Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef is being hailed all over social media after a recent interview on Piers Morgan show.
Bassem, an Egyptian comedian, political satirist, and television host, replied to the British television host with a satirical tone throughout his 26-minute conversation with the controversial and outspoken presenter.
The interview was centred on the current Israel-Palestine escalation and, like any other Western news show, there was a sense of undermining of the Palestinian suffering, to which Bassem responded with sheer brilliance.
Piers quoted the October 7 attacks, which he believes “supersedes anything else” in the Israel-Palestine “conflict”, adding that “the question then becomes again about proportion” and that October 7 was “on a different level altogether, quite deliberately by Hamas, designed to provoke “.
He asked Youssef, “If you were Israel and that had happened to you, what would you think would be the appropriate way for the country to respond”.
“I would do exactly like Israel did: Kill as many people as possible since the world is letting me do it,” Bassem responded. “I mean, I can do it because I can,” he said.
“Let’s for a minute imagine a world without Hamas. What will this world look like? Let’s give this world a name and let’s name this word the West Bank. Hamas has absolutely no control in the West Bank… Only through August, 37 Palestinian kids were killed. No music festival, no paragliding, no Hamas. Since the occupation of the West Bank, 7,000 Palestinians were killed; no music festival, no paragliding, no Hamas. I can go on and on and on and on.”
At this point Morgan interrupted, saying that “You’re preaching to the choir” to which Youssef responded, “Don’t interrupt me and interrupt my points. Because this has to be fair because if you want to only hear your opinion, I can just condemn Hamas and go home. I can do that… Do you want to do that or do you want to have a much more nuanced conversation?”
When asked, “How do we get from where we are now to peace,” Youssef said, “You need to change the perception.”
“If you have already decided someone is good, he can do no evil and if you decide that someone is evil, it’s good to kill them.
killing them is good… it is not like something new.”
He added that the West first treats people “like savages”, giving examples of the native americans:
“They’re savages, kill all the savages and when they are almost extinct you start feeling sorry for them like animals.
So, maybe the solution is we kill as many Palestinians as possible so the few of them who remain do not bother you.”
When Pier Morgan asked Youssef to leave since he gave “half of the show” to Bassam Yousef, Yousef left after making another dig.
“By the way, my wife’s family’s alright and they sent us a house, its bombed, it beautiful , it’s going to be a good halloween theme,” he said of his in-laws who are in Gaza.
Morgan: “I’m very sorry for what your family is going through in Gaza.”
Youssef: “I haven’t actually met them. They didn’t come to my wedding. They couldn’t because they are stuck in Gaza and she never saw them because, you know, Gaza is not a destination. We hear their voices, they die, it’s fine.”
Morgan said, “Bassam, I wish your family all the very best, thank you for joining me. I appreciate it.”
Youssef replied, “I don’t, thank you.”
You can watch the entire interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idQbwsvtUo
