Who is Owen Jones?Owen Jones (born 1984) is a left-wing British newspaper columnist, commentator, journalist, author and political activist. He writes a column for The Guardian and contributes to the New Statesman, Tribune, and The National and was previously a columnist for The Independent. He has two weekly web series, The Owen Jones Show and The Owen Jones Podcast. Jones has a YouTube channel which, as of July 2025, had 776,000 subscribers.
Where is Palestine?Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia. It is usually considered to include the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Israel, and in some definitions, some parts of western Jordan. The name was used by ancient Greek writers, and it was later used for the Roman province Syria Palaestina, the Byzantine Palaestina Prima, and the Islamic provincial district of Jund Filastin. The region comprises most of the territory claimed for the biblical regions known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land or Promised Land. Historically, it has been known as the southern portion of wider regional designations such as Canaan, Syria, ash-Sham, and the Levant. Situated at a strategic location between Egypt, Syria and Arabia, and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, the region has a long and tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics.