Well, pressure is again intensifying on Israel after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called for a ceasefire in Gaza and rebuke the humanitarian catastrophe there.

Opinions on the war are sharply divided in America, Israel's most important ally, a fact lay bare by the death of U.S. airmen Aaron Bushnell last week.

The 25-year-old set himself a light outside the Israeli embassy

in Washington, D.C., shouting free Palestine and declaring he would no longer be complicit in genocide.

Well, presidential candidate, Dr. Cornel West, stood up controversy by posting the following to

X. That has ever forget the extraordinary courage and commitment of brother Aaron Bushnell, who died for truth and justice.

I pray for his precious loved ones

that us rededicate ourselves to genuine solidarity

with Palestinians undergoing genocidal attacks in real time.

Well, many Jewish commentators, said Dr. West,

comments encouraging political violence by those opposed to Israel's

existence. We're joining me now to discuss his controversial post, is the independent presidential

candidate, Professor Cornel West. Cornel, great to see you. Thank you very much for coming back on

uncensored. Always a blessing to be in conversation with you, my brother. And the feeling is

very mutual. Let me just ask you, my brother. And the feeling is very mutual.

Let me just ask you.

Many people were pretty surprised by the tone of your tweet, not least the fact that you

would categorize what Aaron Bushnell did as extraordinary courage and commitment.

Many people think it was the act of somebody quite possibly very seriously,

mentally ill, taking his life in dramatic circumstances, and that that was not necessarily

consistent with being courageous or committed. Well, one is that you think of Cato, the younger, when he killed himself as the Roman Empire

began to emerge and the Roman Republic was collapsing.

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