Whose podcast is called The Newsagents, it’s their business to be informed and bring news to listeners. No one is going to their podcast to watch sport. It’s their job to be informed and deliver the news as they see it - they don’t signal affiliations and promote causes.
And that’s bad faith/disingenuous to wrap up that ‘passing cause’ comment as an attempt to diminish the seriousness of the situation in Gaza.
Comparing Russia’s imperialist invasion of a former soviet state for one man’s imagined reputation to the incredibly complex and nuanced Israel/Palestine conflict, motivated by religion and terror from both sides. I fail to see any legitimate comparison.