“Torture Does NOT Work!” Explosive Report On Brutality Against Palestinians In Israel-Hamas War
5/13/20261 hr 14 min
Two explosive reports have intensified global outrage over alleged sexual violence in the Israel-Hamas war. One investigation led by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nick Kristof, details testimony from Palestinian prisoners alleging systematic sexual abuse by Israeli security personnel - claims Israel has fiercely denied as “blood libel.” The other, compiled by the Israeli Civil Commission into the October 7 attacks, documents harrowing allegations of sexual violence committed by Hamas, drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of photographs. Both reports echo findings from the United Nations - both have triggered furious backlash online and have become battlegrounds in a wider information war, where competing narratives shape what audiences choose to believe. At the heart of the debate is a question of basic human decency and whether atrocities are condemned consistently, regardless of who is accused. Piers Morgan is joined by US-Israeli journalist and commentator, Emily Schrader, former US Navy Seal Rob O’Neill, former IDF soldier and whistleblower Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, The Young Turks host Ana Kasparian, and former special forces commander in the IDF, Doron Kempel to debate. Then, In his first major interview since the failed EBay takeover attempt - CEO of Game Stop Ryan Cohen joins Piers to discuss the future of GameStop, the state of modern capitalism, and why his unconventional approach continues to captivate millions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[dramatic music] Torture does not work at all. You, you will get to a point where you hurt someone so bad, they're gonna tell you what you wanna hear.
Shail Ben Efraim· Guest0:07
A lot of people in these prisons, members of the prison service, and IDF officers are completely aware of the use of dogs.
Emily Schrader· Guest0:15
I think it actually is an insult if there are indeed victims, as he described, who have been abused in the ways that he described.
Ana Kasparian· Guest0:23
You are not a journalist.
Emily Schrader· Guest0:25
Can we get back to, to the topic of this debate?
Ana Kasparian· Guest0:27
You're justifying the slaughter of actual journalists- I'm here to speak about what's actually happening- ... while pretending to be a factual show ...
Emily Schrader· Guest0:32
on the ground, not to hurl angry insults at people. Acting as a pro- think about what's actually happening, as a propagandist for Israel. That's what you are. You're a propagandist.
Piers Morgan· Host0:41
A bombshell report on the Israel-Hamas conflict has ignited global fury about the appalling depravity of the combatants. In lurid detail, the reporting lays bare the twisted and grotesque sexual violence used to subjugate victims. Those who read it and believe it emerge more certain than ever that one side's righteous and the other is evil. But there are, of course, two reports, and the chances are that your own social media timeline or the publications you choose to read will determine whether you believe I'm talking about Hamas or Israel. New York Times journalist Nick Kristof, twice a Pulitzer Prize winner, compiled a report which alleges the systematic rape of Palestinian prisoners by Israeli security.
Nicholas Kristof· Soundbite1:22
I went to the West Bank to talk with Palestinians who experienced sexual assault firsthand by Israeli soldiers,