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The Don Lemon Show

Bassem Youssef UNFILTERED on Israel, Gaza, & the Future of American Media | The Don Lemon Show

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Don Lemon sits down with Comedian and TV host Bassem Youssef for a HEATED discussion about Israel and the situation in Gaza. They dive into the presidential election, Biden's support for Israel, & the responsibility of the American media. What should Biden do? Is American perception of the conflict shifting? Tune in to find out! WATCH & Subscribe on YouTube @TheDonLemonShow! Listen on Apple, Spotify and iHeart Radio! 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Situation in Rafah 02:43 - Is Israel being held to account? 04:27 - What about October 7th? 06:50 - Biden's Support for Israel 10:25 - Is Israel an "apartheid" regime? 13:45 - What should Biden and U.S. politicians do? 18:26 - Can the aid be used by Hamas? 19:08 - Origins of Hamas 22:15 - Peace Deal 23:43 - U.S. / Israel Relationship 27:05 - Presidential Candidates Supporting Israel 29:05 - Trump on Biden's Israel Policies 31:28 - Generational Gap on Gaza and Israel 32:50 - Hillary Clinton's Statements 35:10 - College Protests 36:50 - Bassem's Family 38:05 - Why does Bassem Youssef resonate with so many? 41:25 - Polling and Voting 43:05 - Zionism 45:30 - How has this affected Bassem's career? 46:40 - The future of the media 47:15 - Media Coverage of College Protests Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:08.0

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0:12.0

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0:15.0

Why a little rain doesn't stop you.

0:17.0

Why one run turns into a habit.

0:24.3

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0:28.1

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0:31.6

What about October 7th?

0:33.5

Israel has a right to defend itself.

0:36.7

Maybe it was valid in the first two, three days.

0:38.0

Oh, what's the proportionate response?

0:40.8

But like 40,000 people, so what is your number in that?

0:42.0

Is 50,000 enough?

0:46.8

Everything that Israel has been accusing the Palestinians of doing, they have been doing in themselves.

0:48.7

And nobody seems to give a fault.

0:55.0

My commitment to the safety, the Jewish people, the security of Israel, and its right to to exist as an independent Jewish state is ironclad even when we disagree. It's like, are we talking about what is the right

1:01.5

thing to do or what is the thing that you should do to be reelected? Because these are two

1:05.8

different questions. You guys are talking about Hamas and Hamas has been bolstered and being financed

1:10.3

under the eyes and nose of Netanyahu.

1:12.2

So I don't know even know what kind of conversation we're having.

1:14.3

I don't know if, listen, listen, Basin, couldn't people say the same thing Show. I had the privilege of being joined today by a man of many talents. Basim Youssef, he's a comedian,

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