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Late-night TV did its best to address theescalating violencebetween Israel and Hamas.
Which is not something they would have done back in the day.
This started to change with the 90s version of late night.
Leno made his bones on big news stories like the O.J.
Simpson trial and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Below, how the hosts copedwith a constantly escalating political situation in their monologues.
Rather than start the show withLast Week Tonights typical opening, Oliver began the episode by addressing the conflict.
Israelis and Palestinians have been let down by their leadership time and time again.
His first joke was aboutTaylor Swiftbeing MIA at Sundays big football game.
Our hearts go out to everyone whos been impacted, he said once he reached the desk.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel put the focus on Trump, because thats also where Trump focused.
Kimmel called out TrumpsWalhbergiandelusion that none of this would be happening if he were still in charge.
Thats right, Kimmel said, if he was president, wed all be blissfully downing jiggers of bleach.
Thered be no war anywhere.
The human mind simply refuses to do it, he said.
refused to do it.
Meyers said he wouldnt pretend to have answers and urged us all to retain our compassion and humanity.
It requires the absolute best of us to think clearly in times like this.
And I hope with all my heart the best of us can emerge in this time of unthinkable loss.
He then returned to Taylor Swift and Trump jokes, as most of the other late-night hosts did.
