Father of released hostage Emily Hand says Israel critics ‘don’t know a thing’

Thomas Hand, the father of 9-year-old former hostage Emily Hand, dismisses criticisms from anti-Israel activists that the country’s response to the Hamas onslaught is disproportionate, saying they are ignorant of reality.

Irish-Israeli Hand is asked about this in an interview with the UK’s Piers Morgan.

“They don’t know a thing,” Hand says impassionedly.

“We are living it, OK?” he says. “You have no right to even speak to me. Have you ever been to Israel, ever, any one of you saying ‘it’s disproportionate,’ any one of you coming to see ‘apartheid’ in this country? It doesn’t exist, you idiots. It doesn’t exist.”

Hand notes how all signs across the country and on all public transportation are in Arabic as well as Hebrew.

“If it were apartheid you wouldn’t do that; you wouldn’t waste your money, for crying out loud,” he says.

“Come to any hospital in this country, come to any school in this country, come to any city in this country, you’ll find Arabs, women, female Arabs, professors in hospitals, everywhere,” he says.

“You are talking out of your bottoms. You have no idea,” he says. “And you are all chanting “From the river to the sea” — you don’t know what river, you don’t know your history, you don’t know your geography.”

"You're all chanting 'From The River To The Sea' – you don't know what river!"

Thomas Hand, whose daughter was held captive by Hamas for 50 days, reacts passionately to those who say Israel's response has been disproportionate.@piersmorgan | @TalkTV | #PMU pic.twitter.com/UI3WNfClN7

— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) January 15, 2024