Bill O’Reilly believes Christiane Amanpour only apologized for her comments about Israel and Hamas because “she wants a paycheck.”
On Friday’s episode of “No Spin News,” the host suggested that the only reason CNN’s top international anchor apologized Monday for comments about Israeli hostages being treated better than many Gazans after their release as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas was to collect her pay.
“Amanpour sort of avoided that by not mentioning Trump but trying to make a comparison, as you just said, an equivalence between how Gaza civilians are treated with the heavy hand of Israel, of course, as opposed to how kidnapped hostages are treated,” O’Reilly said. “But she apologized, and that’s because she wants a paycheck.”
On Monday, CNN’s top international anchor retracted comments she made when Hamas released the 20 live hostages. Earlier in the day he claimed that Israeli hostages might have had it easier than ordinary citizens in Gaza.
“Now, earlier live, I spoke about what a day of true joy this is for Israeli families whose loved ones are finally returning from two years of horrific Hamas captivity, and for civilians in Gaza who finally had a respite from two years of brutal and deadly war,” Amanpour said in his apology. “I noted that the hostages who are finally home will take a long time to recover mentally and physically, but I also regret that I said that they could have been treated better than many Gazans because Hamas used these hostages as pawns and bargaining chips.”
She continued: “But that was insensitive and wrong. In speaking to many former hostages and their families, like everyone else, I have been horrified by what Hamas has subjected them to for two long years. They have told me, as you have just heard, their stories of being able to barely breathe in the tunnels, not being allowed to cry, going hungry and being forced to dig their own graves. And of course, today, some of the hostages They’re coming back in body bags.”
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