Former Israeli PM mic drops on CNN over media coverage of Gaza hospital bombing: 'Do your job and show the truth'

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett scolded the mainstream media on Wednesday for disseminating Hamas propaganda about the bombing of the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza.

In the immediate aftermath of the hospital bombing, the Western media uncritically reported what Hamas claimed: that Israel was responsible. But those outlets quickly backtracked when it became more clear that Israel did not bomb the hospital. American intelligence later corroborated this fact.

In an interview with Bennett, CNN host Anderson Cooper asked if "more could have been accomplished" with President Joe Biden's short visit to Israel, invoking a meeting with other Arab nations that was cancelled after Hamas claimed Israel bombed the Gaza hospital.

Bennett, however, ignored the question and immediately trounced on the media.

"There are no two sides to this hospital" story, Bennett declared.

"Either it was bombed by Israel, or it was targeted by someone else on the Palestinian side," he said. "If two people come and say one says it's raining outside and the other said it's dry, you don't bring the quotes of both sides. You just god**** open the window and look whether it's raining or no.

"That's what we did. And this hospital, in fact, it's a parking lot, was hit definitely a hundred percent by Islamic Jihad barrage shot fired at 6:59 p.m. We have three different videos from different angles showing it. We have the ballistics. We know that an Israeli bomb would have created a crater, which does not exist," Bennett explained.

Bennett then said the media only believed Hamas because the claim involved Israel, and if it didn't, the "media would have behaved very differently."

"So, Anderson, with all due respect, there aren't two sides to this. Not everything is two sides," Bennett scolded.

No, CNN, there aren’t two “narratives” to the Gaza hospital blast. Go do your goddamn job.www.youtube.com

Still, Cooper defended the media playing both sides.

Cooper explained that media outlets "have not been able to independently verify the claims," which is why they broadcast the competing versions of the incident. But Bennett was in no mood to hear it.

"I have to barge in here. I have to say something," Bennett interjected, silencing Cooper.

"I was in 9/11. I was in Manhattan when it happened. And if a day later, Al Qaeda would have said that it's America who perpetrated it. No one would have quoted it Al Qaeda," he said. "And somehow there's a double standard here.

"You had 30 hours to validate. We have all the information. Everything is transparent. For heaven's sakes!" Bennett continued. "To see the headline of the New York Times saying the Palestinians claim that Israel bombarded a hospital — we don't do that. It's the Palestinians who rape young girls. It's the Palestinians who tear apart limbs. It's the Palestinians who burn whole families and shoot 5-month-old babies. It's the Palestinians, for heaven's sake, who kidnapped 84-year-old Holocaust survivors. It's not the Israelis. This is not what Israel does."

In the end, Bennett told Cooper, "You've had ample time, do your job and show the truth. There is moral clarity in the world. Not everything has two sides to it."

And with that mic drop, the interview was over.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!