Bassem Youssef
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Bassem Youssef
Egyptian Comedian and Television Host
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Bassem Youssef Bassem Raafat Mohamed Youssef is an Egyptian comedian, television host, and surgeon. He is best-known in his media career for having hosted Al Bernameg, a satirical comedy show focused on Egyptian politics, from 2011 to 2014.
On October 17, 2023, Youssef drew media attention after engaging in a virtual interview on Piers Morgan's show: Uncensored.
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Bassem Youssef said in this video:
Lets for a minute imagine a world without Hamas. What will this world look like? Let's give this world a name and let's name this world the West Bank. Hamas has absolutely no control in the West Bank and since the beginning of this year only through August, 37 Palestinian kids were killed. No music festival, no paragliding, no Hamas. Since the occupation of the West Bank, 7000 Palestinians have been killed. No music festival, no paragliding, no Hamas. I can go on and on and on and on.
Bassem Youssef said in this video: How cute! That's so nice of them! Because with this logic if Russian troops started warning Ukranians before bombing their houses we're cool with Putin, right? I mean, okay Habibi you have warned them, go invade, it's fine, you've done your job.
Bassem Youssef said in this video:
Do you know why they increased? You would say "Because they are having babies like crazy". No, this is how you look stupid when you talk data while being uninformed. The reason behind this 1.5 million increase didn't come from Gaza; it was pushed to Gaza from other parts of Israel to put those people in the largest open-air prison. So most of this increase is because of refugees being kicked out. My wife's family is not from Gaza and yet they found themselves in Gaza because they were sitting in other cities and villages outside Gaza. This is the systemic pushing of people from other parts of Israel to Gaza. The people who belong to Gaza are 700 thousand people. The 2.5 million is not the birth rate; these are people pushed to Gaza. That's not the first time, in 1948, on the night of the declaration of the state of Israel, 1.5 million Palestinians were moved outside.
Bassem Youssef said in this video:
Lets for a minute imagine a world without Hamas. What will this world look like? Let's give this world a name and let's name this world the West Bank. Hamas has absolutely no control in the West Bank and since the beginning of this year only through August, 37 Palestinian kids were killed. No music festival, no paragliding, no Hamas. Since the occupation of the West Bank, 7000 Palestinians have been killed. No music festival, no paragliding, no Hamas. I can go on and on and on and on.