‘Condemn Israel’: Pro-Palestine Guest Shouts Down TalkTV Host Julia Hartley-Brewer

Pro-Palestine activist and former trade union boss Steve Hedley wouldn’t give TalkTV host Julia Hartley-Brewer a second during his appearance on her show Thursday as he repeatedly demanded she condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Hedley was on the show to discuss a letter to the government signed by former Supreme Court justices and hundreds of legal experts, advising that the UK’s sale of weapons to Israel may break international law.

Civility quickly fell apart, however, after the two sparred on whether Israel was committing genocide in Gaza until Hedley blasted Hartley-Brewer as a “perpetrator of genocide” and a “genocide enabler.” The host was barely able to issue a sentence in her defence as her guest repeatedly charged her to “condemn Israel.”

Hartley-Brewer replied: “I haven’t had that one. I’ve been called so many things in the last six months. I’m now a perpetrator of genocide.”

Hedley added: “You’re a paid liar.”

The host responded: “I’m a paid liar. Anyway, shall we have a conversation? I dispute, based on fact, the use of the word genocide.”

“How many dead children do you want, Julia?” Hedley interrupted. “How many dead children can you stomach?”

The host shot back: “How many dead Jewish children can you stomach from Hamas?”

“None, absolutely none, because I don’t support Hamas,” Hedley replied.

“Don’t you?” Hartley-Brewer responded.

“No. I do not justify genocide. No,” said the guest. “But you obviously support the killing of Palestinian children. Go on, condemn it then.”

As the host attempted to rally and explain her position, Hedley relentlessly repeated his demand: “Condemn the killing of Palestinian children. Condemn Israel!”

“Stop shouting at me!” Hartley-Brewer said, as her guest continued to shout. “If you stop talking for a nano-second, I will finish a sentence.”

Hedley did not stop: “Condemn Israel!”

The host snapped back: “Steve, shut up! You’re a boorish, bullying man. I always say deaths of any civilian is a tragedy.”

It wasn’t the end, the segment continued along this back and forth for several more minutes.

“Condemn the Israeli regime,” Hedley said. They’re fascists in the government.”

The host replied: “I’m not condemning the Israeli regime. They’re not a fascist in the government. This isn’t a conversation. This is you just barking things at me.”

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