537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

  • The Rest Is Politics

  • 28 May 2026

  • Posted by Alastair Campbell

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Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all these questions and more in this week's edition of Question Time.


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One response to “537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband”

  1. Please could you dig deeper into why the UK government (and others) are so reticent to hold Israel to account over its actions in Palestine and Lebanon? Thank you

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