CNN’s Van Jones Issues Apology After Controversial Gaza Remarks
(MENAFN) CNN political commentator Van Jones issued an apology Sunday following intense backlash over remarks he made on HBO’s Overtime with Bill Maher, where he appeared to joke about images of dead children in Gaza.
During the broadcast, Jones claimed younger audiences’ perceptions of Israel are shaped by what he called a “massive disinformation campaign” orchestrated by Iran and Qatar on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
“If you are a young person, you open up your phone and all you see is dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby ... That's basically your own feed,” Jones said.
Omar Suleiman, a well-known Muslim American scholar and activist, condemned the comments as “truly disgraceful and vile” on the social media platform X.
“I’m sorry dead Gaza babies bother you so much. Maybe tell the people paying you to put lipstick on a genocide to stop killing them,” Suleiman wrote.
Jones responded on X, admitting his statement was misguided: “Yeah, I messed up on this one. And I’m sorry. I was trying to raise awareness about foreign adversaries creating chaos online… But what I said was easily misunderstood, and the way I said it was flat-out insensitive.”
He continued, “Babies are dying every day in Gaza. Nobody should dispute that fact or make light of it in any way. To the people living in fear and burying family members every day, of all ages — I apologize.”
In a subsequent post, Jones reiterated that his comments on the Gaza conflict were “insensitive and hurtful.”
“The suffering of the people of Gaza — especially the children — is not a punch line. I’m deeply sorry it came across that way. What’s happening to children in Gaza is heartbreaking,” he said. “I’m praying and working for an immediate end to this war — and for peace and safety for every family caught in its path.”
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