Bill Maher defends Israel, rips 'liberal media' and 'Bella Hadids of the world'

"Real Time" host Bill Maher weighed in on the Israel-Gaza conflict Friday night after canceling last week's show following his positive coronavirus test result. 

"One of the frustrations I had while I was off is that I was watching this war go on in Israel … and it was frustrating to me because there was no one on liberal media to defend Israel, really," Maher began the panel discussion.  "There is a sense that [Israel's] response was probably a war crime because they did not sufficiently avoid civilian casualties." "The Jews has been in that area of the world since about 1200 B.C. … so if it's ‘Who got there first?’ it's not even close."  "Bella Hadid and her friends would run screaming to Tel Aviv if they had to live in Gaza for one day." "We've become this country now that we're kind of one-sided on this issue. And I'd also like to say off the bat I don't think kids understand -- and when I say kids I mean the younger generations – you can't learn history from Instagram," the 65-year-old Maher added. "There's just not enough space." The host clashed with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who suggested that Israel had committed "possible war crimes" against Gaza.