Discussion on Palestinian Advocacy and Conflict

My irony is I'm the only person at this table who's actually risked my life

to advocate for Palestinian children.

I spent two years in and out of Jenin, Ramallah, Tulkarm, and Nablus.

I'm the one who interviewed Hamas firsthand.

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

schools, in their textbooks, to revere

death, to love death, not to love life.

We cannot, we cannot-

And they use those-

No, sorry. We cannot-

... populations as human shields.

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?

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