On Monday’s NewsNight show, for the second time in less than a week, CNN host Abby Phillip discussed the war in Gaza with a liberal guest whom she prodded to convey whether Israel is committing “genocide” against the Palestinians in spite of the Israeli Defense Forces making efforts to limit civilian casualties even while Hamas fighters hide among the civilian population.
Phillip began the segment at the top of the show by recalling a U.S. soldier who set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy to protest Israel’s war efforts, and then recounted previous examples of protesters engaging in similar extreme acts of self-injury to protest other wars like Vietnam. “Now, the fact that Israel’s war in Gaza has provoked this kind of response from really anyone marks a new and stunning chapter in this country’s stark divisions over this war.”
She then cited…
