Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was interrupted twice by Palestinian supporters during a live interview on CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in Chicago on Tuesday night.
Minutes into the interview on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, a protester protesting the war in Gaza booed after Pelosi said the Democrats would pick Kamala Harris for Vice President.
Colbert told the audience that there was a protest in the audience and the show went to commercial break.
“There is a protest going on right now,” he said. “We’re going to go to a commercial break, but the topic is Israel and Palestine, and if you have a seat, we’re going to go to a commercial break, but when I come back, I’ll ask my next question. on this subject, if you will listen.”
After a commercial break, Pelosi spoke about the news Israel accepts the terms of the new US ceasefire proposalhe said he hoped that Hamas would also accept it.
“Yes, we have obligations regarding Israel. It is in our security interests to do so,” he said. “Israel was attacked by a terrorist organization. “We want the hostages to be released, but we don’t want children to be killed in Gaza, so we have to find a solution.”
“And now, just now, we got word today, earlier today, that Israel has agreed to a cease-fire agreement,” he said. “We hope that Hamas will do the same. But this leads me to tell you that war has no role in civilized society.
“We need to learn more about trust and peace and learn more about each other rather than resolving it through war,” he said as he was again interrupted by a protester, prompting Colbert to note that his response “didn’t satisfy some.” people.”
“They believe that the United States — wait a second, would you like to respond to what they’re saying?” Colbert asked Pelosi.
When Pelosi replied that she didn’t hear what the protester was saying, Colbert said they urged the United States to “have no role in giving Israel weapons to kill the people of Gaza.”
The former speaker of the House of Representatives later maintained that “Israel has the right to defend itself” and called for a two-state solution to end the war in Gaza.
“The pledges must be returned and the pledges will be returned. But the other part of it, which has been important for all of us for many years, is that there should be a two-state solution.” “You can’t have peace without a two-state Israel, a secure Jewish democratic state in the region, and a safe state for the Palestinians there as well. “If you don’t have a two-state solution, there won’t be a solution.”
Pelosi’s interview Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been called to resign Pro-Palestinian protests over policies since the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel ended the second night of the Democratic National Convention. arrests after demonstrators clashed with police In front of the Israeli consulate in downtown Chicago.