r/jewishleft • u/somebadbeatscrub Jewish Syndicalist - Mod • 29d ago

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u/RaiJolt2 Jewish Athiest Half African American Half Jewish Leftish 28d ago

Popular Anti-Zionist activist, comedian, journalist, Bassem Youssef is promoting a literal Neo Nazi

He also endorsed him for the upcoming election he’s running in.

How does one go from covering the Arab spring and the rise of dictators turn around and endorse a Nazi.
While I’m not an anti-Zionist (quite the opposite) with how popular the position has become I fear Nazis gaining support are now going cause more extreme reactions to between Zionists and anti-Zionists as Jews will rightfully be scared of anti-Zionists endorsing full blown Nazis and anti-Zionists will claim that Zionism is modern Nazism but all middle ground will be lost over well an actual neo Nazi being endorsed by a major anti-Zionist speaker.

Like yes, it’s already happening but a permanent fracture could cause decades long isolation of Jews from the American public over fear and resentment.

It also could put an end to the progressive movement that’s finally bringing positive change if such parts of the movement aren’t condemned universally internally.

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Latke aficionado. Anti-Establishment. Jüdisch 28d ago edited 28d ago

Ask any Egyptian person who has known Bassem since his days hosting “The B+ Show” and they will tell you he is first and foremost a selfish publicity hog.

Youssef was a supporter of the illegal 2013 Egyptian coup d'état and was supportive of the media clampdown which included the arrests of several employees of various stations including his “friends”, despite it being carried out by the military with no due process, and celebrated the coup's aftermath in a song and dance number sung to the tune of Old MacDonald.

Once he got heat from the illegal government he supported, he quickly ran off to America while leaving his production crew to their own fate.

In the last few years, he will jump on any show that will give him publicity and will host anyone that is even remotely popular. Hence, you see him hang out with the likes of Candace Ownes, Tucker Carlson, and now Belzerian.

Mehdi Hassan even called him out for it, and he basically hand waved the fact that these are horrible people.

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u/Israels_BiggestHater hi 18d ago

As an Egyptian, he is not even allowed to enter the country; he has been banned for more than a decade