Cenk Uygur + Mike Huckabee - Netanyahu's 'Stand Down' Plot + Israel 'Terrorism'

September 14, 2026

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In the days after October 7, 2023, Charlie Kirk—a conservative American commentator and staunch supporter of Israel—went on television and asked a question that has since become central to the most damning allegations against Benjamin Netanyahu: "Was there a stand down order?" Kirk noted that it takes 45 minutes to cross Israel in a helicopter, yet the IDF took six to seven hours to respond to the Hamas attack. He called this "a legitimate non-conspiracy question." That question, and the larger argument that Netanyahu had both motive and foreknowledge to allow the attack to happen, drives this episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, which features two sharply opposed guests: Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks, and Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **October 7th Failures and the 'Stand Down' Question** - Piers Morgan introduces the core question of whether the Israeli government deliberately delayed its response to the Hamas attack.
2 (04:09) **Cenk Uygur on the "Radical Zionist" Motive** - Uygur argues Netanyahu had a strategic reason to allow the attack to proceed.
3 (11:58) **Why the War is "Awesome" for Israel's Radical Zionists** - Uygur explains the strategic benefits of the war for the Israeli government, contrasting them with American interests.
4 (16:03) **Ambassador Huckabee Labels Settlers as "Terrorists"** - Piers Morgan highlights the significance of Mike Huckabee using the word "terrorist" to describe violent Israeli settlers.
5 (19:51) **The Conflation of Jews with the Israeli Government** - Morgan raises the issue of rising anti-Semitism as a consequence of the conflict.
6 (23:33) **The Iran War: An "Obvious Lie" for America** - Uygur argues the stated reason for the war with Iran (preventing nuclear weapons) is false and serves only Israeli interests.
7 (29:35) **The "Classic Israeli Defence" vs. the Occupation** - Uygur dismantles the argument that Israel is acting in self-defense.

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Show Notes

Did Benjamin Netanyahu receive direct advance warning of the catastrophic October 7th attacks? Piers Morgan Uncensored examines a bombshell report from Haaretz claiming the UAE Prime Minister personally warned Netanyahu one week prior to the attack about a terrifying operation poised to destabilise the region.

As former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett asserts Netanyahu bears "personal and direct responsibility," intense scrutiny turns to the shocking six-hour military delay during the onslaught. Was it catastrophic failure, or something far more sinister?

Piers Morgan speaks to The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur and US ambassador for Israel, Mike Huckabee about this plus Israeli settlers being called ‘terrorists’.

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:04:06) Cenk Uygur addresses his chair malfunction

(00:17:00) Are Israeli settlers terrorists?

(00:34:30) Mike Huckabee on calling Israeli settlers terrorist

(00:41:59) Huckabee on calling Miliband a ‘Jew hater’

(00:44:45) UK sanctions on West Bank settlements

(00:54:15) The Watergate scandal and whistleblowers

(00:57:42) The Iran War: How has it damaged Trump in the run up to the election?

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