The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) condemns in the strongest possible terms the disgraceful performance by Piers Morgan during his recent interview with Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely. What unfolded was not journalism. It was a hostile, one-sided ambush – a spectacle of sneering ignorance and intellectual laziness masquerading as moral outrage.
Morgan’s tactic was as predictable as it was pathetic: shout down the Israeli ambassador, bark accusations with no factual grounding, and then accuse her of evasion while refusing to let her finish a sentence. This wasn’t an interview – it was a televised show trial in which the verdict was predetermined, and the facts were irrelevant.
He ranted about Israel’s refusal to allow foreign journalists into Gaza, pretending not to know that Hamas censors, controls, and co-opts every media presence in the Strip. He blustered about child casualties, parroting unverified numbers from Hamas’s “health ministry,” while showing zero curiosity about how those deaths occur – namely, because Hamas embeds itself deliberately among civilians. And when Ambassador Hotovely attempted to explain, he cut her off and accused her of either ignorance or indifference.
NJA Vice Chairman Keith Rowe said: “Piers Morgan’s treatment of Ambassador Hotovely was a disgrace to broadcasting. This wasn’t journalism – it was a smug, hectoring tirade built entirely on Hamas talking points. He offered no context, no curiosity, and no respect. He doesn’t interview – he performs. And his performance has consequences.”
Indeed, Morgan’s double standards are now impossible to ignore. When pro-Hamas apologists appear on his show, they are met with nods and softball questions. When a representative of a democratic state under siege appears, she is shouted at, insulted, and prevented from replying.
This is not just bias – it’s moral dereliction. In the middle of a war against a genocidal terror organisation, Morgan chose to amplify the propaganda of the perpetrators while berating the victims.
The NJA calls on broadcasters to stop platforming this brand of partisan theatrics, and reminds viewers that Piers Morgan’s soapbox is not a substitute for serious discourse.
