I bit the bullet. tl:dw - he tried to straddle the line for an American audience by saying both sides were bad. He went on to admit he wasn’t educated enough on the subject to explain the history and continued by saying that those in power (Hamas and Bibi) don’t represent the opinions held by everyone there. Finally, he denounced collective punishment of Palestinians and called for a ceasefire.

IMO, it’s an opinion fairly left of the American political center, keeping in mind that America’s political center is skewed to the right, and has always been the area John operated to try to widen the Overton window.