Palestinian journalists in Gaza are exhibiting extraordinary courage by reporting on the ongoing genocide despite facing extreme risks of being targeted.

“to do reporting in the most brutal you know genocide on the planet knowing that journalists are being targeted that is act of extraordinary courage.”

Mehdi Hasan claims that the current Israeli government includes individuals who advocate for genocidal actions against Gaza.

“The Israeli government is filled with self-confessed fascists and racists who just this week Pier have been saying more genocidal stuff.”

The current situation in Gaza constitutes a textbook case of genocide rather than a war, characterized by the intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure and populations.

“What is going on right now is a textbook case of genocide and I can explain why this isn't just me pontificating from an armchair analysis the these are Holocaust Scholars”

He maintains that Israel is responsible for the conflict due to decades of occupation and characterizes the military offensive as a genocide.

“You have a guy like me, name is Assan, and I'm saying, "No, you don't understand. Israel is still very much the responsible party for October 7 for like 75 years of brutal occupation and apartheid. And people were like, "Oh, you're a terrorist."”

The current Israeli military action in Gaza constitutes ethnic cleansing as evidenced by the mass displacement and destruction of the area.

“It is ethnic cleansing. There is documentation proving it.”

He maintains that Israel is not committing a genocide and argues the military operations are necessary to defeat Hamas.

“Israel is the most just, most democratic, and freest nation in the entire Middle East, which is why those Arabs in Israel did not rise up and revolt after October 7th.”

The objective of the Israeli army is to end Hamas rule and dismantle the organization in the Gaza Strip.

“And I think that's the objective of the Israeli army to end kamas rule and to end the kamas as an organization in the Gaza Strip.”

He asserts that Israel is not intentionally targeting civilians and that the humanitarian crisis is primarily caused by Hamas's theft of aid.

“Israel's response has been never to go after a civilian, only to go after kamas terrorists.”