Jon Stewart Rips Biden For Failing To ‘Have the Courage’ To Stand Up to Israel: ‘What the F*** Are We Doing?!’

The Daily Show host Jon Stewart tore into the Biden administration for failing to “have the courage” to explicitly denounce Israel’s bombing of civilians, crackdown on journalists, and seizure of land in the West Bank, on Monday.

On his show, Stewart played several clips of Biden administration officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, explicitly condemning Russia for “weaponizing food” against Ukraine, taking land, and “targeting” journalists.

Stewart then played a series of clips of Biden administration officials refusing to condemn Israel for doing the same in Gaza.

“More journalists have been killed in Gaza in six months than anywhere else in the world and a new Israeli law says they can ban media outlets they consider a threat,” noted Stewart. “How about, ‘If it’s true, we condemn it’? And by the way, is it true? Feels like you could probably just call someone and be like, ‘Is this true?'”

After playing a clip of Blinken claiming not to know the details about the most recent Israeli seizure of land in the West Bank, Stewart shouted, “You don’t know about it? They did it the day you f*cking visited! Why do we tiptoe around on eggshells?! They slap America in the face and our response is, ‘Well, if anyone slapped us in the face, it would be concerning.'”

He continued, “The verbal gymnastics that the American government must undertake so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of a country we provide most of the weapons for is [screams]. Every time America tells the world that there’s something we won’t allow, Israel seems to say, ‘Challenge accepted.’ Are they wilfully trying to provoke us?”

Pointing out that more than 30,000 people, including 13,000 children, had been killed in Gaza since the war began, Stewart questioned, “What the f*ck are we doing here?! The subtext of all this is America knows this is wrong, but it apparently doesn’t seem to have the courage to say it in a straightforward manner.”

Watch above via The Daily Show.

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