Piers Morgan Uncensored
Episode overview

“Torture Does NOT Work!” Explosive Report On Brutality Against Palestinians In Israel-Hamas War

Piers Morgan Uncensored · 5 Egleze moments
“Torture Does NOT Work!” Explosive Report On Brutality Against Palestinians In Israel-Hamas War
Episode summary

Piers Morgan hosted an explosive debate on Uncensored examining two bombshell reports on sexual violence in the Israel-Hamas conflict: one by the Israeli Civil Commission documenting October 7th atrocities by Hamas, and another by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nick Kristof alleging systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners by Israeli security forces. The panel featured US-Israeli journalist Emily Schrader, former Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, former IDF soldier and whistleblower Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, Young Turks host Anna Kasparian, and former IDF special forces commander Doron Kempel. While all panelists initially agreed sexual violence is universally wrong, the discussion quickly devolved into heated accusations, with Kasparian calling Schrader an Israeli intelligence operative and propagandist for a genocidal regime, which Schrader denied as defamation. Ben-Ephraim corroborated Kristof's most controversial claim that dogs were used to sexually threaten Palestinian detainees, based on direct testimony from Israeli prison guards. O'Neill provided battlefield perspective by categorically stating that torture does not work based on his experience conducting over 400 combat interrogations. The debate expanded to address Israel's newly passed two-tier death penalty law targeting Palestinians, the killing of over 200 journalists in Gaza, administrative detention without trial, and the US role in bombing an Iranian school with Tomahawk missiles that killed roughly 200 schoolgirls. Morgan pressed panelists on why the Israeli government bans international media from Gaza and why investigations into alleged IDF wrongdoing rarely produce public accountability. The second half featured an exclusive interview with GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen about his rejected $55 billion bid for eBay, where he dismissed critics including Michael Burry and called eBay's management team losers running a great business into mediocrity.

Key points
Watch original episode More from Piers Morgan Uncensored

5 moments from this episode

Source-linked · editorially selected
01
Geopolitics

Israeli Government Passes Two-Tier Death Penalty Law Targeting Palestinians Only

Piers Morgan highlighted that Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated with champagne and received a cake with a noose from his wife after the Knesset passed legislation creating a two-tier death penalty system. The law allows capital punishment for Palestinians convicted of terrorism but does not apply the same standard to Israelis who commit acts of terrorism, despite Israel's history of right-wing Israeli terrorists assassinating prime ministers.

Read this moment →
02
Politics

Anna Kasparian Accuses Emily Schrader of Being Israeli Intelligence Operative

In a heated exchange, Anna Kasparian directly accused Emily Schrader of being an intelligence operative rather than a journalist, specifically claiming she worked for Unit 8200. Schrader immediately denied the allegation, calling it legal defamation and stating she never served in the Israeli army or government. The confrontation escalated when Kasparian called Schrader a propagandist for a genocidal regime.

Read this moment →
03
Military

Rob O'Neill States Torture Categorically Does Not Work Based on 400 Combat Missions

The former Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden emphatically stated that torture is ineffective based on hundreds of combat interrogations he personally conducted. O'Neill explained that torture only makes detainees tell interrogators what they want to hear, and that catching suspects in lies through rapport-building is far more effective. He called torture fundamentally wrong and urged young soldiers to learn from his 17 years of experience.

Read this moment →
04
Geopolitics

United States Confirmed as Source of Tomahawk Missiles That Killed Iranian Schoolgirls

Anna Kasparian stated definitively that the United States was responsible for bombing a school in Manab, Iran, that killed approximately 200 schoolgirls, based on forensic evidence showing Tomahawk missiles were used. She emphasized that four separate strikes hit the school, not one or two, and that only the US possesses that weapons system. Kasparian expressed horror that Americans have blood on their hands for the atrocity.

Read this moment →
05
Geopolitics

Former IDF Soldier Confirms Dogs Used to Sexually Threaten Palestinian Prisoners

Former IDF soldier and whistleblower Shaiel Ben-Ephraim corroborated Nick Kristof's reporting by confirming that two Israeli prison guards he interviewed described dogs being used to sexually threaten Palestinian detainees. One guard witnessed the abuse directly, while another heard about it secondhand. Ben-Ephraim stated that multiple IDF officers and prison service members are aware of the practice, though he could not confirm whether penetration occurred.

Read this moment →