Interview · moment 9 of 17
Introducing Barry Weiss and Framing the Israel-Palestine Debate
from #256 - The Announcement | The Tim Dillon Show · #256
6 min
Guest
Tim introduces journalist Barry Weiss as a counterpoint to a prior guest's anti-Israel segment, and she opens by arguing the conflict is fundamentally about whether Israel has a right to exist, not about borders.
- Tim introduces Barry Weiss to present the pro-Israel perspective after last week's segment with Abby Martin drew anger from viewers
- Barry jokes that the Mossad gave her special dispensation to appear on the show
- Tim asks what the mainstream narrative is getting wrong about Israel-Palestine, noting the power imbalance and language like apartheid and genocide
- Barry argues the conflict is fundamentally about whether Israel has a right to exist, not about borders
- The real issue, according to Barry, is whether Jews have a right to self-determination and any presence in the Middle East at all
- Tim pushes back on the 9/11 discussion, noting legitimate questions about what happened and that Saudi Arabia was covered for years
- Barry identifies what she calls a giant lie being told about Israel: that Jews are white colonizers with no connection to the land