-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Jon Stewart is not backing down from critiquing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden for their bullish policies in Gaza — and now in Lebanon — almost a year since the October 7 attacks , which led to the deaths of 40,000 Palestinians. "The Daily Show" host, who is hot off an Emmy win, opened the show highlighting the "full cognitive dissonance and language calisthenics" used to describe the Middle East over the last "I don't know, four, five, six, 10,000 years." This is following Israel's recent attacks on Lebanon which Stewart, using Netanyahu's own words, said was the “wanton rocketing” of other nations.
The show then played a clip from CNN of an Axios foreign policy reporter explaining Israel and the U.S.'s policy as: "de-escalation through escalation.
" Related Jon Stewart mocks Fox News for having to admit DNC was a hit despite host's attempt to spin Stewart yelled, "Or, as that is sometimes called, war! . . .
Do you even hear yourself? De-escalation through escalation, where have I heard—” Stewart then pulled out copies of George Orwell’s "1984," Kurt Vonnegut’s "Slaughterhouse-Five" and the comic book collection "Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack" as the punchline to his point. "But here's the worst part. The country that is providing all the bombs to the Middle East seems to have no idea when these bombs would be used," he added.
Moreover, Stewart highlighted various statements from the U.S. and foreign.
