CNN Fires Marc Lamont Hill Following Controversial Remarks On Palestine And Israel

CNN confirmed the dismissal of taxpayer Marc Lamont Hill for his comments in a speech that recommended Palestinians' use of all methods of resistance against Israel, and urged the international community to weigh economic methods of punishment in Israel. treatment of its non-Jewish native population.

As Newsweek pointed out before the network went public on its decision, Hill was criticized by the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council of Young Israelis and several other public figures and groups who found their words at the United Nations Wednesday, November. 28, be antisemitic in nature.

During the 21-minute speech, the Temple University professor and BET host cited more than 60 laws that he said were adopted to deprive Palestinians of citizens' rights. He also called on the Israeli government to punish human rights violations resulting from oppressive policing in the Palestinian and civilian territories, stressing at one point that Gaza was described as "the largest open-air prison in the world. world". Hill is particularly troubling. He seems to advocate the elimination of the Jewish state when he calls for "a free Palestine from the river to the sea".

In its coverage of controversial comments, The Hill notes that this sentence is a phrase that Hamas and other violent groups used as a war cry to terrorize Israel, thus involving every part of Jordan's territory up to the sea Mediterranean belongs. to the Palestinian people.

Hill has spent much of his time since the UN appeared to defend his comments on Twitter.

"At no time did I support, support or mention Hamas, it is dishonest, I was very clear in my comments on the desire for freedom, justice and self-determination for ALL", he continued after stating that "the river of the" sea "predated the creation of Hamas in at least 50 years.

Many critics of Hill accuse him of calling for the destruction of Israel on the basis of parallels he drew between the Palestinian struggle and the story of his dead ancestors, who sometimes used means of violent rebellion against their supposed masters. Hill warned against the demonetization of the Palestinian people by violent resistance, while urging those outside to boycott, undress and impose sanctions if they wanted to use "non-violent means to demand the return to the presidency ". The 1967 borders, the full rights of Palestinian citizens and the right of return as established by international law. "