Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely on Piers Morgan. (X Screenshot)
Hotovely’s unflinching defense left Morgan visibly taken aback—and reframed the debate in Israel’s favor.
Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely firmly pushed back against broadcaster Piers Morgan in a tense interview that quickly went viral.
Morgan opened with a pointed accusation: “Are you prepared to kill children in this war?” claiming Israel’s strategy against Hamas is “failing.”
Hotovely fired back with historical clarity. “How many Japanese children were killed under American attacks, and how many German children were killed under UK attacks in the Second World War?” she asked.
“Israel is not anywhere near the American attacks in Tokyo that killed 100,000 civilians, and not anywhere near to what the UK was doing in the Second World War.”
She made it clear: “If you want to play a fair game, you need to understand how Western armies operated in the past.”
When addressing the broader implications of halting the war, Hotovely directly challenged Morgan:
“If Israel finishes the war today and Hamas stays on our doorstep, what kind of future do you promise my children? A future where October 7th happens again and again, just like Hamas leaders promised? Is that what you expect Israeli leadership to accept?”
Morgan conceded, “I did not think of that,” acknowledging Hamas shouldn’t even be allowed to “run a store” after the war.
“So how do you achieve that?” Hotovely pressed. “Who’s volunteering to demilitarize the Gaza Strip?”
She continued: “Israel doesn’t like fighting,” she stressed.
“These are our sons, brothers, and husbands who are fighting this war. No one has an interest to lose his business and to fight for 600 days unless it’s a really existential threat. And Gaza has become an existential threat because of what happened, because they’re being backed up by Iran, and we are not going to let it repeat even if we lose your sympathy. And we need to win this war and Israel will do everything to make sure Hamas won’t control the Gaza Strip. And I don’t get to hear from anyone, including the leaders of Europe, a better plan of how to dismantle Hamas besides fighting.”
Hotovely’s unflinching defense left Morgan visibly taken aback—and reframed the debate in Israel’s favor.
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