Piers Morgan

You've got to listen to what you're being told by the other side. You can't have a blindly implacable view of anything. I respect, for example, the Israel-Hamas war. The people I've had on are most respected, have been able to concede. If you're on the Palestinian side, for example, and I am to a large degree supportive of a lot of what they say about the way Palestinians have been treated.

You've got to listen to what you're being told by the other side. You can't have a blindly implacable view of anything. I respect, for example, the Israel-Hamas war. The people I've had on are most respected, have been able to concede. If you're on the Palestinian side, for example, and I am to a large degree supportive of a lot of what they say about the way Palestinians have been treated.

But if they come on and they say that they won't condemn Hamas, it's to ask everyone the same question. It became a bit of a running joke on social media. But there's a reason I ask it. If they condemn what Hamas did on October the 7th, I can move forward to a debate where I know that they're intellectually honest.

But if they come on and they say that they won't condemn Hamas, it's to ask everyone the same question. It became a bit of a running joke on social media. But there's a reason I ask it. If they condemn what Hamas did on October the 7th, I can move forward to a debate where I know that they're intellectually honest.

But if they come on and they say that they won't condemn Hamas, it's to ask everyone the same question. It became a bit of a running joke on social media. But there's a reason I ask it. If they condemn what Hamas did on October the 7th, I can move forward to a debate where I know that they're intellectually honest.

If they can't, I know I'm dealing with somebody who's so blindly, implacably hateful towards Israel that they can't see the wood for the trees and they won't see mass murder perpetrated. in front of their eyes, they won't see a terror attack in front of their eyes and call it out for what it is.

If they can't, I know I'm dealing with somebody who's so blindly, implacably hateful towards Israel that they can't see the wood for the trees and they won't see mass murder perpetrated. in front of their eyes, they won't see a terror attack in front of their eyes and call it out for what it is.

If they can't, I know I'm dealing with somebody who's so blindly, implacably hateful towards Israel that they can't see the wood for the trees and they won't see mass murder perpetrated. in front of their eyes, they won't see a terror attack in front of their eyes and call it out for what it is.

Similarly, on the pro-Israel side, if they don't have any empathy or sympathy for the plight of the Palestinian people going back decades, it's very hard to have a conversation with them where you think they're being intellectually honest. They're not, because you can have both opinions, as I do. So I think that intellectual honesty is a powerful tool.

Similarly, on the pro-Israel side, if they don't have any empathy or sympathy for the plight of the Palestinian people going back decades, it's very hard to have a conversation with them where you think they're being intellectually honest. They're not, because you can have both opinions, as I do. So I think that intellectual honesty is a powerful tool.

Similarly, on the pro-Israel side, if they don't have any empathy or sympathy for the plight of the Palestinian people going back decades, it's very hard to have a conversation with them where you think they're being intellectually honest. They're not, because you can have both opinions, as I do. So I think that intellectual honesty is a powerful tool.

You know, when I've had Israel guests recently who've omitted quite readily, that the expansion of the settlements on the West Bank is just plain wrong and probably constitutes a war crime, I think, great. That's intellectual honesty there, because obviously it is.

You know, when I've had Israel guests recently who've omitted quite readily, that the expansion of the settlements on the West Bank is just plain wrong and probably constitutes a war crime, I think, great. That's intellectual honesty there, because obviously it is.

You know, when I've had Israel guests recently who've omitted quite readily, that the expansion of the settlements on the West Bank is just plain wrong and probably constitutes a war crime, I think, great. That's intellectual honesty there, because obviously it is.

But if they don't, if they try and even defend that, you know you're dealing with people who are just so hyper-partisan, they're not prepared to even look at an obvious wrongdoing by their side and admit it's wrong, because they think it's weak. What about...

But if they don't, if they try and even defend that, you know you're dealing with people who are just so hyper-partisan, they're not prepared to even look at an obvious wrongdoing by their side and admit it's wrong, because they think it's weak. What about...

But if they don't, if they try and even defend that, you know you're dealing with people who are just so hyper-partisan, they're not prepared to even look at an obvious wrongdoing by their side and admit it's wrong, because they think it's weak. What about...

You can take people on and you can show some fire in the belly when it's something you care about. I've done that a lot through these war periods when I felt that – particularly when I feel people are being just crass and completely insensitive to things. Then I feel the blood boiling a bit. But I come back to the best debates are where I have people from both sides and they take on each other.

You can take people on and you can show some fire in the belly when it's something you care about. I've done that a lot through these war periods when I felt that – particularly when I feel people are being just crass and completely insensitive to things. Then I feel the blood boiling a bit. But I come back to the best debates are where I have people from both sides and they take on each other.

You can take people on and you can show some fire in the belly when it's something you care about. I've done that a lot through these war periods when I felt that – particularly when I feel people are being just crass and completely insensitive to things. Then I feel the blood boiling a bit. But I come back to the best debates are where I have people from both sides and they take on each other.