Stew­art Com­pares Israel To Rus­sia, Appears To Blame It For Iran­ian Rev­o­lu­tion

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On Monday’s edi­tion of The Dai­ly Show on Com­e­dy Cen­tral, Jon Stew­art declared that Israel is not that dif­fer­ent from Rus­sia, which would make its Amer­i­can defend­ers hyp­ocrites. Lat­er, Stew­art wel­comed CNN/PBS’s Chris­tiane Aman­pour, where he fur­ther accused Israel of being a bad his­to­ry stu­dent, but it was clear that it was Stew­art who need­ed to reread his his­to­ry books.
Stewart’s dis­hon­est Israel-Rus­sia com­par­i­son includ­ed a clip of White House Press Sec­re­tary Karine Jean-Pierre con­demn­ing Russia’s tar­get­ing of jour­na …