Kushner, Witkoff Reject 60 Minutes Question on Whether Israel Committed a ‘Genocide’ in Gaza: ‘Absolutely Not’

STAHL (voice-over): “The deal allowed members of Hamas to stay in Gaza and called on Israel to release nearly 2,000 Palestinians, including some convicted terrorists. Once the ceasefire went into effect, Hamas was given 72 hours to free the Israeli hostages. Kushner and Witkoff waited nervously.”

STAHL: “So you decide to go to Gaza. And what’d you see?”
KUSHNER: “It looked almost like a nuclear bomb had been set off in that area. And then you see these people moving back. And I asked the IDF, ‘Where are they going?’ Like, I’m looking around, these are all ruins. And they said, ‘Well, they’re going back to the areas where their destroyed home was, onto their plot, and they’re gonna pitch a tent. And it’s very sad because you think to yourself, they really have nowhere else to go.”
STAHL: “Would you say now, having been there, that it was genocide?”
KUSHNER: “No. No.”
WITKOFF: “Absolutely not. No. No, there was a war being fought.”
STAHL: “So that very night, you go to a hostage square where the families of the hostages have been protesting, mourning, being very frustrated, angry sometimes. And every time you mention President Trump — “

WITKOFF: “To president Donald J. Trump...”
(Cheering and Applause)

WITKOFF: “I had to stop because they were cheering.”
STAHL: “But then you tried to thank Netanyahu and — “

WITKOFF: “To Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...”
(Audience boos)

STAHL: “Every time you said his name, they booed.”
WITKOFF: “Look, that’s how they feel. I don’t feel that way. And I thought he steered his country through some really difficult circumstances.”
STAHL: “People think that he prolonged the incarceration of the hostages for his own political future.”
WITKOFF: “I don’t think that’s the case.”