TV host pushes back over Gaza claims made at Sydney rally

Sky News host James Macpherson criticises claims made at a pro-Palestinian event in Sydney, saying they are not supported by wider reports and coverage coming out of Gaza.

“While I was at a Pro-Palestinian event in Sydney last Tuesday, being told the Israelis were starving Gazans to death while systematically exterminating them from the face of the earth … Gazans were limbering up for fun runs, waxing surfboards and cheering at football matches,” Mr Macpherson said.

“None of this denies the destruction, the displacement, or the very real human cost of war. It is not a comedy, and pretending otherwise would be grotesque.

“But so too are claims of an ongoing genocide when reports coming out of Gaza at the weekend clearly show otherwise.”