Watan-The British-Egyptian activist and content creator, Mohammed Hijab, confronted one of the prominent Zionist rabbis in America on an American TV show, delivering responses that were unexpected. The discussion revolved around the ongoing war in Gaza and the continuous Israeli occupation crimes for over 42 days, all in the face of a perplexing global silence.

Mohammed Hijab, a Muslim activist and YouTuber, appeared on the “Piers Morgan” show, engaging with the Jewish rabbi, Shmouli Botiak, who claims to be the most renowned rabbi in the United States.

Debate: Mohammed Hijab Confronts Zionist Rabbi in Discussion with Piers Morgan

In the opening segment of the program, Piers Morgan, who had previously hosted Bassem Youssef, asked Mohammed Hijab: “Can we blame Hamas?” Hijab responded with a strong reply, stating, “From one perspective, some may argue that Hamas initiated the conflict starting October 7, even naming the operation ‘Aqsa Flood.'”

He continued, “However, from another perspective, which is the perspective of international law, we are talking about 1967, about United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, which declares Israel a belligerent state as it occupies the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.”

He added, “If we remove Hamas altogether from the equation, the West Bank remains, and there – as he mentioned – there are 187 in the occupation’s prisons according to B’Tselem, an Israeli non-governmental organization, without any charges. There are also 44 children who, before the events of October 7, were killed in 2023 alone.”

Hijab also referred to what he described as infiltrators, meaning settlements, which the host had condemned in a previous program.

In response to Hijab, Rabbi Botiak claimed that Resolution 242 did not mention anything about aggression or the aggressor – an implicit admission that Israel is the aggressor. He added that Hijab is talking about “disputed territories.”

In a clear contradiction, he stated that the occupiers of Gaza are Hamas, who won the elections in 2006 and, according to him, had a civil war against Mahmoud Abbas.

The rabbi began to deflect from answering directly, citing Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, the greatest conqueror in the history of Islam, who allowed the exchange of prisoners and did not keep any hostages. Islam, he claimed, recommended the good treatment of prisoners.

Regarding his reliable sources, the rabbi claimed to be the reliable source himself and went on to lie, alleging that he witnessed how resistance elements violated women in a kibbutz.

Hijab countered by directing a question to the host, Piers, asking if he believed the Israeli occupation army is a terrorist organization, to which the host’s unequivocal answer was: no.

Piers Morgan Finds Himself in a Dilemma

Mohammed Hijab responded fiercely to Piers Morgan, putting him in a tight spot: “If we look at the United Nations’ definition of terrorist organizations, it mentions the killing of civilians or prisoners. According to your definition, killing civilians for political purposes is terrorism. So why is the Israeli army not considered a terrorist organization?”

Hijab presented an image of a Palestinian child’s lifeless body that had been distorted, asking again, “When you see children like this, did they fight to not be considered terrorists?”

Piers responded with confusion, saying, “I am in a great moral dilemma because I hate those gruesome scenes of children killed in Gaza; it’s tragic, and we all know that.”

The rabbi then questioned Hijab, saying, “You don’t believe that Jews have the right to defend themselves,” to which the latter sarcastically replied, “The Israeli army can go and fight; even Abu Ubaidah said, ‘We are waiting for you.'” He repeated it passionately in Arabic, saying, “What I have been advocating for my entire life is for you to face us.”

Addressing a point raised by Shmouli, who claimed that Churchill bombed most of Germany in the forties in response to genocide, Hijab stated that the British leader was mistaken.

After Morgan asked him again, Hijab said, “Churchill was wrong. Through the killing in Dresden and Hamburg, indiscriminate killing, and collective punishment.”