Dershowitz Threatens To Sue Fellow Guest For Calling Him A 'Pervert'
MAGA “Democrat” Alan Dershowitz was paired with Mohammed Hijab, introduced as a “Muslim philosopher, scholar and YouTuber,” to discuss the Israel-Hamas war on Piers Morgan’s “Uncensored” show. I’ll refrain from commenting on the substance of that part of the discussion.
Morgan claimed at the beginning that he wanted a “civilized debate,” one he hoped would reach “potentially some points of agreement.” But I suspect a food fight was exactly what he wanted. It was certainly what Morgan egged on and what he got.
I have almost nothing good to say about Dershowitz but he did make substantive and civil opening remarks on the state of the conflict. Hijab, on the other hand, went right for the jugular:
“First of all, I would like to say that wherever we see suffering, wherever we see death and destruction, especially of young people – assault, sexual assault, we see Dershowitz to the rescue,” Hijab began when it was his turn to speak. “The former defense attorney of Jeffrey Epstein, a man himself accused of – “
Dershowitz interrupted to say, “I knew we’d get to that –“
“I didn’t give you permission to interrupt me,” Hijab shot back. Then the shouting began.
Rather than ask Hijab to stick to the subject of Israel and Hamas, Morgan eventually broke in to say that attacking a lawyer for defending Epstein is “a stupid argument.”
Naturally, that only prompted more argument. Hijab asked Morgan if Dershowitz “has got leverage on you.” Morgan, of course, denied it.