Jonathan Greenblatt says Piker blames the Jewish community for hatred directed at it
Jonathan GreenblattCEO of the Anti-Defamation League
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said Hasan Piker had appointed himself an authority on antisemitism, lecturing Jews about what is and is not antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it.
“The Jewsplaining is extraordinary: Piker appoints himself an authority on antisemitism, lecturing Jews about what is and isn’t antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it”
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Hasan Piker’s August 20 remarks and Larry Klayman’s lawsuit
Hasan Piker’s August 20 remarks about American Jews and Israel prompted disagreement over whether he was warning about antisemitic violence or implicitly threatening Jews. Larry Klayman later filed a civil lawsuit seeking more than $150 million over the remarks.
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New York Post report on responses to Hasan Piker's remarks about American Jews and Israel, including Rep. Hillary Scholten, the Jewish Federation of Detroit, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League's CEO.
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Fox News Digital report on responses to Hasan Piker's remarks about American Jews and Israel, as carried on a local radio station's website.
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The New York Post reported that Piker said during his August 20 stream, "if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they're singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone will come around and take action not against Israel, mind you, but against American Jews." It reported that Rep. Hillary Scholten and the American Jewish Committee also criticized Piker, and that Greenblatt weighed in as well, questioning whether elected officials who associate with Piker really watch his streams or "just see his reach and ignore the rampant antisemitism."
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Fox News Digital reported that it had asked Piker and Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss for comment and had not immediately received a response.
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The case asks how people responded to Piker's August 20 remarks about American Jews and Israel, including whether they read them as a warning or as an implicit threat. Greenblatt criticized Piker for lecturing Jews about what is and is not antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it. That criticizes the remarks directly, so we labeled it Condemned.
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