West sat down in-studio with anchor Abby D. Phillip on Apr. 11 as Abdullah chimed in remotely to touch on key issues surrounding their campaign , starting with the stance on the conflict in Gaza. Phillip alluded to Hamas not being able to guarantee Israel has 40 living hostages, said to be women, that may be sick and elderly out of the 100 possibly still in Gaza.
When she asked West if he felt Hamas should release the hostages in exchange for a ceasefire, he mentioned he doesn’t think that will happen. “Hamas is not going to ceasefire just for releasing. They themselves have to stop the bombing that keeps killing folks,” West said.
“Each life is precious, Israeli or Palestinian or whatever, but it’s the Palestinian lives that are being lost. We’ve got to start there.”
ICYMI: my interview tonight with Dr. Cornel West and his running mate Dr. Melina Abdullah on the conflict in Gaza, whether Israel should be a state and if Hamas should release the hostages in exchange for a ceasefire and much much more
