Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Book Tour Stirs Up More Outrage as He Speculates About Whether He Would Have Had the ‘Strength’ Not To Participate in October 7 Attack

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book tour is being dominated by his anti-Israel views.

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Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates’ tour promoting his new book “The Message” is continuing to be dominated by his anti-Israel comments, including his latest remark of note in which he openly speculated about whether he would have participated in Hamas’ October 7 attack. 

Mr. Coates, whose book is currently Amazon’s number one bestseller, sat down for an interview with the anti-Israel comedian Trevor Noah for his “What Now” podcast and speculated about Hamas’ motivations for the October 7 massacre. “Things have histories,” he mused. “They happen in the course of events.”

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