Views On Operation Pillar of Defense
On November 18th 2012, during Operation Pillar of Defense, Colonel Kemp interviewd with IDF military reporter Yair Barzilai, and stated that "In this current operation, Hamas is repeating old tactics of placing civilians in the line of fire and is responsible for their lives. At the same time, it deliberately fires missiles at the Israeli civilian population, without provocation and with no just cause." He also added that "The ordinary people of Gaza are not at liberty to say what they really think if they are questioned by the media or if they are questioned by investigators. They are under so much pressure to say what Hamas requires them to say."
Regarding his Pro IDF views Kemp told IDF reporter Barzilai: "People ask me why I have a pro-IDF point of view. I consider myself as having an objective view of what's happening over here. The IDF does not need me to defend them; they have proven it over the years," he said. "It's the dispassionate military perspective that I bring."
Regarding the bias of some media outlets he commented in his interview with the IDF reporter, that the situation is often misrepresented due to a lack of experience in such delicate war zones: "It was clear to me that there was a great deal of propaganda that was being generated against Israel, and then being exploited by people who didn't understand military matters and didn't want to question it, it suited their agenda to vilify Israel."
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