Former Israeli PM Blasts CNN For Fake News Over Hospital Attack: Do Your Job

A few hours after a bomb attack on a Hospital in Gaza, Israel’s former Prime Minister Natftali Bennett scolded CNN and other mainstream media outlets during an interview.

Bennett told Anderson Cooper it is the job of the media to verify a story before running it.

Anderson Cooper couldn't handle the truth more than 72 seconds from Naftali Bennettpic.twitter.com/THS75JG7br

— iMac_too (@iMac_too) October 19, 2023

From Fox News:

“There are no two sides to this hospital [attack]. Either it was bombed by Israel, or it was targeted by someone else on the Palestinian side,” Bennett said to host Anderson Cooper.

“If two people come and say — one says it’s raining outside and the other says it’s dry, you don’t bring the quotes of both sides. You just G–d—n  open the window and look whether it’s raining or not. That’s what we did and this hospital, in fact, it’s a parking lot, was hit definitely, 100% by Islamic Jihad barrage,” he bluntly remarked.

The Israeli politician said three different videos, from various angles, and ballistics confirmed that Israel was not responsible. He also said they had intercepted radio messages from two Hamas terrorists saying Islamic Jihad was responsible for the attack.

He claimed that if this was another nation fighting Hamas in this war, the media wouldn’t have been so quick to accept Hamas’s version of events.

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“So, Anderson, with all due respect there aren’t two sides to this. Not everything is two sides, and I have a feeling that if it wasn’t the state of Israel then I think the global media would have behaved very differently,” he stated.

There was a lot of confusion following the blast, with Hamas claiming it was Israel that was responsible and the IDF claiming the bomb came from Palestine.

In addition to the conflicting news from the media, politicians also did their best to spread disinformation.

Some American politicians, who are sympathetic to Palestine, were very quick to blame Israel for the bombing.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has been one of the most vocal supporters of Palestine since Hamas started the war. She was also one of the first people to blame Israel for the hospital blast.

Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that. @POTUS this is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a ceasefire & help de-escalate.

Your war and destruction only approach has opened my eyes and many… https://t.co/mZYoifT7bj

— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) October 17, 2023

Her fellow Squad member Ilian Omar also attacked Israel for defending itself.

Democrat Ilhan Omar, a disgraceful antisemite, freaks out when somebody asks why Israel shouldn't have a right to defend itself against the terrorists who brutally tortured and killed so many innocent children, women, and men pic.twitter.com/q2C1sj0Enq

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 21, 2023

Joe Biden also told reporters that Israel was not responsible for the bombing.

"Based on what I've seen it was done by the other team.."

Biden on Israeli bombing of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza. We remember what happend last time he claimed to have "seen" something. pic.twitter.com/fSJNqLPKsb

— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) October 18, 2023