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November 25, 2024

Far-Right Pundit Sebastian Gorka Returns to Trump WH, Recently Claimed Palestine Doesn't Exist
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Trump has named controversial far-right pundit Sebastian Gorka to become
senior National Security Council director for counterterrorism and
deputy assistant to the president. It's a top post that does not require
Senate confirmation. Gorka advised Trump in his first term but was
pushed out after The Forward revealed he once had ties to a Hungarian
far-right, Nazi-allied group and that he supported an antisemitic and
racist paramilitary militia in Hungary while he served as a Hungarian
politician.
During an interview earlier this month on the Russian broadcaster RT,
Gorka denied Palestine exists.

Afshin Rattansi: "Why can't you talk about genocide in Gaza? And is that
the same" -

Sebastian Gorka: "Because there isn't" -

Afshin Rattansi: "- "with all of the Trump administration?"

Sebastian Gorka: "Because there isn't any genocide in Gaza. A, there is
no such thing as Palestine. Do you know what the etymology of the word
'Palestinian' is? It was a name invented by the Roman Empire" -

Afshin Rattansi: "Yeah, the problem is" -

Sebastian Gorka: - "to insult Jews."

Afshin Rattansi: "The problem is, is that impartially, interlocutor" -

Sebastian Gorka: "Do you understand? No, no, no, no."

Afshin Rattansi: "You know that that is not shared" -

Sebastian Gorka: "Let me - let me finish my point."

Afshin Rattansi: - "by the rest of the world."

Sebastian Gorka: "Let me - let me finish the point."

Afshin Rattansi: "The rest of the world disagrees with you."

Sebastian Gorka: "You know that - you know" -

Afshin Rattansi: "So, you're going to be as - you're going to be, again"
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Sebastian Gorka: "I'm glad - I'm glad you talk for the rest of the
world."



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