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"Zionist" is just the word people use so they don't have to say "Jew" out loud before they say something hateful about Jews. Call me a Jew. Call me a proud Jew. Call me a dirty Jew if that's what you mean. Just stop hiding behind "Zionist." Scooter Braun Scott “Scooter” Braun

"Zionist" is just the word people use so they don't have to say "Jew" out loud before they say something hateful about Jews. Call me a Jew. Call me a proud Jew. Call me a dirty Jew if that's what you mean. Just stop hiding behind "Zionist." Scooter Braun Scott “Scooter” Braun

149,868 просмотров • 3 дней назад

This is not a debate. It's a shutdown.

This is not a debate. It's a shutdown.

1,599,314 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Mehdi Hasan Mehdi Hasan says he can debunk Israel's defenders in under 60 seconds. His method? Reading a list of names really fast. That's not an argument. That's a filibuster with a bibliography. Fine. Start the clock. Here's the problem with his fifty sources: it's one source wearing fifty costumes. The UN cites Amnesty. Amnesty cites a different UN report. That one cites the BBC. The BBC cites UNRWA. UNRWA cites the Gaza Ministry of Health. The Gaza Ministry of Health is Hamas. Even a member of his own genocide scholars association has a name for this: "citation washing." Congratulations. You just traced fifty "independent" voices back to one terrorist press office. Now, a few of his star witnesses. The International Association of Genocide Scholars? $30 and you're in. Emperor Palpatine is a member. So is Cookie Monster. Amnesty? Their own report — page 101 — calls the established legal standard too "cramped" to reach a genocide finding. The law as written wouldn't convict Israel, so they loosened the law. B'Tselem said the quiet part louder — their report openly adopts "a broader analytical framework" than the legal definition. That's lawyer-speak for "we changed the rules." The UN? The General Assembly passed 17 resolutions against Israel in 2024. Seven against the entire rest of the planet combined. North Korea, Iran, Syria, Russia — one each. Sudan, where actual mass slaughter is happening right now? Zero. And here's a name Mehdi will never read off his list: Alice Wairimu Nderitu. The UN's own Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Their in-house expert. The one person whose entire job was answering this exact question. She looked at the evidence, looked at the law, and refused to call Gaza a genocide. Her reward? "Hounded, day in, day out. Bullied, hounded, with protection from nobody." Her words. Then her contract quietly wasn't renewed. She said the pressure to declare a genocide "never happened for any other war. Not for Ukraine, not for Sudan, not for Democratic Republic of Congo." The UN's genocide expert said no — so the UN got a new genocide expert. Oh, and one more name he forgot: the jihadist terrorist group Hamas. The original proponent of the genocide libel — the source his fifty sources trace back to. Somehow they didn't make the list. Neither did any of the scholars, military experts, former hostages, survivors, and millions of common-sense humans united in rejecting the claim. Instead of rattling off a list of "because they said so," how about evidence? Millions of warning leaflets. Humanitarian corridors. Polio vaccines. 130 babies born a day. The Jewish birth rate during the Holocaust was statistically zero. That's what genocide looks like. Fifty sources quoting each other isn't fifty sources. It's an echo chamber with footnotes. So, Mehdi's big question: Who do I believe? Wrong question. It's not about Who. It's about What. I believe incontrovertible evidence. Population data. Millions of tons of aid. Hard casualty numbers. Weighed against the actual legal definition — not a list of people and organizations quoting each other. Because I fact-check. Time.

Mehdi Hasan Mehdi Hasan says he can debunk Israel's defenders in under 60 seconds. His method? Reading a list of names really fast. That's not an argument. That's a filibuster with a bibliography. Fine. Start the clock. Here's the problem with his fifty sources: it's one source wearing fifty costumes. The UN cites Amnesty. Amnesty cites a different UN report. That one cites the BBC. The BBC cites UNRWA. UNRWA cites the Gaza Ministry of Health. The Gaza Ministry of Health is Hamas. Even a member of his own genocide scholars association has a name for this: "citation washing." Congratulations. You just traced fifty "independent" voices back to one terrorist press office. Now, a few of his star witnesses. The International Association of Genocide Scholars? $30 and you're in. Emperor Palpatine is a member. So is Cookie Monster. Amnesty? Their own report — page 101 — calls the established legal standard too "cramped" to reach a genocide finding. The law as written wouldn't convict Israel, so they loosened the law. B'Tselem said the quiet part louder — their report openly adopts "a broader analytical framework" than the legal definition. That's lawyer-speak for "we changed the rules." The UN? The General Assembly passed 17 resolutions against Israel in 2024. Seven against the entire rest of the planet combined. North Korea, Iran, Syria, Russia — one each. Sudan, where actual mass slaughter is happening right now? Zero. And here's a name Mehdi will never read off his list: Alice Wairimu Nderitu. The UN's own Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Their in-house expert. The one person whose entire job was answering this exact question. She looked at the evidence, looked at the law, and refused to call Gaza a genocide. Her reward? "Hounded, day in, day out. Bullied, hounded, with protection from nobody." Her words. Then her contract quietly wasn't renewed. She said the pressure to declare a genocide "never happened for any other war. Not for Ukraine, not for Sudan, not for Democratic Republic of Congo." The UN's genocide expert said no — so the UN got a new genocide expert. Oh, and one more name he forgot: the jihadist terrorist group Hamas. The original proponent of the genocide libel — the source his fifty sources trace back to. Somehow they didn't make the list. Neither did any of the scholars, military experts, former hostages, survivors, and millions of common-sense humans united in rejecting the claim. Instead of rattling off a list of "because they said so," how about evidence? Millions of warning leaflets. Humanitarian corridors. Polio vaccines. 130 babies born a day. The Jewish birth rate during the Holocaust was statistically zero. That's what genocide looks like. Fifty sources quoting each other isn't fifty sources. It's an echo chamber with footnotes. So, Mehdi's big question: Who do I believe? Wrong question. It's not about Who. It's about What. I believe incontrovertible evidence. Population data. Millions of tons of aid. Hard casualty numbers. Weighed against the actual legal definition — not a list of people and organizations quoting each other. Because I fact-check. Time.

309,212 просмотров • 23 дней назад

Masterclass in demagoguery from Ms. Rachel: "Wanting kids to live isn't antisemitic." True sentence. Five words. Zero accountability. A whole community smeared. Because in that framing, the only reason Jews would object... is that they don't want kids to live. This is what modern Jew-hatred looks like dressed up as kindness.

Masterclass in demagoguery from Ms. Rachel: "Wanting kids to live isn't antisemitic." True sentence. Five words. Zero accountability. A whole community smeared. Because in that framing, the only reason Jews would object... is that they don't want kids to live. This is what modern Jew-hatred looks like dressed up as kindness.

528,589 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

"She's a Zionist. She's a Zionist. She's a Zionist. I don't understand what you're trying to broadcast to the world about who I am. You're not saying anything about me." OUT NOW🎙️ Jamie-Lynn Sigler Jamie-Lynn Sigler on my brand new podcast.

133,836 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

You don’t get to call out antisemitism on the right and then recycle the same tropes on the left – just swapping “Jews” for “Israel.” But that's what Hasan Piker does. Different word. Same idea. Same damage. My comment for The Lead CNN with Jake Tapper 🦅

You don’t get to call out antisemitism on the right and then recycle the same tropes on the left – just swapping “Jews” for “Israel.” But that's what Hasan Piker does. Different word. Same idea. Same damage. My comment for The Lead CNN with Jake Tapper 🦅

133,536 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

"We've all known it was a fraud. Now they've proved it with their silence." – Debra Messing calls out the boldest hypocrisy no one's talking about. From my conversation with Link in comments👇

"We've all known it was a fraud. Now they've proved it with their silence." – Debra Messing calls out the boldest hypocrisy no one's talking about. From my conversation with Link in comments👇

128,756 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Always listen to what Mamdani says. Carefully.👇 Ami Kozak

Always listen to what Mamdani says. Carefully.👇 Ami Kozak

12,605 просмотров • 24 дней назад

⚡️Antisemitism is not merely a Jewish or an Israeli problem. This is a civilization challenge. — Ritchie Torres Rep. Ritchie Torres

⚡️Antisemitism is not merely a Jewish or an Israeli problem. This is a civilization challenge. — Ritchie Torres Rep. Ritchie Torres

16,381 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

✡️15.7 million Jews in the world. Still below our pre-Holocaust population. And no strategy to change that. Why are we choosing this?🤔

✡️15.7 million Jews in the world. Still below our pre-Holocaust population. And no strategy to change that. Why are we choosing this?🤔

30,197 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Today, we remember.

Today, we remember.

52,959 просмотров • 9 месяцев назад

Imagine two cultures side by side. One glorifies suicide bombing. The other releases 1,000+ prisoners to save one life. One hides weapons in schools and hospitals. The other sends vaccines and humanitarian aid to a hostile population. And yet the accusation is reversed. That’s how a libel works: invert reality, repeat the charge, let the lie travel. Watch and decide for yourself.

Imagine two cultures side by side. One glorifies suicide bombing. The other releases 1,000+ prisoners to save one life. One hides weapons in schools and hospitals. The other sends vaccines and humanitarian aid to a hostile population. And yet the accusation is reversed. That’s how a libel works: invert reality, repeat the charge, let the lie travel. Watch and decide for yourself.

27,592 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

😂 The sound of laughter saved superstar comedian Tiffany Haddish as a kid—and became her lifelong superpower. Discover the full story of she is how she became the woman she is on this week's episode of Being Jewish with Jonah Platt. Full episode streaming now on YouTube and all podcast platforms 👇 📺 Find Being Jewish on TV! Thursday at 5 PM, 8 PM & 11 PM Friday at 7 AM & 11 AM Saturday at 2 AM & 7 PM PT Watch on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or your local cable provider. #TiffanyHaddish #BeingJewish #PodcastEpisode #NowStreaming #JewishVoices #ComedyPodcast #HealingThroughLaughter #JewishIdentity #InspiringStories #CelebrityInterview

😂 The sound of laughter saved superstar comedian Tiffany Haddish as a kid—and became her lifelong superpower. Discover the full story of she is how she became the woman she is on this week's episode of Being Jewish with Jonah Platt. Full episode streaming now on YouTube and all podcast platforms 👇 📺 Find Being Jewish on TV! Thursday at 5 PM, 8 PM & 11 PM Friday at 7 AM & 11 AM Saturday at 2 AM & 7 PM PT Watch on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or your local cable provider. #TiffanyHaddish #BeingJewish #PodcastEpisode #NowStreaming #JewishVoices #ComedyPodcast #HealingThroughLaughter #JewishIdentity #InspiringStories #CelebrityInterview

45,590 просмотров • 1 год назад

Can you be pro-Palestine without being anti-Israel? 🎙️ My full conversation with Howie Mandel — comedian, actor, and producer — is out now on Being Jewish with Jonah Platt.

Can you be pro-Palestine without being anti-Israel? 🎙️ My full conversation with Howie Mandel — comedian, actor, and producer — is out now on Being Jewish with Jonah Platt.

22,400 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад

🕯 “You’ll have to ask Mr. Hitler what happened to them.” British author David Baddiel ("Jews Don't Count") reflects on how recent the Holocaust truly was, and how quickly we forget. Catch the latest episode of Being Jewish now on YouTube and all podcast platforms 📺 Find Being Jewish on JBS TV! Thursday at 5 PM, 8 PM & 11 PM Friday at 7 AM & 11 AM Saturday at 2 AM & 7 PM PT Watch on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or your local cable provider #BeingJewish #DavidBaddiel #podcast #jonahplatt #jewsdontcount #rasict #jewish #antisemitism

🕯 “You’ll have to ask Mr. Hitler what happened to them.” British author David Baddiel ("Jews Don't Count") reflects on how recent the Holocaust truly was, and how quickly we forget. Catch the latest episode of Being Jewish now on YouTube and all podcast platforms 📺 Find Being Jewish on JBS TV! Thursday at 5 PM, 8 PM & 11 PM Friday at 7 AM & 11 AM Saturday at 2 AM & 7 PM PT Watch on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or your local cable provider #BeingJewish #DavidBaddiel #podcast #jonahplatt #jewsdontcount #rasict #jewish #antisemitism

32,110 просмотров • 1 год назад

ELECTION DAY SPECIAL with Jake Tapper 🦅 streaming now

ELECTION DAY SPECIAL with Jake Tapper 🦅 streaming now

23,137 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад

NEW EPISODE ALERT! Jonah brings the incredible Jewish college leaders Eden Yadegar (Columbia) and Tessa Veksler (UCSB) to the pod to cover all the issues affecting Jews on campus today and beyond. In this first clip, the trio dig into the archetype behind the modern phenomenon of Anti-Israel Jews. Don't miss this inspiring and thought-provoking episode of Being Jewish, now on YouTube and all podcast platforms 📺 Find Being Jewish on JBS TV! Thursday at 5 PM, 8 PM & 11 PM, Friday at 7 AM & 11 AM, and Saturday at 2 AM & 7 PM PT. Watch on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or your local cable provider. #beingjewish #podcast #advocacy #university #columbia #newyork #student #speakup #tessaveksler #edenyadegar #jonahplatt #ucsb

NEW EPISODE ALERT! Jonah brings the incredible Jewish college leaders Eden Yadegar (Columbia) and Tessa Veksler (UCSB) to the pod to cover all the issues affecting Jews on campus today and beyond. In this first clip, the trio dig into the archetype behind the modern phenomenon of Anti-Israel Jews. Don't miss this inspiring and thought-provoking episode of Being Jewish, now on YouTube and all podcast platforms 📺 Find Being Jewish on JBS TV! Thursday at 5 PM, 8 PM & 11 PM, Friday at 7 AM & 11 AM, and Saturday at 2 AM & 7 PM PT. Watch on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or your local cable provider. #beingjewish #podcast #advocacy #university #columbia #newyork #student #speakup #tessaveksler #edenyadegar #jonahplatt #ucsb

28,140 просмотров • 1 год назад

The rise of Jew hate around the world is a real problem. So is the ongoDavidBaddiel #podcast #jonahplatt #jewsdontcount #rasictessary, but according to "Jews Don't Count" author David Baddiel , an act of anti-Jew racism. Catch the latest episode of Being Jewish now on YouTube and all podcast platforms 📺 Find Being Jewish on JBS TV! Thursday at 5 PM, 8 PM & 11 PM Friday at 7 AM & 11 AM Saturday at 2 AM & 7 PM PT Watch on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or your local cable provider #BeingJewish #DavidBaddiel #podcast #jonahplatt #jewsdontcount #rasict #jewish #antisemitism

The rise of Jew hate around the world is a real problem. So is the ongoDavidBaddiel #podcast #jonahplatt #jewsdontcount #rasictessary, but according to "Jews Don't Count" author David Baddiel , an act of anti-Jew racism. Catch the latest episode of Being Jewish now on YouTube and all podcast platforms 📺 Find Being Jewish on JBS TV! Thursday at 5 PM, 8 PM & 11 PM Friday at 7 AM & 11 AM Saturday at 2 AM & 7 PM PT Watch on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or your local cable provider #BeingJewish #DavidBaddiel #podcast #jonahplatt #jewsdontcount #rasict #jewish #antisemitism

24,820 просмотров • 1 год назад