Israel Loses Piers Morgan
"At what point does Israel’s bombardment in Gaza become terrorism?" Tory TV presenter asks
You know things aren't going well for Israel in the court of public opinion when it's lost a wealthy, Conservative TV host like Piers Morgan.
Morgan, a mainstay on American and British TV screens for decades, excoriated Israeli military plans to begin attacking southern Gaza once the current ceasefire ends in its conflict with Hamas which has killed more than 15,000 Palestinians since October 7, when Israel began its retaliation for the attacks launched by Hamas which left some 1,200 Israelis dead.
Those hostilities are on a temporary pause while Hamas returns dozens of hostages it took during its brutal October 7 raids.
Morgan, who publicly supports Conservative causes and is not at all among the left-wing, nevertheless took to task Israel for its stated ambitions once hostilities resume in Gaza, likely within a matter of days.
Fissures have been cracking open in what had been largely stalwart support for Israel after the October 7 attacks due to what has become disproportionate killing of Palestinian civilians in the weeks since.
The British host spoke out Monday on his chat show broadcast on the UK TalkTV network.
“Israel told Palestinians to move south in Gaza to escape the bombing. Now it says it will bomb the south too. This bloodshed cannot continue without proof there's a plan beyond the total destruction of Gaza,” he said. “I've been picked up this weekend by people reminding me of tweets from 2014. Back then, Israel launched a massive bombardment of Gaza in response to the murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank.
“What happened, I'm asked, why did I change my position? But I haven’t changed my position. Israel committed atrocities in 2014, in my estimation,” Morgan added. “There was a complete disproportionate response to what had happened. It looked more like revenge to me than a military strategy.
“President Obama told them to call it off. During that bombardment, I asked: ‘At what point does Israel’s current military strategy become the very terrorism it professes to be fighting?’ And today I’m beginning to ask myself that exact same question.”
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