The political fallout from the war with Iran is creating some unlikely alliances.
Figures as different as Tucker Carlson, Mehdi Hasan, Megyn Kelly and Cenk Uygur are all making strikingly similar arguments: that Donald Trump campaigned against foreign wars only to lead the United States into one. Many also believe Benjamin Netanyahu's government played a decisive role in the push for military action against Iran and have come under fierce criticism for saying so.
Meanwhile, fresh scrutiny is falling on Israel's treatment of Palestinian detainees. Following allegations of abuse in Israeli custody and renewed controversy surrounding National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a growing debate is emerging over whether one of Israel's most polarising politicians is a rogue actor or a reflection of something deeper within a country hardened by decades of conflict.
Piers Morgan is joined by political scientist and activist Norman Finkelstein, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon, Gaza flotilla detainees Catriona Graham and Alex Colston, and former Ben-Gvir adviser Yishai Fleisher.
00:00 Introduction
02:22 Norman Finkelstein and Joe Kent debate begins
02:40 Joe Kent on Norman Finkelstein’s comments and Israel's influence over the US
12:50 Norman Finkelstein on the fragmented right wing in the US
17:00 Joe Kent on Israel’s influence over the US
23:00 Norman Finkelstein on Piers’s deviation on Israel and Hamas
26:29 Norman Finkelstein’s comments on October 7 and calling Israelis ‘Nazis’
38:30 Piers Morgan’s monologue on the treatment of Gaza flotilla detainees
40:00 Catriona Graham discusses being detained ‘assaulted’ by Israelis
42:45 Are Israeli forces capable of committing sexual crimes against detainees?
46:15 Yishai Fleischer and Alex Colston join
46:45 Yishai Fleischer labels the ‘abuse’ narrative as ‘fraudulent’
48:54 Yishai reacts to ‘police action’ against Catriona
52:14 Flotilla detainee Alex Colston responds to Yishai’s comments
55:20 Yishai responds to Alex; “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”
01:03:57 Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon joins
01:05:10 Danny Danon on the war with Iran
01:09:32 Danny Danon on Israel sexual abuse accusations
01:11:22 Ben Gvir posting a video abusing young female flotilla detainee
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