„Bomb the f*** out of them,“ Rock said of taking aim at Palestinian civilians during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
Kid Rock has been criticized on social media after stating during an interview with Joe Rogan that Israel should kill tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians until Hamas returns its remaining hostages.
The Middle East bloodshed erupted on October 7, when Hamas led a surprise attack in southern Israel that killed roughly 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages back to Gaza. Israel’s response, massive airstrikes and a ground invasion, has killed nearly 30,000 Palestinians in the territory, many of them women and children, according to Reuters, citing Gaza’s health ministry.
„Only wars we won were f****** ones where we were the most brutal motherf****** on the planet,“ the musician said. „Which, I don’t disagree with what Israel is doing.“
He continued: „It’s like, they should just go in there and be like, you know what? We want our hostages back,“ he went on. „If we don’t have them back, clock starts now. And f****** 24 hours, we’re going to start bombing motherf****** and killing f****** civilians, 30-, 40,000 a f****** time. So you civilians better f****** pack up and f****** get these f****** motherf******. And you go against Hamas. You f****** go against them. We’re not playing f****** games with you.“
„Yeah but the problem is the civilians are not armed,“ Rogan pushed back.
„Bomb the f*** out of them. Someone’s going to learn,“ Rock said later in the discussion, prompting Rogan to counter that „you can’t just nuclear bomb people.“
„I didn’t say nuke ‚em,“ Rock clarified, after bringing up Hiroshima and Nagasaki as examples of how Palestinians should be treated by Israel.
