just
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Strong rhetoric to real concrete action.
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Would you agree with that?
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Because it's not just the UK that is taking action.
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Yes, so i i in concrete terms in terms of the action the UK government is taking, I mean there's a package of measures, but the key uh part of it is sanctions on goods and services coming out of or being exported from the illegally occupied West Bank.
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D explain that to us a bit more and and and also the some of the other measures that were announced today that went went further.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And particularly when you have that sort of action being taken in coordination with France and Canada, that does create a real problem for the Israeli government, doesn't it?
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Well,
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Well we will see when the very crucial Israeli elections happen next month.
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Emma, thank you so much.
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