CNN Commentator Van Jones Attacks Pro-Hamas ‘Idiots’ For Supporting ‘Nazi Organization’

In a discussion with actor and activist Jonah Platt on Tuesday, CNN commentator Van Jones offered strong words to describe Hamas and the terrorist group’s Western backers.

“The Palestinians deserve all the support in the world,” Jones said Oct. 29 during the Being Jewish with Jonah Platt podcast. “Their cause is right, they want human rights, they want dignity, they want sovereignty – that’s beautiful. And it’s been hijacked by a Nazi organization called Hamas, who are horrible

Contradicting the positions of some others on the left, Jones said of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip: “They are not freedom fighters. They are freedom takers. They are not interested in democracy, they are not interested in human rights. They are not interested in women’s rights. They are not interested in gay rights.â€

Jones continued: “They are not interested in anything we are interested in. And they are trying to destroy Israel more than they are trying to help the Palestinians. It is a Nazi organization

Characterizing support for the Palestinians as “a good cause that has been hijacked by bad people”, he urged that “you should be able to talk about this honestly”.

He said that as a result of his views on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, “I’ve had people take money out of things that I’m a part of.” But who cares? Nothing compared to what those kids went through at the Nova festival. Nothing compared to what the people went through in the kibbutz.â€

Personalizing the discussion, Jones said “I’m a progressive, so Hamas attacked my people. These are my people on the kibbutz – they’re liberals, they’re my people

He also dismissed some of the rhetoric used by the left to justify mass murder: “You have these idiots here talking about, ‘Oh, these were the Nazi Zionist colonizers, blah, blah, blah.’ And I’m like, ‘Guys , you know nothing about anything, you look like idiots and the only reason you can get away with it is because there just aren’t that many Jews to fight