Former President Obama has taken intense heat after taking a nuanced approach to the Israel-Hamas war, in which he is seemingly taking sides with Palestinians.
Last weekend, Obama insisted that "all of us are complicit" for the violence that erupted in Israel at the hands of Hamas terrorists on October 7.
Many, including figures who swing to the Left, condemn the former president's stance.
Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said his relationship with Obama will forever be over, saying the former president should be ashamed.
Dershowitz told "Mornings With Maria" that he would never speak to Obama again, adding that the 44th president has always had a "deep hatred" of Israel.
"I think he always had a deep hatred of Israel in his heart. He hid it very well. He called me to the Oval Office, and he said to me, 'Alan, you've known me for a long time. You know I have Israel's back.' I didn't realize he meant to paint a target on it," Dershowitz recalled.
He added that Obama has contributed to the problem because he is highly respected among younger generations.
Meanwhile, "Real Time" host Bill Maher said that he was "disappointed" at the Democrat over his comments regarding Hamas' slaughter of Israelis.
On Friday, he accused Obama of pushing "moral equivalency" between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group.
I must say I am struggling with people's moral equivalency still. I mean, Barack Obama, who has rarely disappointed me, did so this week… His statement, I mean, is not a horrible statement, but he said, 'If you want to solve the problem, then you have to take in the whole truth, and then you have to admit nobody's hands are clean.' Literally, that's true, of course. But just giving two examples where this is, I don't think, a helpful statement at this moment. First of all, the attack was only a month ago. It's a more savage attack than we've ever seen in reverse. There's a big difference between collateral damage and what Hamas did." Secondly, the Israelis are now on a four-hour pause for people to get out. So people say, 'Oh, wow, how big of them.' Ok, but it is a war that the other side started! It's so interesting. When they fired [at] Israel, it was a war. When Israel fires back, it's a war crime. Little crazy… Also, would Hamas do that? Would they give four-hour pauses? No, no pausing. And then Israel's heritage minister was asked in an interview about using a nuke on Gaza. And he said, 'That's one of the possibilities.' He was fired, not allowed in the Cabinet meeting anymore, disavowed by the Prime Minister. Would that happen in reverse? So enough with the moral equivalencies, please.
Maher also criticized a letter signed by over 750 pro-Hamas "journalists," who are urging newsrooms to use terms such as "apartheid" and "genocide" to describe Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
