On the Hamas-Israel War - the Piers Morgan vs Bassem Youssef Heated Exchange (THE SAAD TRUTH_1615)

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[@PetraKann]

On balance I need to unsubscribe from this channel. What a disappointment

[@anthonyhain6431]

@GadSaad When I tagged you on twitter I was not expecting a video to be made. Thank you, Much appreciated. When I mentioned inviting Bassem for a discussion it was expressly to see his thoughts picked apart for the sly deceit they were. I just thought you'd be the right person to do the job. I too have friends and family in Israel and was appalled by the tactics Bassem was using. Btw, The Parasitic Mind is without a doubt one of the best books I've ever read, do you think you'll ever revisit and expand on the book in the future? Kind regards Anthony

[@Tod_oMal]

It was a HORRIBLE interview to watch.

[@Neclony]

yeah just forget that horrifying specific battle so that we can aim for the universal moral compass of the bigger problem. The end justifies the means. The common good takes precedence over the individual good. Thats the motto of the NSDAP good job showing us these in your own words. These days I am ashamed to be human, we have learned nothing from the past.

[@xyz-mc5of]

Omg I just wanted to post a comment on your channel that you have a doppelganger with the name of bassem youssef 😂 I can’t believe when I went on your channel you made a video about him! He reminded me so much of you - not his polit. stance but his look, humor, personality etc. He used to be a heart surgeon that’s why he’s probably one of the smarter/sharper comedians.. his politic. stance is very debatable (even though some points can’t be refuted imho such as him saying why would it change this time if it hasn’t in the last few decades and he did condemn the rad. on his side) but he has a certain charisma I must admit..and you could tell he was in pain during the interview. I always try to assess someone’s motivation/motives for what they say and in his case you could tell it was pain especially after he showed the b house of his family.. I tend to defend the other side more but in this specific case he seems like a good person overall.. This said, all your points make sense such as Arab doctors and polit. in Isr. / the overall tolerance vs overall intolerance of different nation. However, retaliation should never aim at innocent people (that would mean it is not retaliation)- just like any other at. should never aim at innocent people. I understand that this might be impossible to achieve in practice but at the same time it still remains to be true - if innocent are k. it’s not really retaliation but something else.. but as an outsider I don’t have any solution how both sides could solve their neverending conflict. But how about the US stops getting involved in all those conflicts because they only seem to make the situations in that region worse every time they interject themselves. Apart from maybe 1 exception they never helped improved the status quo anywhere but rather facilitating more chaos in that region

[@carlos_takeshi]

As an Egyptian, Bassem should look to his regime and ask why they have made the conflict worse at every turn. Even now, when there could be a ground invasion at any time, Egypt has sealed the southern border of Gaza. Palestinians are worth more to Arab leaders dead than alive. They certainly don't want them living in their countries.

[@NathanAnderson-ri8tt]

You want Egypt to help Israel with their ethnic cleansing.

[@demonking86420]

@@NathanAnderson-ri8tt are you dense? the fact they have a wall on their border with gaza means they don't care about the welfare of any palestinian joe schmoe, they want to help maintain the narrative that progressives and islamists push about Israel being "insert bad guy here"

[@martinda7446]

The majority of gay Palestinians have fled to a place where they can feel safe and walk freely without worrying about gravity. Israel.

[@NizarBredan]

Bassem Youssef wasn't playing a game of "who has the most intellectual speech". He wanted to reach the hearts of people, and he did. For that reason he was brilliant. You shouldn't sit in a position of arrogance and judge through your own subjective and selective lens and present it as an absolute truth to your audience. Especially when, in 11 minutes, you actually don't address any of the points he was making, you just brush it all with a completely different argument. The point you are making doesn't remove anything from the validity of all the points he was making about (among others) the horrendous disproportionality of killing since decades.

[@GilliPong]

Gad is a weakling and reminds me of the Dr. JBP loser of a friend of his. Good points sir. I felt Bassem destroyed the Zionist propaganda points by indulging in the inhumanity of it all. 200 IQ 5D chess tactics.

[@janstone2365]

Very well said. Sadly, Gad thinks he is one standard deviation smarter than he actually is. There is a lot of ego involved...

[@snakedick4753]

⁠​⁠@@Io-Io-Io “…[every] rhetorical device Bassem was using was grade 2 stuff for me. I come from that region…” gad saad Gad has no issue with his style of speaking and admits to not only doing it himself but claims to be much better at it So your criticism (if done in good faith) applies more to gad than it does to bassem

[@chakir348]

​​@@snakedick4753 gad have a problem with how factually accurate bassem was a with very simple approach Gad suffers from mental illness hes hurt because he thinks the lebanese limped him and other lebanese jews with Israel crimes when they had nothing to do with its creation and it was the European jews who created it i can see true him he knows how Israel was created and how much suffering the Palestinians payed after that losing their land and homes yo settlers from around the worl who claims hat land using nothing more than religion What happened to the arab jews is a result of the creation Israel the blame should be on the Zionists first not the Palestinians

[@maquacr7014]

This was an 11 minute display of narcissim, ego and pride. 'I know many lovely Palestinians. They are fans of mine'. Clown.

[@Drew-xk3hx]

Bassem's sarcasm morphed into stupidity and was overdone to the point of ridiculousness. Example, he spoke about the West's treatment of native populations and the historical violence... what was his society up to at that point in time. Subjagating vast areas of the world, eliminating resistance via forced conversions, piracy, slavery, building caliphates, etc.

[@gingfreecss3467]

The difference is. What you say about his society are all not true. You are a liar. There were no forceful conversions. Black slavery in america was also actually a jewish thing in reality

[@janstone2365]

Dismising Bassem's valid points by claiming that his rhetorical devices do no impress you, is really lame. And as an attempt to discredit him, your rhetorical devices are not better and quite frankly 3rd class.

[@basilalfehaid4423]

He has family in Israel he doesn't care that kids are dying on the other side

[@fmartin59]

What valid points?

[@basilalfehaid4423]

@@fmartin59 Valid points about your mom

[@demonking86420]

@@basilalfehaid4423 same logic can be applied to Bassem's in-laws, what's your point?

[@basilalfehaid4423]

@@demonking86420 I was talking about bassem and I meant palestine when I said israel

[@TheRegalWoman]

"Supposed satirist"? Bassem Youssef was the host of the most popular political satire show in the entire Arab world, dominating the ratings while he was on air, with millions tuning in to watch his brilliant show. You trying to make him seem like some kind of amateur looks like a serious case of sour grapes to me.

[@ihsankamil6279]

Least biased Zionist

[@OneMan-wl1wj]

So he's something like a "John Stewart " for the Arabic people?

[@TheRegalWoman]

@@OneMan-wl1wj Yes, something like that. At its peak, there would be 30 million people watching his show, Al Bernameg, when it was on air. Jon Stewart was actually a guest on one of the episodes.

[@OneMan-wl1wj]

@@TheRegalWoman ok.. thanks for the context

[@TheRegalWoman]

@@OneMan-wl1wj You're welcome.

[@ShoshinMushin]

I actually felt Bassem's pain and sadness. His point about the question of how many deaths are an appropriate response to the conflict was well placed.

[@infini6768]

@@markhenry192 source ?

[@ShoshinMushin]

​@@infini6768Looks like he pulled his comment

[@duncefunce1513]

No one can designate an acceptable number of deaths before entering into a war. What a lot of people seem to want here is for the Israelis to take this recent outrage on the chin. That is not an option. I am a parent, and I feel contempt for those parents one occasionally hears about, who have lost a son or daughter to murder only to forgive the murderers. I think that is sick.

[@Vivienwestphal]

I wondered if he wanted to know the going rate for Palestinian life, so he could let know Hamas when to go kill babies for cheap. Maybe a better solution would be for Hamas to leave Jews alone. Nobody would have to die then

[@gromenteal2133]

⁠@@Vivienwestphal Israel will never leave the Palestinians alone, and 75 years of murder and oppression is a proof. Hamas is just an excuse to finish the job that they started in 1948.

[@daehyung8717]

Dude, you can say all you want but Bassem absolutely nailed it! What he said was logical, simply and totally reasonable

[@dpear6773]

He seemed to be condescending the whole time, but piers Morgan not biting the bait did allow the conversation to just barely, barely allow questions to be asked of each side and to be answered.

[@fartloudYT]

Was he? His 'wife using children as human shields' joke was funny, but forgot to include that tiny part of wife actively trying to get rid of him? Otherwise the comparison isn't really entirely honest isn't it?

[@vvv70v]

What did he say which was logical, simple and totally reasonable?

[@daehyung8717]

@@vvv70v obviously you didn’t get it

[@vvv70v]

@@daehyung8717 Obviously you won't answer.

[@ixoh7754]

Bassam was on point. Brilliant. He exposed the double stands of the west beautifully. Don’t be butt hurt

[@fmartin59]

Exposed double standards of Muslims more like it

[@Galkatokk]

I'm not sure I like this perspective. Does the fact that a nation that claims to uphold liberal ideals provide it with carte blanche on its neighbors that do not? That seems pretty illiberal. I know that's NOT what you're arguing for, I'm just saying that the argument for the liberal nation is not in itself persuasive.

[@TheAmazingGalifardeu]

Youssef told me to tell you that you are the smartest man to walk the earth Saad 😂

[@omilett]

Just look how sarcastic Gad was about Lex Friedman. It was hilarious. Same exact thing. Wish he wasn't jealous of Bassem.

[@Mr.Inbetween93]

How can you find an issue with what Bassem did? To criticize him shows jealousy honestly. If you have a problem with what he said then talk about what he said. But if you don’t like the way he said it then you are looking a bit jealous.

[@manofculture584]

Bassem was just repeating half truths and and using humor to distract people into believing these half truths

[@Mr.Inbetween93]

@@manofculture584 which part was a half truth?

[@contekozlovski]

​​@@Mr.Inbetween93he lied that the west bank is peaceful just because hamas doesn't rule over it and that israel is just bombing randomly.

[@Mr.Inbetween93]

@@contekozlovski you obviously were not listening.

[@fmartin59]

@@Mr.Inbetween93his denial of Hamas in West Bank. His flawed analogy.

[@CBT5777]

This guy on Piers is a legend and he's right. As an American, I'm sick of giving Jews my tax money.

[@Joo_3bd]

Finally there is someone who understands

[@rfhe96]

Yes, those tax dollars would serve US civilians better if it funded your educational & healthcare systems, that are on crutches right now, instead of being funneled into genocide & absolute massacres of an already disadvantaged population. Billions of dollars that could change the trajectory of the most U.S. citizens, being literally lit up in flames instead. Such a shame

[@RossKempOnYourMum01]

You give Palestinians a collosal amount in aid. $5.2 billion since 1994. Yasser Arafat was believed to have a net worth of 1 billion USD at the time of his death. Don't believe me, google it.

[@Chadministrator93]

Same. And I'm a Jew with a Jewish wife and Jewish kids. I don't want the government to keep stealing my money and throwing it at Jews I have never and will never meet. That's what families are for. It is not the government's job to do charity.

[@gilinb7]

You mean as an antisemitic you have a problem cuz you don't have a problem sending money to the Palestinians that support hamas that wants jews around the world eradicated

[@hibamb8121]

Dude Bassem Yousef was one of the reasons to overthrow Muslim brotherhood in Egypt.... He is as secular as it gets

[@loupasternak]

he's a terrorist

[@zombieat]

@@loupasternaklol

[@TheSabatuer]

Sure i agree he did a great job on mocking Morsi and the MB regime, Indeed he is secular. But while i was watching his take with Piers yesterday, i didn't like his question dodging and hiding behind his satire (which was well executed) but the substance was missing for me. He didn't seems to want to be there to express and debate, but rather take the piss and be extremely sarcastic when a more intellectual debate was required. Over all, like many many muslims, they can't see how morally bankrupt their own community is reacting to this. IMHO Palastine & hamas should admit defeat and stop trading their civilian souls for bullshit resistance movements, it simply wont work, and just proves how morally inept they are even when in conflict. Admit defeat as the weaker side, enter the negotiation table in good faith, and integrate into Israeli society, or leave! its really that east!

[@eduardosuarez2414]

@@TheSabatuer "integrate into Israeli society"? That's the last thing Israelis want. Palestinian population growth is about 2.5% per year, compared to Israel's 1.5%. Over half of Palestinians are under 18. They will outnumber Israelis in about 50 years.

[@AmSeris]

@@TheSabatuer The western media needed a reality check and this was exactly that. When you're asked "what's an appropriate response" is already trying to mold the conversation in the western narrative which is not needed right now because countless other "intellectuals" are already calculating that crap like its stocks. What the western media needed was a clear reminder that these are people not statistics, and there is no such thing as an appropriate response when we're talking about an 80 year conflict. Like seriously? As if Hamas isn't a direct "appropriate response" to Israel's actions. It's a never ending topic. Instead how about we stop people's suffering and tackle humanizing them again? Israel had decades to stop Hamas from existing and giving Palestinians their rights. They've even been warned about this very attack. Now it happens and you think "appropriate response?" How about an appropriate response from the international community on Israeli's absolute neglect of the matter despite being the functioning state of the two? Let's pretend they're aren't breaching humanitarian and international treaties by illegally blockading Gaza, and occupying the west bank, and imprisoning 20% of the Palestinian population. Shocker! Shit happened! Now they're entitled to a "response". Hilarious how you and others think it is okay for western media to talk about "responses" when its about Israel, but not when it is about Palestine. This was ridiculous and Bassem showed exactly why. Bassem is not entitled to answer Piers' questions just like how Piers straight up said "I'm not here to answer your questions Bassem". In fact, I'd say he showed a degree of unprofessionalism himself. He kept interrupting Bassem's points, who's a guest on his show. Why bring him if you're not going to hear him out? They chose Bassem, and he came with his message. If I brought you to a discussion right now and then suddenly said "What do you think is an appropriate response from Palestine to the transgressions of Israel over the last few decades?" as Palestinians were slaughtering Israelis all across the country. You are a Jewish person with family in Israel. What would be your response? Emotionally explain why these people are human and there is no such thing as "appropriate response" or follow the narrative and say "uhhm,, well, kill the higher ups who were responsible for the occupation and a few civilians on the way is inevitable to install a new government that is accepting of a Palestinian state". Sounds attractive to you now? This is exactly what it sounds like

[@wulfgarpl]

To be honest, we could use more Bassem Youssefs on TV right now. You could disagree, but guy isn't BLM for Palestine type or other hamas glorifying idiot groups. He has his points. Some of them are solid. Some of them not. But at least he is speaking at a level where interesting discussion can be made.

[@mustafaaden736]

I couldn't agree with you more👍

[@billyb6001]

Ya. I agree. He was the last daily show guy that I enjoyed.

[@misterdeluxia5948]

i just found the interview a little annoying to listen to. its hard to actually have a nuanced conversation when you dont know if the person youre talking to is playing a bit to hammer down a point. its like when i see a scientist come on a comedy podcast and every 5 sec someone cuts the scientist off to make a joke.

[@agathabovedaaguirre3904]

he said he hates hamas

[@Ash2cents]

Youssef is so sarcastic in this interview (see what he says about Ben Shapiro), and he's lying so much (about 2014, about Ben's use of "SOB", etc...) that I can't take his vague and evasive comments on Hamas as a clear condemnation. There was nothing interesting in that interview, and he openly mocked Piers who allowed him to speak so long (especially at the end of the interview). I hope Piers learned his lesson...

[@MikhailSharma08]

It seems like the comment section was invaded by certain type of people with similar linear thought process! You aren't convincing anyone about your 'cause' by doing this tbh. It's amazing to see Piers let him blabber like that for so long.

[@fmartin59]

Indeed. The Muslims and leftists invade comment sections of anyone critical of them.

[@ibrahimxbashir]

Honestly, what a crap take. Really disappointing Saad, it seems like many of the points went right over your head...

[@AmSeris]

What exactly happened with the Mizrahi Jews? The Middle east was one of the most peaceful places for Jews to live, that's why they came here to begin with. Mizrahi jews were just fine in the Ottoman empire. Killed when? When Israel declared the Jewish state? Because I'd find it really hard to believe anyone in their right mind would claim that was not Israel's fault for instigating the war.

[@danielgreen1124]

You can't actually be ignorant enough to think Jews were treated well in the Islamic world, right? Israel didn't start the war, the arabs did.

[@illzyaz]

The problem started when some of powerfully people try to erased that history. Theres to many revisionist historian today.

[@vanessaaventura]

They fled their countries to occupy-settle into another peoples land in 1948

[@danielgreen1124]

@@vanessaaventura they were forced out of where they were living and went back to their land, Israel.

[@demonking86420]

are you forgetting the pogroms? the Hebron Massacre? That happened during the British Mandate, before the declaration of Israel as a state

[@abebandee4491]

As an Algerian citizen I liked Bassem Youssef intervention yesterday, but I liked your intervention more, why? what is my secret? it's rare to find an Algerian like me who would agree with you, my secret to become rational is that I am an Ex-Muslim, that my secret and that the secret to peace in middle east, you bring a budget from UN or USA not for the military and future war, you need to get a budget to educate us to do us and yourself and humanity a favor and build a more rational world and peaceful, this is a good solution that the world keep choosing to ignore, I don't know why.

[@motherofone979]

How would we educate without controlling the area? For example, the Taliban controls Afghanistan again. We couldn't get Western education there unless we took them back down militarily. I am not saying I don't agree that an educated populace is good and preferable to war but I am not sure how we could do it without war.

[@PoussinNoNeko]

Poor countries receive the budget as aides, but their governments prefer to use it in propaganda, influence and weaponry. Plus, they will most likely disappear any person that is a threat to their ideology.

[@nawra77]

your take is valid, but as said above it's difficult to do since a lot of people in the middle east are living in the medieval age mentally.

[@Karaflademon]

Nice dancing around, without once answering on Bassem’s core arguments.

[@ihsankamil6279]

Least biased Zionist

[@loudenlaffnite246]

Oh please, Bassem Youssef wouldn't answer even the simplest of questions: is Hamas a terrorist group and do you condemn their acts of Oct. 7? Those two questions are a litmus test to see if you're dealing with a reasonable, good-faith actor or an apologist whataboutist fuckhead, and Youssef failed the test miserably; he just threw his punches then retreated into smarminess & facetiousness for cover, over and over.

[@omilett]

even if gad is right that this type of sarcastic satire is something every Arab is fluent in by the time they come out of their mother's womb, he still sounds jealous that he wasn't the first one to get credit for it with the rest of the world.

[@Vman205]

Bassem himself didn't answer one question presented to him by piers... He just said something sarcastic and changed the topic

[@voaniopalm3209]

LET'S IMAGINE A WORLD AND NAME IT SYRIA. ISRAEL HAS NO CONTROL OVER SYRIA, AND BETWEEN 500,000 TO 600,000 PEOPLE WERE DIED BETWEEN 2011 AND 2021 ONLY. NOT 7K IN 75 YEARS, BUT 500K TO 600K PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN 10 YEARS. NO IDF, NO IRON DOME, NO SETTLEMENT, NO ISRAELI MISSILES, NO JEWS

[@emilshellborn]

Bassem Youssef was brilliant. Sarcastic or not, he made great points.

[@manofculture584]

He didn't

[@emilshellborn]

Actually, he did.@@manofculture584

[@UserUnkown-do1ji]

@emilshellborn: great points on what? he was just terrible, and full of hatred

[@emilshellborn]

are you kidding me? @@UserUnkown-do1ji

[@bonum_consilium4998]

All you doing is criticizing his style and not providing anything of substance. He made great points that caught piers off guard and paralyzed piers. The main issue is occupier vs occupied … context ( bringing in queer’s is just muddying the waters)

[@abdelrahmanradwan5483]

Exactly. It's the classic racist narrative of these are just savages masquerading under pseudo intellectualism

[@goodfellas5702]

Bassem Youssef was brilliant. Play the ball Gad, not the man........

[@charowarhussain3012]

This is pathetic of Gad Saad. To spin the whole issue into Islam vs West is outright silly. I would never understand this lack of self awareness of some smart good hearted people who in their infantile attempt to be seen as know it all to cause epistemic confusion among rest of us. At the moment discussion is not about whether Islam got "IT" right or Europe-America got "IT" right .

[@maquacr7014]

He is not good hearted at all. He is a narcissistic and egoistic maniac.

[@eggshell383]

You know what's funny? He is Lebanese. This means that his family for generations has lived with Muslims.

[@Jamil-mt5bc]

I have to disagree with this take I thought bassem absolutely knocked it out the park and painted a master piece

[@CBT5777]

He did! The Jews are trying to starve and cut off water to over a million children. I don't get how anyone can agree with that.

[@-Era]

I was hoping there would be a deep analysis into what he said or his performance on Piers Morgan. Instead, what I'm left with is preplanned talking points, how what he's doing isn't special or unique and like what happened in the interview, no answer to the pertinent point: if it's only Hamas, why are the people in the West Bank not only getting killed at a disproportional rate and moreover, why're Israeli settlers able to murder Palestinian citizens at will. Quite frankly, if a student was submitting such a rebuttal, a critical analysis on the conversation for a university assignment, they'd score quite low with such an abysmal presentation of the facts and evidence. And for the record, your argument on proportionality not only doesn't answer his question either, it's also kinda baffling: "No one ever talks about proportionality in any other conflict, but Israel has to be held to a truly impossible moral standard." The moral standard for Israel is already very low, if it's held to any standard outside of the West bubble at all. I admit though, it wouldn't be a very good interview with you two side by side, because when you're making that bizarre point, he'll just hold up the sheet of paper and the conversation would go nowhere. With him taking what you do very well, satire, and you having no real position outside Israel has a high moral standard, if you don't account for the high murder rate by the IDF, the random killings by Israeli settlers and just random bombings, as a country just does to one another, maybe you'd have a point. Don't get it twisted, I'm not pro-Hamas, they truly are monsters and I think the IDF isn't too bad when it's not sniping children, killing journalists or just casually committing ethnic hate crimes with a casual tint of ethnic cleansing. Ignoring all of that, they're alright, I guess. But regardless, the proportionality that was discussed is something this video has no answer for whether it's in Gaza or the West Bank. So ultimately this video doesn't answer anything but come off as, in my opinion, jealousy of someone who can do what you do better.

[@BelaMadeira]

Agreed and very well put, I’m a Gad fan however he came up very short on this one.

[@ciciolhaaqui]

I absolutely agree. Saad came across as extremely arrogant and made no rebuttal to what was actually said.

[@hasansalloum0]

Salute to you man. I agree. All what Gad did is throw names and say that just because he’s from that region, it doesn’t work on him.

[@guusvandermeulen7210]

I think a disproportional response in war is morality wrong. And, by the way, even in war proportional response is mandatory by international law.

[@lolal2502]

​@@hasansalloum0👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mahirhaque1801]

dr Saad and dr Youssef would be a helluva talk/debate.

[@jasha9sandhu]

Exactly.

[@elspethg7497]

No offence but I watched “Mr youssef’s” interview 5 times and I couldn’t finish watching your rebuttal… literally put me to sleep

[@basilalfehaid4423]

Gad saad is very hatful because of his youth probably it's the only conclusion I can reach you can tell he hates the arab world and he loves the freedom in the west I can't blame him but that doesn't mean he's right for defense of the IDF

[@michelpeereboom4650]

Shocking how easy people are fooled ,when a man beats up his wife and then gives her a towel to clean her face, he wants her to forget the beating and be grateful for the towel. And sad to say, this strategy works to many of times.

[@nejlababali7901]

Mr youseff was absolutely Brilliant

[@georgehetty7857]

And inevitably Piers was useless.

[@scaringclaring5240]

Why "supposed" satirist?

[@Ruder6163]

Because Bassem pushes a narrative that Gad Saad doesn’t support so he demeans his arguments and the delivery of those arguments.

[@ahmedsabry9848]

While you are analysing every word of Bassem , can you analyse as well which side of this conflict refuses to implement the international law decisions?

[@manofculture584]

What international law decisions?

[@fmartin59]

@@manofculture584he wants to redirect; he’s too mentally weak to see both sides properly

[@demonking86420]

ah yes because the UN is completely impartial, it was right to name Saudi Arabia, Syria, Cuba, and China as "human rights champions"

[@andreimustata5922]

I am not sure what was your problem with Bassem Youssef video. His reaction to dehumanizing presentation of Palestinians by some people in the west was perfectly understandable. He didn't choose to speak about the values of the west but that doesn't mean that he prefers religious fundamentalism to democracy. You don't choose to speak about cutting of the water and electricity in Palestine, but I don't assume that you think that it is a good idea.

[@gilinb7]

Propaganda that's what yosseem did if you were from you'd see right through

[@andreimustata5922]

@@gilinb7 We call the perspective of people of the other side of the fence propaganda in order not to be forced to see some things which we might not like to look at. It keeps life simple in black and white. What Bassem Youssef did was sarcasm, not so different than the one that Gad Saad does.

[@gilinb7]

@@andreimustata5922 that's not the same at all. Baseem only showed the world that if the Israelis try to retaliate they still kill us if we offer them a country they still slaughter us and yhe world doesn't care. Instead they blame us. I know baseem retoric it was used before him by arrafat and hanan ashrawy they always play victim taking zero responsibility

[@manofculture584]

So Israel is supposed to supply a hostile region with resources so they can fight them better?

[@manofculture584]

@@Berserker0000but it was so obvious...just repeating a lot of misleading information

[@hussainalbinali5940]

I don’t know this man but Baem Yousif did extremely well in exposing the absurdity of the situation.

[@Krazie1nyc]

I would very much enjoy to watch a conversation between Gad & Bassem Youssef. I hope he accepts your invitation

[@danbardos3498]

He won't. I've seen this play before.

[@Rbb0828]

Me too

[@Drzahman]

would struggle to tell who's who. Would be nice to see to make it as clear as it gets that this is a conflict between semites.

[@60-second-HACKS]

Get ready for a Saad Gad in that case.

[@OliveLebanese]

​@@danbardos3498 Gad wouldn't invite him, Bassem would definitely take it

[@mohammadtahrani4601]

Mr. Saad you should really think about, how your jewish identity and your Wounds from your Childhood being a jew in Lebanon affects your "unbiased" judgement of the conflict. all respect

[@karlsinclair9918]

Youssef was actually brilliant and thought provoking. War is awful. But not so bad if it doesn't involve you.

[@georgehetty7857]

He had no intellectual opposition!

[@karlsinclair9918]

@georgehetty7857 he certainly did. War is futile. It leads to more hate, more degradation and destabilisation. He made it very clear that when we dehumanised a people (it happens on both sides) we can slaughter them as rats. This is why on the one hand..a solution is for Israel to flatten gaza and eject the people then annexe it..sounds fine to many..but they're not involved and it doesn't affect them. This is no different than the annexation of crimea, in that it still has the ability to escalate. What is the , final solution? In fact the final solution is peace. It seems so unlikely to achieve this. He cleverly steers us into all of the conundrums faced whilst agreeing, correctly that the massacre of innocent Israelis was indeed an act of repulsive barbarity. However he then makebislt clear that the exchange rate of proportional response is indeed a sick joke. 2014 demonstrates that clearly. If you can't see the brutal honesty in youseff's commentary that flips things back without treading the 1000 plus year history of Israel and instead makes you think about all human life, then perhaps you aren't listening because you take umbrage with what you THINK he is saying. He isn't saying anyone deserves it. He is not calling for the destruction of Israel, merely pointing out the problems of war and the solution of peace.

[@karlsinclair9918]

Finally, the reason why there are terrorist is because of extremism. Extremism is borne, generally, out of extremities and subjugation. You create hate, dissolutionment, anger, frustration, resignation... all part of what creates a terrorist cult, and the support of one, when the playing fields are unequal. Poor people will be more likely to fight than those who are comfortable. This dehumanisation of a group of people is exactly what allows atrocities. Committing those barbaric acts still ends in death. It doesn't actually matter how that death comes about ..your still blown to pieces, burned to death, buried in rubble...you're dead and no one cares other than the families. Distance creates dissociation. That again allows atrocities. He says all of this without having to utter these words.

[@AmSeris]

@@georgehetty7857 There is nothing to oppose in that argument. Piers is already making a statement. "What is the appropriate response Israel should have had to Hamas attack". It all builds up a narrative where Israel is a responder and is entitled to "respond" in some capacity. Bassem clearly showed that Israel has been "responding" to pretty much nothing all the time. It really didn't matter. Which means it is the instigator, and Hamas is the responder. It really isn't that hard to grasp. "Intellectual opposition" maybe you're missing that if you think there was none in his brilliant satire bit. Clearly he was ridiculing the stance of "response" through saying humans do not have an exchange price and israel never needed any to kill.

[@georgehetty7857]

@@Berserker0000 Certainly better than Morgan!

[@MrGorobu]

Gad, we know how satire and sarcasm works. Bassem's points were salient. Nobody has been able to answer him yet about the west bank because the answer is pretty glaring.

[@dpear6773]

The West Bank still facing deaths? If someone asks a question, there is an answer. The west banks deaths can be answered easily by researching into it. But I using those deaths to make a point that Israelites don’t want peace and are just bloodthirsty to kill Palestinians when Hamas isn’t present, is juicy and seems to be biased.

[@ronfudim4153]

Hamas doesn't control the west bank but it still has operatives residing in there. You'd have to be stupid to think that there is no terrorist activity going on there. There's your answer

[@mralireza931]

There are terrorists in west bank too. Seems like Mr. Bassem Youssef did not know that. What a brilliant guy.

[@jonathanlevine6440]

Noone said there aren't terrorists in the west bank also. Not only does Hamas have operatives in the west bank but there are other perpetrators of genocidal attacks against Jews stemming from the west bank

[@ferraridav]

Wtf are you talking about? Anyone with an IQ above room temperature can easily answer that: first off, there IS a hamas presence in the west Bank, they just aren't in control of the area. And second, hamas isn't the only Islamic terrorist organization.

[@Celexapro]

The tone was sarcastic but the message lays right underneath that sarcasm. You didn’t like the way he responded because you didn’t like the response itself. All he did was follow Israel’s logic all the way through to get to the point of it. And you didn’t like to hear it because there’s a part of you that knows he’s right. And that’ll put your perspective and your whole world into doubt. You might think his tone is bitterly sarcastic but at least he’s not reading his opinion off of a screen.

[@lolal2502]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@muzysaybum]

Profoundly well said.

[@sarashepard7504]

Well said.

[@ahmedshehata2659]

Bravo 🍾 well said

[@anchtain6971]

Yes and it so sad

[@buridah328]

Had coming off like a jealous 60 year old intellectual teenager. If only he put aside his bigotism, he’d be a good teacher.

[@ame7272]

He's also retired surgeon. He quit being a doctor because he loves what he does now and he said i can help more people being a satirist and a comedian, and he was right! He makes me feel very proud to be an Egyptian, like him! So eat your heart out Gad lol

[@Rita-pe8vx]

With all due respect, you did not answer Bassem' points directly. Instead, you opened up historical jews vs arab point, which was not the main thing in the interview. When will this end? What would satisfy zionists?? How many naqbas??

[@Chaosbarbie]

Just because you can name literary devices, it doesn’t make writers unskilled! I am also from the region, and I also know the rhetoric, but I still find his words piercing, brilliant, and smart. That is, of course, not taking into account his valid logical points and his emotional tone

[@gilinb7]

What points all he said was that actually no matter what israel does they kill us ee retaliate they kill us we offer a country for them same... 😢

[@Ash2cents]

There was nothing brilliant or smart in what he said. It was a bunch of lies, mostly (on what Ben said, on what Piers said, on the 2014 conflict, etc...). Amidst all these lies and sarcasm, I can't say that there was any real condemnation of the terror attacks. All I heard was : "Israel bad, Ben Shapiro bad".

[@contekozlovski]

No logical points whatsoever. He gave me diarrea

[@amir650]

He humiliated Piers. What are you even talking about?

[@randomuser6306]

It wasn't a piers v bassem fight. What are you even talking about?

[@amir650]

@@randomuser6306 Watch it again. Did you not see the part where Piers denied the comment about 40 babies?

[@fmartin59]

⁠@@amir650Bassem claimed “40 beheaded babies.” Piers never said that. Try me.

[@MrTeks79]

You misunderstood him intentionally He condemned hamas Israéliens are the oppressors not the other way around

[@mrpont3980]

Fakestinians are the oppressors not the other way around. Ask the Gays, Christians, Jews, Atheists even political competition in gaza...oh wait you can't because they kill them every chance they get.

[@rokasdobrovolskis]

Exactly.

[@MrTeks79]

⁠@@Berserker0000 Actually their media, sorry meant mafia, deceives them and they act like sheeps not bothering to check the validity of the situation. It’s like detaining someone at your house at gun point and then butcher him for trying to defend himself against 20 yrs of atrocities.

[@fmartin59]

@@Berserker0000islamophobes? Get out of the west.

[@gradtude4806]

Haha you re one of the good ones Gad 🤣 i m so happy no one in the comments agrees with you

[@Sweven521]

Many of your listeners and I agree Bassem Youssef - His Satire and Sarcasm is refreshing when compare to the Mainstream media in the USA. Its also Much needed in the KZbin

[@tanzidaify]

Bassam yusuf was brilliant.

[@fmartin59]

He didn’t even know Hamas was in West Bank

[@greenecman]

Also, you saying Bassem is grade 2 stuff; well then how come you didn’t make me smile once? And he’s a surgeon, you’re a marketing professor. He’s a lot more accomplished than you brother

[@duncefunce1513]

He's an evolutionary psychologist

[@timscannell1268]

Nice speech on western enlightenment. Doesn’t seem to reflect the utter collapse of Covid era though. Maybe you should review some of your recent videos for context.

[@diego61422]

Rly losing touch here, the question is now: what kind of collateral damage can be justified in your personal moral view? ask yourself that. If you would support your own government doing strikes in which it is highly likely that numerous innocent civilians and children will die, you are exactly the same as the people who voted for hamas. And so if you say that its ok that civilians die - they are hamas sympathizers - then by your logic you yourself can also be killed and it would be justified.

[@eshesh1000]

I like you Gad, I've been a follower for years, but the truth is, you didn't respond to any of the very simple points made by Bassem, and I don't understand why, you went on talking about what the fight is about, and what side you should be on, based on values and how you see civilization, stating that Hammas is a horrible organization (which all of us including Bassem agrees on). But where exactly did you respond to Bassem, where did you respond to any of the facts about the huge deaths toll on a yearly basis on the Palestinian side, even in parts that are not controlled by Hammas, where exactly did you respond to even the most obvious fact that a hospital was bombed yesterday, which actually shows a glimpse of what Israel does everyday in Palestine whether there is a response from the other side or not. Israel has been doing this everyday for years, and for some reason you're turning a blind eye and using obvious tricks to not answer the real questions. I expected you to go beyond the tribalism.

[@duncefunce1513]

Israel bombs a hospital in Gaza everyday.

[@rokasdobrovolskis]

"Going around circles".

[@fmartin59]

Hamas is in West Bank. There’s also other terrorist organizations there.

[@handle8431]

Progressive Muslim agenda; ISLAM.

[@jefhorton1958]

I am such a fan of sarcasm, it's a love I developed in the Marines. You have to be smart to be witty while trying to get someone to see their weaknesses. It makes it easy to make fun of idiots, and that;s not nice, but if your use is to trigger them., anger them, get them to remember and examine any truth they may find in that sort of rude statement, they may have a eureka moment and then you actually get them to SEE. It may be worth the risk of offense. Gad can give master classes in it.

[@jpfanmajesty6798]

I as an arab-israely agree on most points but i disagree with what you said about supporting the vision of israel beacuse based on that israel can do whatever it wants under the claim of the vision, i think we should defend the innocents that are being killed and help the people in gaza mostly since they are the ones who are affected the most by what's happening and start a life where they can flurish and live the way any one of us would like.

[@rhenaldiwijaya7778]

how can they live peacefully is the question. Israel in itself is an inherently racist state. How can one live in Israel when the system of apartheid is basis of your country? As bassem said, even without hamas tell me how many kids have been killed in the west bank?

[@raziele92]

That's because Gad is Zionist. He believes he is above you. Just listen to the way he speaks.

[@jonathanlevine6440]

You are talking to an Arab Israeli telling him the state is apartheid. Why don't you ask him if he has equal rights? And once you hear he does then maybe your small brain would understand that it's not apartheid

[@demonking86420]

@@rhenaldiwijaya7778 go to Israel and take pictures about the supposed "apartheid state"

[@JeDxDeVu]

I have to agree with you. It was very low level sarcasm and I’m surprised so many people were blow away by it. Some people are just easily impressed.

[@manofculture584]

People will believe anytime as long as it's delivered with humour and sarcasm..this is why a lot of people took Jon Stewart seriously

[@chouaibhamli]

As an Arab atheist I think you're bias towards Israel, let me explain ; any oppressed group of people will have some kind of resistance /rebellions it just happened to be in this part of the world that are less educated and and blinded by religion, imo the solution should be from the roots up not the other way around by that I mean if Israel included the the Palestinians as Israeli citizens and treated them equally as the Jewish people there will be less support for a resistance

[@gabriel-dan4098]

Bassem Youssefs was brilliant!

[@andreaslupp637]

So first you go after him for sarcasm, then instead of countering his point you use whataboutism to distract from the fact that you're not countering his comments What happened to the Jews in Egypt has nothing to do with his arguments on Pierce Morgan or the current Palestinian -Israeli conflict This is a terrible argument

[@alexanderhawk2659]

Youssef brought up very good points. You disagree, but disparaging him, is not a good look.

[@lolal2502]

💯 Agree. Saad came short on that one.

[@loupasternak]

correct. its a great look

[@bigbeng9511]

Well democracy has been used against Russia and China (previously Iraq and Libya), as this is ethical standpoint on which the western (Anerican and European) and especially Israel stands, claims Gad. So the life and freedom of people in Gaza and west bank is not really important as long as the democratic Israel lives on to enhance the individual freedom of its citizen, whether it's arabs, jews and others. Just like what the European did to the native American in the past as Bassem cheekily mentioned; killed them till they reach as very small population and gave them a land for them to stay on later on (liken it to a zoo for human animal) 💁 Can't wait democracy to prevail, when real war occurs between Iran, Russia, China and North Korea who have an actual modern army... whether the cost is worth for all the lives and suffering.

[@skycladdy]

What BS Gad Saad. He was nuanced. Everything you say here, does not address the problems! The main question he asked is HOW DO THE ACTIONS OF ISRAEL NOW CHANGE ANYTHING FOR THE BETTER IN THE FUTURE? He showed clearly that it didn't work in the past. Please explain! Also just because countless people died in the past doesn't mean we can add to it with impunity now, because the numbers are not important... How often in my life have I heard that the Nazis killed 6 million Jews! Probably 6 million times. And then I hear how many died due to the atrocious attack of HAMAS (which did not come out of the blue sky!), but now that it is Israels turn, the numbers suddenly don't matter.. What hypocrisy... You are only defending yourself right? You know what!? The other side thinks the same! They think some "lawn mowing" is needed too! What is needed is what the UN says since decades! You need to pull out the biggest motivation for all of this: Which is a state for the Palestinian people. If Israel really wants to protect its own citizens AND the Palestinian civilians, then it would declare: We want to stop fueling the hate. No more "lawn mowing", collective punishment, blockade, excessive retaliation. We declare Palestine will get its state. We will define a UN sanctioned definite Milestone plan that will implement this step by step. This is how you pull out the support for HAMAS! Oh wait but maybe Israel doesn't want that, because it was actually Israel who made HAMAS! They support HAMAS. Why? I dare you to discuss not only Youssef, but especially Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate, Gabor Mate, Norman Finkelstein! And I even would add Scott Ritter now. None of which justify any senseless brutality by the Israel created HAMAS! However they know the seed where this all comes from. And if you do not want to talk about the actual cause, but only about symptoms then this will never end! Then you are just another spoke in the wheel of violence. And all this talk about Human Shields. You really think any HAMAS fighter feels safer because there are civilians near them? When did Israel EVER say, ah let's better not attack because we would kill innocents? As the US, Israel showed with their actions absolutely clearly since decades that they do not care about "collateral" damage at all. Because any and all collateral damage is the enemies fault. What a perverted logic. Not only that but they announced that there will be no criminal investigations, no matter what the IDF does. Surely sounds like the good guys.

[@gingfreecss3467]

Tell me you are a jew without telling me you are a jew

[@bobboby3567]

I'm sorry but I think you're strawmaning. He clearly doesn't like the government in gaza so putting your weight on the argument of it being a battle of ideologies doesn't quite work. I think the biggest disagreement seems to be the claim that Hamas is using human shields. And my opinion on how much leeway I give to Israel hinges on that fact.

[@dumindukarunaratne8678]

Satire when you do it, but spouting hatred when others do it, practice what you preach buddy.

[@muzysaybum]

When all else fails, easy to resort to - what did you call it - "seething sarcasm, manipulative ploys"...when all else fails, buddy...just because you come from the same region doesn't mean you're one and the same buddy...the same way two sides of a coin (head and tails) cannot be equated...not that I'm that indispensable, but you just lost a fan.

[@lolal2502]

Yeah. I was shocked.

[@safarit678]

Gad, take the L on this one. Even your followers are backing Yousef here. The atrocities are the worst seen in a lifetime and it still happening now and tomorrow and the day after, while you're "exercising and relaxing."

[@Seosaidh1]

There is a place for disproportionate response if you relate it to whatever end goal is at play. Due to the history of the Middle East for the minorities that have lived there under Islamic rule since hundreds of years (Ottoman Turks and before). If your civilization is threatened, or risks to be greatly hamred, a disproportionate response has it's place if you put into the context of survival of cultures and civilization (seemingly all Arab and Muslim countries wish to see Israel destroyed or reduced) . Islam has been the scourge and oppressor of minorities since hundreds of years and if I had a chance to go back in history I would also use disproportionate response to prevent my people from becoming dislodged and obliterated (Assyrians). Islam was used as the great differentatior, hard power (genocide, pogroms and massacres) and soft power (legislation, cultural oppression). Morality is all good and well, but one must be a dreamer if you believe morality, however unfortunate, has a place in the vanguard of war, especially in the long and bloody history of the Middle East. Islam has and will continue to be a religion of expansionism and a goal justifies the means-ideology with aggression and violence as central tenets, both in it's writing and according to the actions and words of it's central characters. Unfortunately there was no social media a hundred years ago and as such we can't see what history has done to the Armenians, Assyrians, Pontic Greeks ripped from their ancestral lands in the Middle East, persecuted into oblivion (1500 individuals are the only ones left in from where I'm from in SE Turkey). So that goes both ways for both aggressors and defenders, If one need disproportionate response to prevent it, you should use it 10 times out of 10 it all comes down to for what cause you choose to fight.

[@kamus2478]

The West needs to recognize and understand " Al Taqiyya " , fast, for it's own welfare and survival. Societies "exposed" to political Islam are used to it.

[@fmartin59]

@@Berserker0000nice rebuttal Redditor. Can you handle talking to people in real life?

[@sashsash6679]

Bassem was 100% spot on!

[@daakrolb]

That dude was pretty good.

[@catherinelee-s5y]

I don't agree with the actions of Israel. Your arguments don't pursuade me

[@swerremdjee2769]

Dude u can label it, down talk it, normalise it, he did a great job. One thing in particulair i liked realy hard what he said was: being in relation with the israeli state is being in a relationship with a narcisist/narcisistic psychopath. I fully support this statement 100% And this is what is comming if you are lucky, it could get a lot worse, ben you and a lot of zionists from all over the world have no problem with taking it further. You/they keep showing us with every outing, the shaming and labeling with no compassion what so ever for the other side... Besides the expected "i believe no women children or innocent civilians should get harmed" speech i see no compassion from the zionist side and i dont believe them when they say this🙂 Maybe yall should read my email and comments again? Because multiple things i mentioned yall still did with no remorse from some, dr Bret Weinstein was nicest i still have some faith in him. For being the selfproclaimed chosen ones and the selproclaimed smartest people on the planet/of all people on earth on average, you all are not acting very socially nice/religious or respectful to others. Also not very smart because even when i told u upfront my problem and how narcisist think they can treat me and my ideas it still happened. This is not new to me this is what i learned dealing with people/narcisist and or psychopaths. I wrote about it explained it and what did people still do? America also has showen the world that they and their media are not trustworthy and very biased. America should think twice or a few times for sending their children to fight your battles for you and do your dirty work... Pretty weak and feminine of them chosen ones and smartest people on average... To Ben i would say, your and my whole history is full of these stories of your people being all high and mighty chosen one like and then the whole people had to suffer the consequentions. And this is only because some of us also started to write history down because when ever we start to compare pre Christian scribtures the stories were a little different... Personally when i found out about deeznutzius (if you dont know look it up) and saw how dr P was is doing it, i see this (could be) happening for thousands of years... I think you all (zionists) need a scrooge (a visit of the spirits of life/humsnity) dream and or moment

[@mot9769]

It's disappointing to see this side of Gad Saad, who seems to carry a lot of negative emotion and envy. I used to think high of you.

[@fiat2496]

This is what happens when you are not on the side of truth. As a satirsit, you must always be poiting toward truth. Gad is attempting to make satire using lies. It's pathetic. I kinda feel bad for the guy

[@theLoveandpeace1994]

Dr. Saad- I am usually a huge fan while I agree that on the surface Israel holds the western values we cherish. We should also need to be objective about the fact what Israel is doing is ATM an abuse of power. I don't think that Gazans children ( I think they are 2 Palestinian countries at this point) should be put in the crossfire.The IDF and Mossad can take out Hammas leaders with much less brute force. While Gaza has been free from Israeli control for 15 years they are also being blocked off on all sides , Egypt included. I don't think that moving Gazans to Egypt as refugees is a solution. They would never be allowed to come back. Lastly, as a person who's in the middle of it all (Egyptian Christian living in Canada), I think that Bassem has some good points that you should acknowledge and not downright dismiss them as "nassnassa" or as we say in Egypt "lo2m" or "darb ta7t el hezzam". Thanks. Would love an opportunity to chat with you

[@sarashepard7504]

Zionism is socialistic and does not share western values. It is a socialist political ideology and system. They hate Christians and are extremely racist toward anyone that is not like them. They also hate the Ethiopian African Jews. And the Orthodox Jews that oppose their occupation of Palestine as a nation. They abuse and jail those Orthodox Jews for not accepting and complying to the Zionist socialistic/marxist system.

[@deavman]

Silly comment with fake claims, all made up as to again blame Israel for the human casualties. Somewhat different from the usual accusations from Islamic peddlers but vile all the same.

[@Sneakyboson]

If the IDF had a way to take out Hamas leaders 'clean;y' they would have done so by now. You should watch 'The Gatekeepers' - a documentary interviewing ex-Shin Bet members for more clarity.

[@peterepiscopo]

'The IDF and Mossad can take out Hammas leaders with much less brute force' How exactly? Hamas operate in a vast network of tunnels below the city of Gaza. Don't know what planet you've been living on, but children are always caught in the crossfire of war.

[@chakir348]

Western values ? Are those genocide ethnic cleansing creating a astate using religion fantasies , war crimes , occupation ,apartheid policies Or western values just gay rights the amount of hypocrisy and delusions is outstanding kill the Palestinians and take their land because they don't have your level of gay rights

[@spencer9455]

Am I the only one who thought that Bassem looks like he could be Gad’s jacked brother or cousin? Or am I just being racist?

[@noname19816]

No. They do look alike.

[@rusne.]

"this is not a contest of victimology poker" ♡ brilliantly put.

[@samwalters2904]

When I heard this earlier, you came to mind. Glad you covered this 👌

[@hidehico6709]

Talk to sincere people with logic and respect. Talk to your loved one with emotion, passion and love. Talk to ignorant fool with satire and sarcasm.

[@gugy68]

Sorry Gaad, I think Bassem was actually amazing due to the circumstances. Maybe that might not impress you being from the area but for us I think he did great and his points were valid. You definitely showing your bias and that’s ok.

[@fidajeba3597]

DR SAAD is clearly sad 😢😂

[@razorio007]

Summary: Bassem is not funny because Shariah. Also, I'm not racist because I have black friends.

[@yoakealdrnari]

Your words are also poisonous. You're basically saying that people who reject 'democracy' are bad and not worth supporting. I mean, I like freedom of thought, speech, opinion, but I've never considered a society that rejects all of that as something inferior.

[@adidabax6809]

Disagree. He made his points in a way that he was able to not let Piers run over him, call him names (as he does nearly every interview with who he disagrees), and he showed Piers didn't want to have a conversation. Piers held him over and cut him off on his last question, an important one, but Piers was the one who looked terrible.

[@Caine830]

Professor, I have always enjoyed your content so please continue doing good work. However, I do not think we should condone human suffering regarles of who is causing it. It was wrong when Hamas crossed into Israel and committed atrocities. Just as it is wrong shelling a region that Israeli intelligence says it’s where “the bad guys” are. The same intelligence that was oblivious to the large number of hamas “soldiers” that had been training for a year and were planing to cross into Israel. Just as it is wrong when a rocket hits a hospital and a school. I obviously believe in western values. And yes Israel better represents those values than the people of Gaza. That doesn’t mean that I will condone the needless suffering of others simply because the ones causing the suffering align with my world view. You do not get to punish innocent people because criminals and murderers might be among them.

[@Caine830]

“Better that 10 guilty people go free than make 1 innocent suffer” Is this one of the western values you uphold?

[@TheMightyMidget]

You use quotations for bad guys like Islamic terrorists who kick in doors and paraglide down to slaughter people aren’t evil people. Personally I don’t agree with shelling the fuck out of somewhere. Israel is better off going on by foot and eradicating the extremist element. There needs to be a movement towards secularism and growth. Not continuing to war and provoke one another.

[@ritas4845]

I love what you wrote. I'm baffled how people don't see how peaceful it is.

[@demorvie]

Sir, this isn't Wendy's, this is war. Do you have any better ideas on how to achieve the objectives without causing the casualties? I am sure military minds around the world would love to hear your expert advice.

[@demorvie]

​@@TheMightyMidgetyeah, let's send the troops right in to the trap, what could go wrong?

[@peterepiscopo]

The sarcasm was through the roof, incredibly tiresome...

[@eddiemack3827]

You were on my mind a lot during this exchange. Thank you for your videos and work

[@kahinaloren]

why

[@diego61422]

Yeah cause i would have assumed that saad would have had a similar response to the situation but instead im disappointed af

[@kahinaloren]

@@diego61422 Gaad Saad, and perhaps Rubin most of all showed some true colours and they are not the colours of the enlightenment. Sure Bassem was doing what he was doing... Worked for his audience at least. Every arab I have talked to think it was the best thing since sliced bread. Personally, I am tired of people like Saad and Rubin. They lose their humanity in this conflict. We need peace. I know this is troublesome..... And, Israel will win and complete a genocide. In its true defenition. They will take all the land.

[@kahinaloren]

I am no fan of muslims at all, and think muslim immigration into Europe has been a disaster. My little sister got raped by a Somalian immigrant. Not a fan. But, I also noticed who funded these ships picking up these refugees. So if Islam bad? Why are jews hellbent on bringing them all to Europe?

[@kahinaloren]

@@diego61422 True colours... Shining through...

[@Blokovich]

The comment segment for this video makes me realize there is still hope for humanity, although im incredible dissapointed by Gad's stance on this issue and he doesnt seem to understand the situation or is willingly cheering on the slaughter of Palestinians. Israel have been terrorising Palestine for far too long and US citizens is paying for it all

[@guusvandermeulen7210]

I think a disproportional response in war is morality wrong. And, by the way, even in war proportional response is mandatory by international law.

[@ponygirl1716]

I'm not sure what is proportional about armed men slaughtering over 250 people at a music festival or kidnapping elderly women and babies, but of course we don't hold t-error-ists to the same standard as nation-states. Even so, I have to admit I'm a bit perplexed by the idea that Israel should exercise extraordinary restraint after some 1400 of its citizens and guests were bu.tchered by Hamas t-error-ists. They are not targeting civilians. They are actively warning residents that they are going to strike a particular target, and they continue to advise them to leave northern Gaza entirely. It is unreasonable to expect Israel to sit on its hands because Hamas chooses to use civilians as human shields.

[@demorvie]

Ok, Israel has to rape how many women as a proportional response then?

[@duncefunce1513]

​@@ponygirl1716thank you, you said it better than I could. There's a lot of, think phoney hand wringing going on here.

[@kyliereed200]

So what would you say is a proportionate response? Should Israel have waited for a music festival In Palestine and slaughtered the same amount of Palestinian party goers in the same manner? Should they have kidnapped the same age grouped people and kept them in some tunnels? Or maybe rape the same amount of women? It’s time we stop giving radical Islamists empathy. As they used to chant “Saturday first, Sunday next”. Do you know what that means? If not, that says it all to me.

[@Sneakyboson]

If you wanted 'proportionality' then you would expect to see the IDF select over a 100 innocent young Gazan's as hostages and take them back to Israel, and while they're there - rape a slew of young women, machine gun and burn babies well as shoot the elderly while they wait for buses. Such a stupid argument.

[@fiat2496]

GAd, I hope you read the comments to see how silly you are being. You are losing all credibility

[@faysal8597]

The civilization analogy is dishonest. It’s a matter of right to statehood (whether you agree or not) especially when it’s your land you are talking on.

[@fmartin59]

“Your” land? Buddy read a history book.

[@iyadart]

8:00 Let me stop you right here, more than 8 years ago Bassem was leading free speech in Egypt, in his show he was known for standing against and exposing the hypocrisy of the Muslim Brotherhood as well as the dictator of Egypt, he is only in the US because of the sheer amount of death threats against him and his family. If there’s anyone in the Arab world brave enough to stand for any oppressed minority such as yours, it would be Bassem. You simply don’t know him.

[@nawra77]

Wow start off with a tu quoque, followed by a strawman. Bassem literally said "Fuck Hamas, Kus Um Hamas" I'm sure you know what that means. Bassem is a secularist. Not once was he supporting hamas in that video, he was asking for a ceasefire. Imagine lecturing someone about one big strawman.... This is the first video I watch of you and i'm already not impressed.

[@sarashepard7504]

Bassaam made the point he needed to make with his delivery. I think it was very effective to get to the heart of the matter. Well done Bassaam.

[@georgehetty7857]

Don’t you mean to the heart of his “matter”?

[@sarashepard7504]

@@georgehetty7857 no. Stop wanting to control and manipulate my speech. Go make your own comment about “the matter”.

[@georgehetty7857]

@@sarashepard7504 I only react to your comment,how have I done what you describe?

[@medoubella]

You fell off Gad Saad, just like Jordan Peterson really.

[@SnapshotPT]

Bassem Youssef might be one of the few who can rival Gad with satire (argument aside)

[@admirsalcin3562]

Thats exactly what Youseff was talking about... You and likes of you

[@tonytone1969]

Yussuf was good

[@Mrchygozman]

This war just showed me that the same IDW personalities that was condemning Mao, Stalin and Hitler for their genocidal tendencies and oppression of a racial group are capable of the same as well when the table is turned.

[@manofculture584]

You think Israel is conducting a genocide? Maybe you need to ask Hamas to stop hiding within civilian population

[@andema83]

Wow, you are a genius. "The zionists are the new nazis" is, I think, what the soviets found out (or rather, made up) some 50 years ago.

[@Aaaaaaaaa975]

This guys still spewing hate just because he was rejected by a non Jew Arab as a youth in Lebanon 😂