“Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” the network announced Thursday due to remarks he recently made with his United Nations speech Wednesday defending Palestinian use of force against Israel and repeating a “so called” terrorist mantra calling for Israel’s elimination. The term “… a free Palestine from the river to the sea,” is allegedly a slogan associated with the Palestine Liberation Organization and the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8_3mGQTX2E
Hill tweeted:
My reference to “river to the sea” was not a call to destroy anything or anyone. It was a call for justice, both in Israel and in the West Bank/Gaza. The speech very clearly and specifically said those things. No amount of debate will change what I actually said or what I meant.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) November 29, 2018
Hill is currently a professor at Temple University. The University released the following statement “Marc Lamont Hill has been quoted extensively over the last 24 hours. Marc Lamont Hill does not represent Temple University and his views are his own. However, we acknowledge that he has a constitutionally protected right to express his opinion as a private citizen”.
This isn’t a case of throwing rocks and hiding hands. I genuinely believe in the arguments and principles that I shared in the speech. I also genuinely want peace, freedom, and security for everyone. These are not competing ideals and values.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) November 29, 2018
