Jon Stewart mocks Christians and Scientology

Jon Stewart attacked Christians and mocked Scientology on Monday’s episode of The daily show.

In conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuIt is post-war plan to demilitarize the Gaza Stripthe comedian offered his own ideas for creating peace in the Middle East, with one suggestion involving God.

Palestinian activist group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people. Israel then launched airstrikes on Gaza. Supplies of food, medicine, energy and fuel to the region were cut off before Israel launched a ground offensive later that month.

As of February 27, nearly 30,000 people had been killed in Gaza, the Associated Press reports.

After criticizing the The United Nations and Gaza’s neighbors Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Stewart said there was “another actor” who could campaign for a ceasefire in Gaza: Christians.

Jokingly referring to Christians as a “little religious start-up from Bethlehem,” Stewart cuts to a sermon from televangelist John Hagee.

“Jesus Christ is going to sweep this battlefield and wipe out this army of 200 million people,” Hagee says in the footage. “Blood will flow to a horse’s bridle.”

Pretending to be stunned by Hagee’s words, Stewart asks, “So this is the plan for the Prince of Peace?”

“I’m no horsemanship expert, but if the blood goes all the way to the bridle, that’s a huge amount of blood, right?”

“Unless it’s the mini horses,” the 61-year-old continued. “Because it’s still a lot of blood, but it’s more manageable and adorable.”

Stewart said current proposals to end the war between Israel and Hamas are based on one group’s “leaving,” and since that is unlikely, he shared his own “solutions for peace.”

The actor jumped on a CBS news segment of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers at the Seeds of Peace camp in Maine. The nonprofit is dedicated to “transforming legacies of conflict into change,” with the children playing tennis, canoeing and singing songs together in the brief video.

“Okay, that one hasn’t been expanded yet,” Stewart joked. “And it might take longer than us.”

His second suggestion was to “just ask God,” before lamenting the deity’s “lack of communication” on the subject.

“This is his house,” Stewart said. “He started all this, ask God. He can tell us who is right.”

“Is it the Jews? Is it the Muslims? Is it the Zoroastrians?” He continued. “If it’s the Scientologists, a lot of us are going to have egg on our faces.”

News week has contacted Jon Stewart, John Hagee and the Church of Scientology for comment via email.

Stewart referred to The daily show on February 12 after a nine-year hiatus.

The Emmy winner will cover the run-up to the 2024 general election and has so far targeted potential presidential candidates Donald Trump And Joe Biden, conservative commentator Tucker Carlsonand Trump’s niece and vocal critic, psychologist Mary Trump—dividing viewers with his comments.