Appearing as a guest on Tuesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC, author Ta-Nehisi Coates — who became famous as a writer forThe Atlantic — complained about the way Israelis treat Palestinians and compared it to Jim Crow, declaring that he wished people paid more attention to Gaza before the October 7 terrorist attack.
As BBC’s Katty Kay took part in asking questions to Coates as part of the show’s panel, she brought up his history of criticizing Israel and his reaction to October 7:
So, for this book, you also went to Israel, and you have been very critical of the Israeli — Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Can you put it in the context — I’m not sure whether you went for this trip for the reporting before or after October the 7th, but put it — put what you found in the context of those attacks.
He responded:
Look, my politics are the politics of…
