# Debate on Hamas, Gaza and Palestinian Advocacy

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2102683242260209884
- Source account: [@orenbarsky](https://x.com/orenbarsky)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:52
- Published: 2026-09-24
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy) My irony is I'm the only person at this table who's actually risked my life to advocate for Palestinian children.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy?t=6) I spent two years in and out of Jenin, Ramallah, Tulkarm, and Nablus.

[0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy?t=10) I'm the one who interviewed Hamas firsthand.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy?t=12) I interviewed Islamic Jihad firsthand. I sat with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and they told me to my face that they want war. This is not about Hamas, this is about an ideology, and the ideology is one of- We, you don't wipe an ideology out by bombing an ideology ... where they teach children in their

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy?t=27) schools, in their textbooks, to revere death, to love death, not to love life.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy?t=32) We cannot, we cannot- And they use those- No, sorry. We cannot- ... populations as human shields.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy?t=35) This is what you get- Okay, bro. We cannot, we cannot- ... a terrorist state and a democracy fighting on an asymmetric battlefield in a completely impossible place. 'Cause how are they supposed to defeat Hamas when there's no food shortages- They haven't defeated Hamas ... but there is starvation?

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2Xbs5LeD9EmW/en/debate-on-hamas-gaza-and-palestinian-advocacy?t=49) They have destroyed Gaza, and they have not defeated Hamas ... because they produce food in Gaza and they grow- All right, here's what we're gonna do