Jon Stewart: “Rabin, who was trying to make peace in that area with the…”

“I don't necessarily know that that's the case. And all the Arab states in 2002 offered Israel to normalize relations for the granting of a Palestinian state and Israel rejected it. And Rabin, who was trying to make peace in that area with the Palestinians, was assassinated not by Hamas, but by an Israeli extremist. So the idea that they are somehow blameless or have done nothing wrong is. I don't understand why we can't criticize them.” (1:07:14–1:07:24)

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