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Perhaps one of the Wise Young Men of our time, earning his living as a humorist.Trevor Noah to Israel: ‘When you have this much power, what is your responsibility?’Late-night hosts discuss the surge in violence between Israel and Palestine, a scandalous report about Trump’s Secret Service and Jeff Bezos’s super-yacht Trevor Noah On Late Night, Trevor Noah cautiously dug into one of the thorniest topics in international relations: the conflict between Israel and Palestine, which in recent weeks has escalated into some of the most deadly violence seen in Jerusalem in years. “Even saying that sentence means I’m losing followers online and I’m on the verge of being blocked in all social media and in life,” Noah opened. “That’s how contentious this topic is.”The Twitter video is not carried over to the forum. Perhaps you can find it at twitter.com/i/status/1392307087871336453 “But guys, we have to talk about it,” the host continued. “Because this is one of the most difficult stories that have existed in our lifetime.”
Tensions in the region have boiled over in recent weeks after Israeli forces evicted Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem and injured more than 100 people in a raid at the al-Aqsa mosque using teargas and rubber bullets. Hamas, the terrorist group based in the Gaza strip, then fired more than 200 rockets at Israel – almost all either falling short or stopped by Israel’s missile defense system; Israel’s bombardment in response has killed dozens of Palestinians, including 14 children, according to the Gaza health ministry. “What makes Israel-Palestine such a difficult topic to even broach is all the layers that are packed into it,” Noah explained. “No matter how much you try and break it down, people are always going to say that you’re leaving out some crucial piece of context. And you know what? You’re probably right.” The origin of blame and conflict shifts depending on the timeline, he added, going back and back and back.
“I don’t want to have that argument and the noise that goes back and forth on this thing because, honestly, I don’t know that any TV show in 10 minutes is going to come close to solving Israel-Palestine,” he said. “Ten minutes isn’t even enough time to explain the Mortal Kombat conflict. So I’m not even trying to come in and do that.”
Instead, Noah posed a different question: who’s dead, and who’s alive this week? “In Gaza, Israeli air strikes have reportedly killed 28 people, including 10 children. Over 150 people have been wounded,” he answered. “In Israel, Hamas rockets have killed two people. And this exchange of fire comes after the Israeli assault in and around the al-Aqsa mosque that left more than 600 Palestinian protesters, worshippers and civilians wounded. And a few dozen Israeli police.”
“Personally, I cannot watch that footage and hear those numbers and see a fair fight,” Noah said. Given that Israel has one of the most sophisticated missile defense systems in the world, Noah posed what he called an “honest” question: “If you are in a fight where the other person cannot beat you, how hard should you retaliate when they try to hurt you?”
Noah advanced an admittedly imperfect analogy about differences in power, and likened the weapon imbalance to bringing a knife to a gunfight. “What’s the right response? Everyone has a different answer to the question,” he said, referring to Israel. “And I’m not trying to answer the question, nor do I think I’m smart enough to solve it. All I’m asking is: when you have this much power, what is your responsibility?”www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/12/trevor-noah-israel-gaza-violenceOK, the previous quotation and failed video link to Twitter didn't connect, so perhaps this new link to the same video on Youtube will work, Courtesy of Vanity Fair, www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/05/trevor-noah-asks-tough-questions-about-israel-and-palestine-on-the-daily-showTrevor Noah asked some tough questions about the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians on Tuesday’s episode of The Daily Show. “This week, the conflict escalated again—and now dozens of people are dead, including children,” Noah said, referencing the escalation of violence in the region as Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians at a Jerusalem mosque. Fourteen children were among 56 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as of Wednesday, per the Wall Street Journal, while Hamas militants in Gaza fired rockets at Israel, killing seven Israelis, including one child.
The talk show host acknowledged that it would be impossible to unpack the crisis in under 10 minutes, and that he’d probably alienate viewers for even bringing it up. Still, Noah maintained that “we have to talk about it,” before launching into a truncated history of the “73-year-old beef.”
“People are always going to say you’re leaving out some crucial piece of content,” Noah said. “And you know what the truth is? They’re probably right.” Still, he recounted the violence of the week before saying that both sides look culpable, depending on when one chooses to begin analyzing the conflict. “If you start from ‘Israel fired rockets into Gaza,’ then Israel is the bad guy, because they’re bombing Gaza,” Noah explained. “But then you take a step back in time, and you go, ‘Well, but Hamas fired rockets at Israel.’ Then Hamas is the bad guy. But then you take a step back, and you go, ‘But the Israeli police, they went in and started beating people up in a mosque during Ramadan, the most holy time in the Muslim calendar.’ Well then, Israel is the bad guy.”
“And back and back and back, and who knows how far,” Noah continued. “The first cavemen who hit each other with clubs were probably Israeli and Palestinian. I don’t know…. And on top of all that, there’s religion involved. And I don’t care what anybody says, man—religion is the one thing that has never calmed any situation when there’s a clash.”
Noah ultimately chose to ignore the complicated origins of Israel vs. Palestine, maintaining that regardless of how the conflict began, it’s no longer a fight between two equals. The host called out Israel for having “one of the most powerful militaries in the world,” saying, “they can crush Gaza like that,” and clenching his fist to illustrate his point. That prompted him to ask a contentious question: “If you are in a fight where the other person cannot beat you, how hard should you retaliate when they try to hurt you?” Noah then drew an analogy between the Israel–Palestine conflict and fights he used to have with his younger brothers. “My mom would say to me whenever I’d get angry, she’d say, ‘Trevor, don’t hit the kid back because they can’t hurt you. You’re a teenager, and the kid is four.’”
Noah continued to wonder about the nature of responsibility when there is a perceived power imbalance. “If a man has a knife, should the cops shoot him?” he said. To close the segment, he asked another difficult question: “Everyone has a different answer to the question, and I’m not trying to answer the question, nor do I think I’m smart enough to solve it. All I’m asking is, when you have this much power, what is your responsibility?”
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