Bassem Youssef has been making the rounds of talk shows, including Piers Morgan and Patrick Bet-David, since the conflict in Israel began. But much of what he says about Jewish history and the Israeli - Palestinian conflict is false and misleading. Here Nachi Gordon reacts to 7 lies told by Youssef on the Patrick Bet-David "Valuetainment" podcast @VALUETAINMENT

Lie 1: Here Bassem tries to obscure a fact that is too inconvenient for his “Israel is committing genocide” narrative: the fact that the palestinian population has GROWN A LOT in recent years.

Sources:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factboo...
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/19/120647...

Lie 2: Bassem tries to explain why there needs to be a double standard when it comes to Israel, even while Muslim have been killing fellow Muslims in the millions. He claims that the US wasn’t supporting Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.

Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/politi...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...

Lie 3: Bassem tries to paint a false picture where the US gives Israel a free pass at the UN, that the US gives Israel special privileges at the UN. FALSE

Sources:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-cond...

Lie 4: He claims that terrorism against Jews is Israel’s fault and didn’t begin until after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. FALSE.

Lie 5: He makes the insane claim that while jews suffered under Christian rule in Spain, they were treated well by the Muslims. This is nuts! Just look at the Rambam, who was born in Spain in the 12th century. When he was a child the Islamic Almohads took over and gave the Jews a choice: convert to Islam or be killed. The Rambam’s family were forced to leave Spain and wander for years.

Lie 6: Bassem repeats the outrageous lie that Jews lived well in Muslim countries until the state of Israel. FALSE.

Source:
https://www.sefaria.org/Iggerot_HaRam...

Lie 7: Bassem tries to draw an equivalence between Islamic terrorism and Israel, together with the rest of the international community, not recognizing a Palestinian state.
The notion that Israel rejects a Palestinian state just like the Arabs reject Israel is nuts. Israel agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian state over and over again while Israel has had to fight for its very existence since the day it was established.

Israel agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian state with the 1937 Peel Commission partition plan, the Arabs said no
Israel agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian state with the 1948 UN partition plan, the Arabs said no

Later, in 1999, 2000, and then again in 2008 Israel offered to give up the “west bank” for a Palestinian state, and the Arabs said no

In fact, Israel wanted so badly for the Palestinians to rule themselves - and tired of Palestinian leadership’s obstructionism - that they unilaterally withdrew all Jews from Gaza in 2005, even using the IDF to expel Jews by force.

Today Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro visited the concertation camps and spoke movingly about Israel. Now it's time to expose those who lie about her.

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