Marc Lamont Hill had a firm message for Black Americans on Tuesday, telling them why they should be concerned with Israel's ongoing attack on Gaza.

The Black News Tonight host said there are several reasons why Black people should care about what's happening to Palestinians.

"As Black Americans, we are taxpayers," he said. "As long as the United States continues to fund Israel with up to four billion in funding for their military, supply them with weapons and help them sustain what's going on over there, we are responsible."

The host dove deeper into history, saying Black people always stood in solidarity with those facing injustice and that must continue now.

"Black folks have always been the conscience of this nation," he said. "That's why we said 'what's happening in South Africa is wrong.' We were getting beaten by police, we were getting shot by police, we were getting killed by Reaganomics and George Bush after that, but we still continued to side with South Africa. Why? Because we needed to be on the right side of history."

To those who say Black people shouldn't care about Palestinians, Lamont urged them to change their perspective, saying the issues around the world are driven by the same factors. The host said capitalism, homophobia and racism are a core part of injustice systems around the world.

"If you want to stop oppression here, you have to stop oppression everywhere," he said.

Last week, Hill called out Rihanna for her comments on Palestine.

“Innocent Israeli and Palestinian children are hiding in bomb shelters. There needs to be some kind of resolve!" the singer wrote on Instagram. "We are sadly watching innocent people fall victim to notions perpetrated by government and extremists, and this cycle needs to be broken.”

The BET anchor described Rihanna's sentiment as an "All Lives Matter" perspective.

"These lives are being lost because Palestinians have dispossessed, they have been harmed,  they have been shot, they have been unlawfully arrested, they had their land taken from them," Hill said. 

He also took issue with people describing the attack as a "conflict."

"You come in my house and take my stuff and I try to fight back, that ain't a conflict," the anchor said. "It's called resistance."

The Black Lives Matter organization issued a statement on Twitter on Monday to express its support for Palestinians.

"Black Lives Matter stands in solidarity with Palestinians," the group wrote. "We are a movement committed to ending settler colonialism in all forms and will continue to advocate for Palestinian liberation. ( always have. And always will be )."

According to Al Jazeera, at least 63 children are among the more than 200 Palestinians who have been killed in the Gaza Strip since May 10 when Israel launched air raids on the coastal Palestinian territory. 

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