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.