{"id":515141,"date":"2021-05-16T17:20:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T21:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=515141"},"modified":"2021-05-16T17:21:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T21:21:01","slug":"kyrie-irving-not-focused-on-basketball-turns-his-focus-to-israeli-palestinian-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrie-irving-not-focused-on-basketball-turns-his-focus-to-israeli-palestinian-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving Not Focused On Basketball, Turns His Focus to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkyrie-irving-not-focused-on-basketball-turns-his-focus-to-israeli-palestinian-conflict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=515141&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1177518527.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Kyrie Irving has never been one to \u201cstick to sports.\u201d As his Brooklyn Nets begin their journey toward chasing an NBA Championship, Irving is making it clear that sports are not the first thing on his mind. After the Nets victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday, Irving chose to focus on the continuing violence in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYNets\/status\/1393683364507496450?s=20\">video from SNY<\/a>, Irving stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"37\">\n<p><span><i>I\u2019m not going to lie to you guys, a lot of stuff is going on in this world, and basketball is just not the most important thing to me right now. There\u2019s a lot of stuff going on overseas. All my people are still in bondage across the world, and there\u2019s a lot of dehumanization going on.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>So I apologize if I\u2019m not going to be focused on y\u2019all\u2019s questions. It\u2019s just too much going on in the world for me to just be talking about basketball. I focus on this s*** 24\/7, most of the time, but it\u2019s just too much going on in this world not to address. It\u2019s just sad to see this s*** going on. It\u2019s not just in Palestine, it\u2019s not just in Israel. It\u2019s all over the world, man, and I feel it. I\u2019m very compassionate \u2026 to all races, all cultures, and to see a lot of different people being discriminated against based on their religion, color of their skin, what they believe in. It\u2019s just sad.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>We all say we\u2019re human beings, and we care, and we\u2019re compassionate, but what are you doing to help? \u2026 My goal out here, my purpose is to help humanity. And I can\u2019t sit here and not address that. I don\u2019t care which way you stand. On either side, if you\u2019re a human being, and you support the anti-war effort that\u2019s going on. There\u2019s a lot of people losing their lives \u2014 children, a lot of babies, and that\u2019s just what I\u2019m focused on.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.226666666667\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kyrie Irving comments on recent events around the world:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sad to see this s\u2014 going on\u2026 it\u2019s all over the world, and I feel it\u2026 my goal and my purpose is to help humanity, and I can\u2019t sit here and not address that.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDrpmZPP7F\">pic.twitter.com\/dDrpmZPP7F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nets Videos (@SNYNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYNets\/status\/1393683364507496450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Irving\u2019s comments come as violence between Israel and the Palestinians is at its worst in years. On Saturday, Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idf.il\/en\/minisites\/operation-guardian-of-the-walls\/idf-strikes-multi-story-building-which-contained-military-assets-belonging-to-hamas-military-intelligence\/\">confirmed<\/a> their attack on a high-rise building in Gaza City which housed Palestinian terrorists:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><span><i>A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck a multi-story building which contained military assets belonging to the intelligence offices of the Hamas terror organization.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>The building contained civilian media offices, which the Hamas terror organization hides behind and uses as human shields. The Hamas terror organization deliberately places military targets at the heart of densely populated civilian areas in the Gaza Strip.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Prior to the strike, the IDF provided advance warning to civilians in the building and allowed sufficient time for them to evacuate the site.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/it-is-a-perfectly-legitimate-target-netanyahu-confirms-israel-shared-intelligence-proving-ap-building-housed-hamas\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, <\/span><span>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared the intelligence with the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe shared with our American friends all that intelligence,\u201d Netanyahu said on \u201cFace The Nation.\u201d \u201cHere\u2019s the intelligence we had: it\u2019s about Palestinian terrorists, an intelligence office for the Palestinian terrorist organization, housed in that building, that plots and organizes the terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians. So it\u2019s a perfectly legitimate target.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNo people were killed,\u201d Netanyahu explained, later adding: \u201cNow imagine, ask yourself, \u2018How is that possible?\u2019 You see these highrise towers that are used by Hamas. Over and over again, they collapse and no one is killed. Why does that happen? Because we, unlike Hamas, take special precautions to tell people [to] leave the building, leave the premises.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Netanyahu went on to describe how Israel attempts to minimize civilian casualties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe make sure that everyone is gone before we bring down those terrorist facilities,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the difference between Israel and Hamas. They <\/span><i><span>deliberately <\/span><\/i><span>target our cities, <\/span><i><span>deliberately<\/span><\/i><span> target our civilians. They glorify the death of children and civilians and old people. They\u2019re happy with it. I think they are happy with any deaths that are caused [to] them. We grieve for <\/span><i><span>every<\/span><\/i><span> non-combatant loss in Gaza, and we grieve for all our civilians who die. We\u2019re not happy with it, and we try to minimize it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Irving and the Nets will enter the playoffs as the likely favorites to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals. If Brooklyn defeats the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night, they will be the No. 2 overall seed in the East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <a href=\"mailto:Sports@dailywire.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sports@dailywire.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyrie Irving has never been one to \u201cstick to sports.\u201d As his Brooklyn Nets begin their journey toward chasing an NBA Championship, Irving is making it clear that sports are &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278265,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1177518527.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kyrie Irving Not Focused On Basketball, Turns His Focus to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-515141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1177518527.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kyrie Irving Not Focused On Basketball, Turns His Focus to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}