AND I KNOW THAT EVEN SAYING THAT

SENTENCE MEANS I'M LOSING

FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT'S HOW CONTENTIOUS THIS

TOPIC IS.

BEFORE YOU EVEN FINISH THE

SENTENCE, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "YOU

IDIOT!

HOW DARE YOU!

SHUT THE HELL UP!"

BUT, GUYS, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT

IT, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE

MOST DIFFICULT STORIES THAT HAS

EXISTED IN OUR LIFETIME.

I MEAN, THERE ARE LOTS OF FIGHTS

THAT SEEM LIKE THEY WILL NEVER

COME TO AN END: INDIA VERSUS

PAKISTAN, CHINA VERSUS TIBET,

WHITE PEOPLE VERSUS RHYTHM.

BUT ISRAEL VERSUS PALESTINE IS A

73-YEAR-OLD BEEF THAT HAS

STUMPED EVERBODY.

I MEAN, WHEN IT STUMPED JARED, YOU KNEW THAT THIS THING WAS

YOU KNEW THAT THIS THING WAS

DIFFICULT.

BUT THE PARODOX, THE PARODOX IS

THAT BECAUSE ISRAEL AND

PALESTINE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR

SO LONG, PEOPLE FORGET THAT IT

IS ONGOING, UNTIL THERE ARE

FLARE-UPS THAT THE WORLD CANNOT

IGNORE, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED

AGAIN THIS WEEK.

>> OVERNIGHT, A DEADLY BARRAGE

FROM ISRAELI FORCES LIGHTING UP

THE SKIES OVER GAZA.

( SIRENS )

AND IN THE WEST BANK, WARNING

SIRENS ECHOING THROUGH

BETHLEHEM.

EARLIER, PALESTINIAN MILITANT

GROUPS FIRING MORE THAN 200

ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL, MOST OF THE

HAMAS ROCKETS STOPPED BY

ISRAEL'S MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM,

OR THEY FELL SHORT.

ISRAELI STRIKES REPORTEDLY

KILLING AT LEAST 23 PEOPLE,

INCLUDING NINE CHILDREN, ISRAEL

SAYING THE DEAD WERE MILITANTS.

AT LEAST SIX ISRAELIS WERE

REPORTED INJURED.

TENSIONS HAD BEEN ESCALATING

OVER ISRAELI MOVES TO EVICT

PALESTINIAN FAMILIES FROM THEIR

HOMES IN EAST JERUSALEM.

THEY BOILED OVER AS MORE THAN

100 WORSHIPPERS AND PROTESTERS

WERE INJURED AS ISRAELI POLICE

STORMED THE AL AQSA MOSQUE USING

TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.

>> Trevor: YES, THIS WEEK, THE

CONFLICT ESCALATED AGAIN, AND

NOW DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE DEAD.

INCLUDING CHILDREN.

AND, LOOK, MAN, WHAT MAKES

ISRAEL-PALESTINE SUCH A

DIFFICULT TOPIC TO EVEN BROCH

IS ALL THE LAYERS PACKED UNDER

IT.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY TO

BREAK IT DOWN, PEOPLE WILL SAY

YOU'RE LEAVING OUT SOME CRUCIAL

PIECE OF CONTEXT, AND THEY'RE

PROBABLY RIGHT.

I MEAN, THERE'S THE HISTORY OF

HOW ISRAEL BECAME A STATE AFTER

NAZI GERMANY TRIED TO DESTROY

THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO THE HISTORY OF

THE BRITISH TAKING THE LAND FROM

THE PALESTINIANS, NOT TO MENTION

THAT EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE REGION HAS ITS OWN ISSUES AND

REGION HAS ITS OWN ISSUES AND

ITS OWN AGENDAS.

AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT,

THERE'S RELIGION INVOLVED.

AND RELIGION HAS NEVER CALMED

ANY SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A

CLASH.

WHAT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER IS THE

FACT THAT WHO'S RIGHT AND WHO'S

WRONG ALWAYS SEEMS TO CHANGE,

DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU START

MEASURING FROM.

THIS WEEK WAS THE PERFECT,

PERFECT EXAMPLE OF IT.

IF YOU START FROM "ISRAEL FIRED

ROCKETS INTO GAZA," THEN ISRAEL

IS THE BAD GUY, BECAUSE THEY'RE

BOMBING GAZA.

BUT THEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK IN

TIME, YOU GO, "WELL, BUT HAMAS

FIRED ROCKETS AT ISRAEL."

THEN HAMAS IS THE BAD GUY.

BUT THEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK,

AND YOU GO, "BUT THE ISRAELI

POLICE WENT IN AND STARTED

BEATING PEOPLE UP IN A MOSQUE

DURING RAMADAN, THE MOST HOLY

TIME IN THE MUSLIM CALENDAR."

WELL THEN, ISRAEL IS THE BAD

GUY.

BUT THEN YOU GO, "WELL THE

PALESTINIANS WERE THROWING

ROCKS..."

"WELL, THE ISRAELIS WERE KICKING

PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES..."

"WELL, THE INTIFADA..."

"WELL, ISRAEL KEEPS TAKING MORE

AND MORE LAND..."

"WELL, THE ARAB INVASION..."

AND BACK AND BACK AND BACK, AMD

WHO KNOWS HOW FAR.

THE FIRST CAVEMEN WHO HIT EACH

OTHER WITH CLUBS WERE PROBABLY

ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN.

I DON'T KNOW.

AND, LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE

THAT ARGUMENT.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE

ARGUMENT AND THE NOISE THAT

GOES BACK AND FORTH IN THIS

THING, BECAUSE, HONESTLY, I

DON'T THINK ANY TV SHOW IN 10

MINUTES IS GOING TO SOLVE

ISRAEL-PALESTINE.

TEN MINUTES ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH

TIME TO EXPLAIN THE MORTAL

KOMBAT" CONFLICT.

SO I'M NOT EVEN TRYING TO COME

IN AND DO THAT.

THE PART WHERE WE SAY WHO'S GOOD

AND WHO'S BAD, OR WHO STARTED

IT-- LET'S STEP AWAY FROM THAT.

INSTEAD LET'S ASK A DIFFERENT

QUESTION.

INSTEAD, LET'S LOOK AT WHO'S

DEAD AND WHO'S ALIVE THIS WEEK.

IN GAZA, ISRAELI AIR STRIKES

HAVE REPORTEDLY KILLED 28

PEOPLE, INCLUDING 10 CHILDREN.

OVER 150 PEOPOLE HAVE BEEN

WOUNDED.

IN ISRAEL, HAMAS ROCKETS HAVE

KILLED TWO PEOPLE.

AND THIS EXCHANGE OF FIRE COMES

AFTER THE ISRAELI ASSAULT IN AND

AROUND THE AL AQSA MOSQUE THAT

LEFT MORE THAN 600 PALESTINIAN

PROTESTERS, WORSHIPERS, AND

CIVILIANS WOUNDED, AND A FEW

DOZEN ISRAELI POLICE.

NOW, PERSONALLY-- I'M NOT SAYING

FOR YOU-- JUST PERSONALLY,

I CANNOT WATCH THAT FOOTAGE AND

HEAR THOSE NUMBERS, AND SEE A

FAIR FIGHT.

SET ASIDE MOTIVES AND

INTENTIONS, AND JUST LOOK AT

TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY ALONE.

ISRAEL HAS ONE OF THE MOST

POWERFUL MILITARIES IN THE

WORLD.

THEY CAN CRUSH GAZA LIKE TA.

NOT TO MENTION ONE OF THE MOST

ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS.

YOU SHOOT A ROCKET AT THEM, IT'S

PROBABLY NOT GOING TO DO

ANYTHING TO THEM BECAUSE OF THAT

DEFENSE SYSTEM.

RIGHT, THEY'VE GOT A GIANT

MOTUMBO IN THE SKY, JUST

KNOCKING THEM DOWN.

AND I KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS

CONTENTIOUS, AND I KNOW PEOPLE

ARE GOING TO HATE ME FOR THIS.

BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK AN HONEST

QUESTION HERE: IF YOU ARE IN A

FIGHT WHERE THE OTHER PERSON

CANNOT KNET YOU, HOW MUCH SHOULD

YOU RETALIATE WHEN THEY TRY TO

HURT YOU?

IT'S AN HONEST QUESTION.

I ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I

THINK OF IT LIKE THIS: WHEN I

WAS A TEENAGER, I WOULD ALWAYS

GET INTO FIGHTS WITH MY LITTLE

BROTHERS.

AND LITTLE KIDS CAN BE VICIOUS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO PUNCH YOU IN

THE LEGS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO PUNCH YOU IN

THE NUTS.

THEY DO THAT.

BUT MY MOM WOULD SAY TO ME,

"TREVOR, DON'T HIT THE KID BACK,

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HURT YOU.ñu3i

IS FOUR."

AND I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, BUT THE

KID IS HITTING ME!

HE COULD HURT ME!"

BUT MY MOM SAID, "YES, BUT

YOU'RE ALSO SO MUCH BIGGER THAN

THE KID.

YOU CAN CRUSH HIM IN AN

INSTANT."

AND PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG,

BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEONE WILL

WATCH THIS AND SAY YOU'RE

COMPARING PALESTINIANS TO

CHILDREN.

I'M NOT DOING THAT.

I'M TELLING A STORY ABOUT

MYSELF, HONESTLY, I AM.

WHAT MY MOM MADE ME UNDERSTAND

IS, AS THE PERSON WHO HAS

IMMENSELY MORE POWER, I

HAD TO ASK MYSELF WHETHER MY

RESPONSE TO THIS CHILD WAS JUST

OR NECESSARY.

COULD I FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO

DEAL WITH THIS?

WHETHER I FELT AGGRIEVED OR NOT,

OR WHETHER THEY WERE FIGHTING

FAIR WAS ALMOST IRRELEVANT.

WAS I EVEN ABLE TO ASK MYSELF

THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY THEY WERE

DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING?

WAS I WILLING TO ADMIT GUILT.

THIS IS ALL PART OF THE QUESTION

I HAD TO ASK MYSELF.

BUT THE MAIN QUESTION I ASK IN

THIS SITUATION IS ABOUT POWER.

AGAIN, I KNOW, IT'S NOT A GREAT

ANALOGY BECAUSE I'M NOT SAYING

PALESTINIANS ARE CHILDREN.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE ALL

CHILDREN.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE HARMLESS

OR IRRATIONAL OR ACTING OUT.

I'M NOT SAYING ANY OF THAT.

I'M NOT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE

IN POWER, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE

DO ALL THE TIME.

THINK ABOUT POLICING.

IF A MAN HAS A KNIFE, SHOULD THE

COPS SHOOT HIM?

IN MANY PARTS AROUND THE WORLD,

LIKE IN THE U.K., THEY SAY,

"WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING TO

TRY AND NOT SHOOT THE PERSON,

EVEN AT RISK TO OURSELVES,"

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,

THEY BROUGHT A KNIFE TO A GUN

FIGHT.

SO WHAT'S THE RIGHT RESPONSE?

EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT ANSWERS

TO THE QUESTION, AND I'M NOT

TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION

NOR DO I THINK I'M SMART ENOUGH

TO SOLVE IT.

ALL I'M ASK IS WHEN YOU HAVE

THIS MUCH POWER, WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY?