John Oliver’s callous response to Oct. 7, and spurious moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel, can be found here: “John Oliver on Danger That Hamas Will Repeat Oct. 7 Massacre: Oh Well!,” by Karen Bekker, Algemeiner, December 15, 2023: Oliver says that “this country has emphatically picked a side. In recent years, we’ve given Israel […]
John Oliver Ignores the IDF’s Strenuous Efforts to Avoid Civilian Casualties
Insight into TV pundit John Oliver’s views, and their threadbare relation to reality, can be found here: “John Oliver on Danger That Hamas Will Repeat Oct. 7 Massacre: Oh Well!,” by Karen Bekker, Algemeiner, December 15, 2023: He said, “I’m not going to get into the thousands of years of generational trauma informing the response […]
John Oliver Fondly Believes That There is a Great Divide Between the Hamas and the People of Gaza
John Oliver, the British-born host of a late-night show, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, has firm opinions about many things: “John Oliver on Danger That Hamas Will Repeat Oct. 7 Massacre: Oh Well!,” by Karen Bekker, Algemeiner, December 15, 2023: More to the point, these superficially peace-loving words hide a deep, deep callousness toward […]
What John Oliver Doesn’t Know About Israel and the Palestinians
John Oliver is the British-born host of a late-night show, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. He has firm opinions about many things, including things he knows nothing about. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t pay no never mind to his unfunny show (the funniest part is the title, but its effect quickly wanes) but my attention has […]
John Oliver and Israel’s ‘War Crimes’
John Oliver is the host of the late-night talk-show “Last Week Tonight.” On May 12, after two days of fighting between Hamas and Israel — the war started with a volley of 140 rockets that Hamas, in Gaza, launched against Israel — Oliver delivered his thoughts on the conflict. He came down hard on […]