As Middle East tensions escalate on multiple fronts and Congress votes again to end the Iran War, political friction has spilled over into pop culture. Rapper Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s stadium tour after shouting "Free Palestine" on stage - a move triggered by Patriots owner Robert Kraft banning him from Gillette Stadium. 

With supporting acts quitting in protest and Sheeran facing intense backlash, Piers Morgan dives into the chaos, asking who is really to blame and whether silencing artists ever actually works.

Joining him is The Young Turks’ Ana Kasparian, Democracy-ish host Wajahat Ali, former Republican congressman Joe Walsh and Yemen-born journalist and activist Luai Ahmed.

We’re also joined by  former Israeli Prime Ministers Ehud Olmert and Naftali Bennett.

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:03:55) Macklemore and the Ed Sheeran controversy

(00:12:40) Backlash directed at Ed Sheeran

(00:19:03) Macklemore’s antisemitism and ‘Jewface’ caricature

(00:26:22) Israel’s declining popularity in America

(00:26:55) Mecca drone attack and the Houthis 

(00:34:34) Wajahat Ali is challenged over Rula Jebreal monkey interview 

(00:39:34) Ex-Israeli PM Ehud Olmert joins the show

(00:40:53) Ehud Olmert and Piers discuss the Haaretz piece on Benjamin Netanyahu 

(00:42:15) Ehud Olmert on Charlie Kirk’s claims of a “stand down order” on October 7th  

(00:49:22) Ehud Olmert reacts to Ed Miliband justifying the UK’s West Bank sanctions

(00:53:44) Ehud Olmert reacts to Doron Spielman calling him a “self-hating jew”

(00:55:42) Ex-Israeli PM Naftali Bennett on the Haaretz Netanyahu controversy

(00:57:13) Polymarket: Who will be the Prime Minister of Israel after the election? https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-be-the-next-prime-minister-of-israel-after-the-next-election

(01:00:10) Naftali Bennett on the Macklemore controversy

(01:01:45) Piers’ tribute to Bonnie Greer

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