Thursday, November 14, 2024

Who is Pete Hegseth, the pro-Israel Fox News host picked to head Pentagon?

from al Jazeera

Hegseth has been pro-Israel in his coverage of war on Gaza and dubbed the two-state solution a “lip service”. He did a series – Battle in the Holy Land: Israel at War – about the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza and interviewed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March.

“My interview with Israeli PM @netanyahu today. Israel needs our support!” he posted on X in March.

As an evangelical Christian, he views the Israel-Palestine conflict through a biblical lens.

“This is not some mystical land that can be dismissed. It’s the story of God’s chosen people. That story didn’t end in 1776 or in 1948 or with the founding of the UN. All of these things still resonate and matter today,” Hegseth said in a 2016 interview with the Jewish Press.

Hegseth has also been hawkish towards Iran, calling Tehran “an evil regime” in the wake of the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, in 2020...

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