Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show
Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show
Jon Stewart weighs in on the war in Gaza and offers up a solution for ending the conflict.
It was entertaining and it wasn't overly biased, I'll give him props for a solid segment. But the first time I saw this shared it was presented as if he had some new enlightened view. It was mostly jokes followed by a recommended resolution that isn't going to happen. He did what I expected from him.
I thought he presented a clever solution that could work if the political will were mustered. However, that's assuming all these concerned parties actually want a solution and not just to vilify Israel.
that's assuming all these concerned parties actually want a solution and not just to vilify Israel
For this statement to be valid it would be required that the concerned parties are equal. In the case of the Israel and Palestine there is a power imbalance. On one hand there is the zionist settler colonial power of Israel that is one of the strongest military forces in the world. One the other hand you have Palestine that is not even recognized as a country by the colonizers and instead of borders the colonizer has raised a wall controlling amongst other things the few entrances.
Calling out Israel for its settler colonial policies is no synonym to vilifying it.
I'm not sure we should expect new or enlightened views on this issue. Everything seems pretty clear from a facts standpoint.
I can't believe I used to regularly watch television programming with all the clapping and cheering and whooping and laughing and awwwwwing etc.
This would have been much better with just JS speaking into a camera. Playing up for laughs really takes away some of the punch of his points. METO is an unironically good idea on the face of it.
The Problem With Jon Stewart had much more biting commentary, and you could see that he and his writers had much more creative control to speak their mind. The Daily Show just doesn't have the same bite, or the same wit, or the same strength of conviction.
The Problem gave me emotional whiplash as the tone constantly went from serious to comedy and back again.