Accused of anti-Semitism, comedian Bassem Youssef slams 'empty accusation' • FRANCE 24 English
FRANCE 24 spoke to Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef, who has spoken out against the war in Gaza. The former Egyptian TV icon called accusations of anti-Semitism against him "laughable". Calling the label "overused", especially against Jews supporting the Palestinian cause, he said anti-Semitism "has become a comical accusation". "Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism," he added.
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Most Zionists don't believe that God exists, but they do believe that he promised them Palestine" Ilan Pappe
Isntreal
God bless Israel 🇮🇱🇮🇱
Can you believe over 50% of people in isreal are atheists?!? But they still believe the land belongs to them😂
Palestine was not “Palestine” when the Jews lived there. It was when Jews were thrown out and ethnically clensed that the name was changed. Also there were plenty of Palestinian Jews under British mandate Palestine. Let’s not forget the attacks on Jews who’ve been living there since the 1800’s. Learn history.
Great quote
Anti Nazi and Hitler is not anti German people. Simple as💁♂️
Not anti all german people, (anti german without qualification).
Great explanation
They're not even semitic in the first place.
👍👍👍
Say the word.. come on! *Anti-Fa!*
I am Jewish and I condemn the genocide committed by Israel, am I antisemitic? 😂
@sammy you are not Jewish
@@gregkle9384 you butthurt cannot accept other jew’s opinion . Typical zionist 😂
Lol
for some people yes
The famous chess player who was jewish also opposed Zionist state (as far as I know) was also labeled as anti semtic
Shame on the united states of AIPAC !!!!!! 🤬
That’s the root of the problem
I'm blown away by the support for AIPAC ideology. Senate Resolution 504 is a great way to gauge it's influence. It's goal was just to ask if Israel was committing war crimes. It was tabled by 89 of the 100 Senators.
No. Terrorism is the root of the problem. 1,800 terrorist attacks im West Africa, amd none of the people here commenting because they are champing at the bit for social acceptance of their antisemitism. But we see you. @@tfalani3861
If you take money out of politics many things would change. This will never happen of course but its all about money aint a damn thing funny
United States of terror
I love how he points out the distraction and time wasting tactics the journalist is asking
yeah... how dare the journalist press Youssef about Hamas's direct role in the Gaza war! They had nothing to do with Oct 7th!
@@idenou9577why does ha mas exit ?
Agreed
Ok Israeli bot @@idenou9577
@@idenou9577 Whataboutism
"and by the way, i m arab i m semite" thank you Bassem for reminding us the truth !
Jewish and Arabs are both SEMITES because both speak semitic languages ....zionists are NOT.
I hope you realise he was joking? An antisemite is a person who is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
Right----nut Arabs origins are in the Arab Peninsula.
Tbh he isn't really an Arab. He is Egyptian, meaning he is ethnically *Coptic* Coptic language is not a semetic language so, ethnically he isn't Semetic.
@@GORO911: That's a very interesting point. I usually get a "surprised" reaction when I ask Egyptians what they think their ethnicity is, and what language their pre-Islamic ancestors would have spoken. They don't seem to like thinking about this topic.
Anti-Zionism and pro-humanity is NOT the same as antisemitism.
Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination is discrimination against the Jewish people. In other words, anti-Semitism.
Bassem Youssef is one of the few voices that remain keeping the world’s hypocrisy in check 💪💪💪
Maybe he should go back home to Egypt?
He's a total nut job.
@hadror13 maybe European colonial settlers in North and South America, Australia, NZ, should leave as the land BELONGS TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE!!!
@@KahinaKhando46yes, the Jews.
@@hadror13are you a hasbara propagandist?
This is so embarrassing for the interviewer. Bassem Youssef did great with this nonsense.
did you find out that Bassem❤ can't even look at him because it's an insult to him 😂😂😂
I can see how fed up Bassam is with all the bs and l totally sympathize with him!
Anti Zionism can never be Anti semitism
It's almost always Anti-Jewish
@@instinct1ve372 Is criticism of the russian state almost always racist towards russians?
@@instinct1ve372tell us you didn't watch the video without telling us..
@@stephanieroth16at this point I think these sorts of comments like the one you just replied too are literally bots.
@@mrwhat5094 We're only 1.5 years away from the Great Social Media Singularity.
He' s brilliant. Brilliant, integrity, humble, humanitarian, and very funny.
He's also an ex Heart Surgeon...so brilliant in many ways!
😂😂😂
the occupier can’t complain about the resistance
Mind Begs the Question: - If a States policies are - Starvation,Death Camps,Pogroms,Ethnic Cleansing,etc - Has the right to exist?
yup....so when will the arabs pack up their bags are return to arabia and stop occupying the middle east
@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeingsNo states have an inherent right to exist. Even the right to self determination applies to the individual, not the grouo
Occupier? LOL The "resistance" funded and armed by Iran is being cleaned up right now.
But like Germans Jews do.
Anti-nazi is not anti-Germans. Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism.
Of course it is anti-Semitism - because it means the destruction of the Jewish State.
It is waste of time trying to argue. Just ignore the label.
@@qzhang25big waste of time, the anti semite card is all they have at this point
"if you treat people like animals you shouldn't be surprised if they revolt against you like animals " Bassem Youssef
Bassem Youssef says it perfectly, as a US citizen, it's difficult to understand our government having greater loyalty to a foreign country over it's own citizens.😢
usa THE empire was born and raised occupying and exploiting everything it touches both domestic and ESPECIALLY in its foreign policy.
Why wouldn't they? Look at their biggest donors and financiers and you won't be surprised. Lol
Israel was established in 1948, Hamas in 1987. That's 40 year gap (almost). I wonder what were Israel's excuses from 1948-1987 for grabbing more and more land ?
These interviewers always ignore 57 years of occupation.
When Bassem speaks, everyone just listens. His clarity of thoughts , facts, sarcasm, humour, concerns about humanity. just feel so honest!
Sure
welcome to ISLAM. !!!!!!!!!!!!
@@tiberio1352 He's actually an atheist
But that audience in his Mid East show - that front row busy recording or streaming, as opposed to listening or enjoying the show. One was busy talking on her phone!
What kind of random replies are these? 😂 I agree with the OP. Bassem really opened my eyes to the plight of the Pl. people, the double standards, hypocrisy and of course Isr. exceptionalism where they are above criticism, boycotts and of course the law. This man is the voice of truth.
Wow. People are being bombed, thousands dead, starving and this news anchor still has the balls to ask stupid questions.
Bassem Youssef is a good example of a human being. His message is this tiny light through the crack , the hope for humanity
Nope, he's a pure example of Joseph Goebbels during the Nazi regime. Dripping terrible propaganda using a "friendly and understandable" manner and facade.
Agreed
having morals is not antisemitism !
This is what an authentic human looks like. Words and wisdom flow because there is no extra process of manipulation.
Bassem is a wonderful ambassador for the Middle East. He has an integrity you will not find in Israel.
He is a true comedian. So funny when he tells his stories.
Although he fled there with his tail between his legs init
Lmao
@@Fenristripplex keep laughing it’s good for you as long as you know why ‘
@@hadror13 Should he have stayed in his home country and waited to get murked? Would you have more respect for him if he became a martyr? It's remarkably easy for people like you to sit online from the safety of your couch and talk ignorance about people who are forced to flee their homeland because their lives are potentially in danger.
Quote: "When you treat people as animals, you shouldn't be surprised if they revolt against you as animals" (5:55)
Bassem has "struck a deep chord" with any thinking human being not just Muslim.
Nope, just Mislims and Radical Lefties.
@@kobman4159 Well obviously psychopaths and fascists weren't included in my comment. Thanks for reminding us.
@@dinnerwithfranklin2451 Exactly, glad that you've mentioned the psychopaths and fascists, as they fit exactly with the Mislims and the Lefties:)
@@dinnerwithfranklin2451 Thanks for reminding who else we should add to my list:)
@@kobman4159 your list of non psychopaths? sure
Well done Bassem . You are a man of great principles . You are a man of great courage. Please keep going .A pity humanity doesn’t have more men like you.
We need more people like him in this crazy world.
@@shb8053 It would be a disaster only for children killers!
Better Baseem than Genocide Joe
Not really. Nothing special.
@@tbird2006 got any better?
The world is beginning to open its eyes. Thank you Bassam 🇵🇸♥️🇵🇸
On the contrary, it seems the world is becoming more and more obtuse and retrieved, a return of antisemitism like in the middle age, a return of racism like 100 years ago, a return of far right parties like 100 years ago, a return of wars of conquest like 100 years ago.......
😂
On the contrary, I think the world is becoming more and more obtuse and retrieved. Racism is coming back, antisemitism is coming back, wars of conquest are coming back, the plague is coming back, far right parties are coming back, things that
In the contrary, I think the world is becoming more and more obtuse and retrieved. Racism is coming back, antisemitism us coming back, far right parties are coming back. Wars of conquest are coming back, things that seemed gone forever .
Inshallah 🙏💕
They're handing out anti-semitism accusations like candy on Halloween
Bassem Yousef is a great man !
This is how to conduct an interview. Take note Piers Morgan.
Exactly, ask the question and let the guest finish the answer without being interrupted.
I don’t agree with Piers. But this journalist is too passive. All he does is asking questions without commenting on guest’s answers. As if he doesn’t understand what the guest is saying.
journalism is transferring information as is to the viewers. If a journalist wants to argue they must be as unbiased as possible. Piers Morgan argues but it's apparent to everybody who he is biased to.@@teachernisrinezenati5488
@@teachernisrinezenati5488why should he comment? They are NOT debating, people really forgot what the difference between a debate, and a interview is. In a interview, you ask questions, if the answer is unclear, than you ask again to get a better understanding of the persons answer and than you go on and you let the person tell you his opinion, that is what a interview is, you don't argue with them or try to manipulate their answers by commenting about stuff.
@@teachernisrinezenati5488 I agree. It could be a robot without knowledge asking questions at this point.
well said 'Anti-Semitism has become a comical accusation'! this should be a slogan.
Love the historical connection made with the Jews and the Arabs as all Semitic people. Anti-zionism and anti-israeli are completely different from Antisemitism.
Arabes are also semitic like jewish
False. Semitic refers to language. Hebrew and Arabic are semitic languages but NOT the same. Learn about the 9th Century law of Dhimmi which was still in effect under the Ottomans, in Egypt under Pashas and Morocco under Sultans. A true Islamic apartheid rule.
Why is Antisemitism only applied to Israel, shouldn't it be applied to all people in the Levant?
It's hilarious to me as a levantine when people call me an anti this and anti that for standing up for my people when I'm a semite myself 😂
its hilarious how little you know about the term. anti semitism was coined against jews in europe because that is how they SAW US AS SEMITES AND OF THE LEVANT. AND MY DNA REPORT SHOWS IT BRO@@Altair-El-Haddad
....by extension, anywhere in the Arab world?
Semite refers to language, both Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages, but they are NOT the same.
Israelis aren’t ethnic semites, they speak a bit of Hebrew that’s all.
Bassem knowlege of historical issues and the current reality is incredible
You're clearly not a historian
@mithrasrevisited4873 you did not get new notes for parotting your lies. We all know now.
@@mithrasrevisited4873 Says the person whose main source of info. Is D.Murry.
No he’s not, he’s a selective cherry picker peddling a victim narrative with zero accountability, it’s pathetic
He's a hate peddler. He hasn't a bloody clue about history.. But oddly enough now his tour shows are sold out with pro palestinian/anti semite devotees.. strange that.$$$$
Thank you for standing with humanity 😍💪🏽. We need more people like you and the world will be much better place
Just to clarify, ALL UNSC resolutions are binding to all countries
Nothing is binding to the colonist
@joekonopka2363 The colonist, the israhells have been getting away with too much. Like keeping the Palestinians under Brutal Military Apartheid Rule for 76 yrs and they still getting away with this ongoing Genocide. It is heartbreaking 💔 what's bring done to the Palestinians
I think and hope that you are correct, something to do with Chapter 7?
Press conferences with US officials say it's not binding. They're nothing but lying ghouls. They'll be caught up in their own webs...
hmmm in which paralel universe?
I see many comments against the interviewee by people who did not watch the video or read the description. He said the problem is that people call Anti-Zionism anti-Senmitism. If someone is against the UK's policy are they anti-Anglophone? Should they lose their job? Stéphane Hessel a Jewish survivor of Nazi concentration camps has been called an anti-Senmite for speaking out against Israel's treatment of Palestinians even though he supports the existence of Isreal.
he died in 2013. he was an inspiration to all of us
If you want to dismantle a 75 year old UN member state that holds the majority of the world's Jews, you are very antisemitic.
Read the legal definition of antisemitism. Denying the Jews the right to their sovereign State recognised by the United Nations is antisemitism.
@@semsemeini7905 sorry I got the wrong word in my Sentence -- He said the problem is that people call Anti Israeli policy anti-Senmitism. If someone is against the UK's policy are they anti-Anglophone?
Anti Zionism = Desire to Obliterate a Jewish State = Anti-Semitism
For sure, anti semitism cannot be an accusation any more.
In this contexts sure, in others it is still valid.
@@sophiepooks2174Nope. Worn out.
Never meant anything to me and never will. Its Jews pathetic attempts to blame people for Germans crimes or their own. Meaningless.
Really? My city in California just had to clean up graffiti off buildings, city sidewalks and even trees, clearly anti--Semitic, which by definition refers to those of both Jewish faith and/or ethnicity. Words have many meanings. Look at a dictionary. `
Bassem speaks the truth in very clear words, and with courage. Bravo Sir!
Really proud of the way you held conversation bassem
Very respectful journalist. Happy to see such people still exist in mainstream western media.
Very respectful journalists-You just mean someone who doesn’t argue
@@sparks1792you love propaganda I believe
@sparks1792 no, it means he allow people to talk so that viewers can get the facts and discern for themselves rather than a journalist that tries to put words into people's mouth to distort the truth and give a false picture.
I think he is rather odd! Suggesting that the Gaza bombardment is Hamas's fault at this stage is horribly simplistic.
@@sparks1792Exactly! The journalist asks questions he has written like a robot. There is no turn-taking nor commenting on Bassem’s answers.
If he is antisemitic, I’m antisemitic too. With my Jewish grandmother and my Jewish father in law.
Bassem is one of the truth speakers May Allah protect him.
The interviewer tried to push the button to create a chaos interview but Bassem didn’t fall for it at all….
A brilliant comedian schooling a child.
It is not antisemtic to speak the truth and to criticize Israel. It’s only what good people do.
Bassem, brilliant always..
Suck up.
He's the most dangerous of them all. This guy is SOOO creepy... He's like that "friendly" man, that "grooms" a child.
Yeah indeed. This dude thinks nobody in the West sees through his sarcasm and typical Oriental disdain to the West..it just emanates off of him..@@kobman4159
@@kobman4159 You've got it exactly right.There's something about him thats off. Passive/aggressive and quite Sly.
@@johnnyconnelly7278 Something very creepy and evil.
Comedians laugh at human ignorance and absurdity Ask more questions Not from him, “ But question yourself “
So True mate
Bassem is brilliant. Free Palestinians.
Thank-you Bassam Youssef, it’s a shame there are not more plain-speaking people around.
Absolutely right.. the word has become meaningless through wilful overuse.
What's next? "Holocaust never happened"? Islamophobia is meaningless too by those standarts.
Well done to the interviewer to ask the question that the Z's cling to and also hearing the truth from Bassem who schools you again in humanity
I don't like Bagels Am I antisemitic?
Try a bacon bagel
The worst kind 😂😂😂
Ooh, you should watch Candace Owens with a Rabbi... After that, breathing felt antisemitic 😅
Depends... Does the Bagel condemn Hhhhhamas?
@@TheLampiniI asked my bagel and it didn’t so I’m no longer buying any.
Great way of handling an interview by Bassem Allah bless you, BOY!
Love listening to Bassems witty commentary on current events. Pretty cool guy.
Bassam Youssef the man with balls.
😂😂😂
A great and generous man. It's a relief to see there are people like him on the medias.
- Netanyahu let the attack happen on his own country, despite knowing about the attack 3 days before it happened. - Music festival was organised with lot of foreigners just 3 miles away from the border. On whose order? - Music festival was extended by one day as the attack did not happen when it was thought to happen. On whose order? - Noticing that music festival casualty were less, used IDF to increase the casualties in the music festival. On whose order?
"btw im arab im semite myself"
exactly like as if they were able to change the true meaning of the word to be only descriptive of Israelis
Which isn't accurate. Bassem just doesn't know about ethnicities that much. Egyptians aren't semites.
@@GORO911 Arabs are Semitic people , thats a fact
@@GORO911 Semitic people are Hebrew- speaking or arabic- speaking people
@BlablaBlablabla-kb8rk Yea but the Egyptians became Arabic speakers gradually only throughout the last 1000 years. Their original language is Coptic, which isn't a Semetic language.
I just farted and it is anti-semitic. I am sorry!
No it is not, you are just an a*****le
Hajo Meyer was an Auschwitz survivor and he spent his life fighting Zionism
Israel is full of camp survivors, turned away from so many countries...
Do me a favor: Look up Hasty Generalization logical fallacy, will you?:)
No favors for you! 😂
@@minayoussef9642 Then just look. It's an order!
@@contact594 and sadly many of them - despite reparations from Germany - are on the breadline, there was a UK C4 documentary on it
Bassem is a sound rational voice.
The UN Resolution is binding no matter how the media tries to twist this.
It’s not
the distinction is meaningless, because there is no UN army that can enforce the ruling, it is merely an opinion statement.
@@saulgood2366 spoken like a true Israeli!
no it isnt
UN has been useless for many decades now
Watch other videos of Bassem, very educated and well spoken man
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The journalist asked the questions he felt he had to ask, probably to answer the questions a lot of the French public has. He was respectful and Bassem Youssef answered well, although he looked impatient. He's probably been asked the same questions countless times.
Ce journaliste ne répond absolument pas aux réponses de son invité, il ne s'agit donc pas d'un interview, ce n'est qu'à peine une conversation.
je suis d'accord
Je suis tout á fait d’accord! Peut être parce que il parle pas bien Anglais. Il just lit les questions. Il se comporte comme un robot.
@@teachernisrinezenati5488exactement!!
@@ariellll-vb5nm 😛😛😛
%100 hunderd percent true.
Bassem is an exceptional spokesperson.
Bravo! Dr. Youssef...the Truth, well spoken, Will Out! God Bless!
Anti Zionist doesn’t mean anti Jewish just anti political Islamist doesn’t mean anti Islam and anti Hindutva doesn’t mean anti Hindu or anti Christian nationalism doesn’t mean anti Christian.
In practical terms, anti-Zionism means destroying the Jewish state. That is anti-Jewish.
Are you an anti-Pan Arabist?
This man will change the world for the better. 🙏
Thank you France from USA. France holds a large amount of the balance of power right now.
Bassem is a genius, a great figure that represents humanity.
Like he says, he is not an activist - just a human being!!
Well I guess you can accept everything at face value if you want. But it’s likely you’ll remain wilfully ignorant about information warfare if you take that strategy a lot.
LOVE THIS GUY!! He’s coming to manchester next month. Going to see him.. 😅
Was Youseff literally a heart surgeon?!
Yes,
Yes he was
He was.
Bassem Strikes Again.
He's awesome!
Thank you so much Bassem, your words resonate with me and many others. The truth is so hard for some ❄ to handle so they resort to labelling everyone 🐜 something. The truth cant be locked up forever,it creeps out.
I don’t even recognise the state of Israel anymore, not in its current state.
How pathetic and stupid and ignorant is this questioning.. but Bassem is brilliant and intellectual, he dismantles this propaganda machine of deception and horrors
Bassem speaks the truth with simple facts.
If a citizen violates the law, prosecutors are quick to charge, but when the government itself is in clear violation of the laws as mentioned by this lady, what recourse do citizens have? This is why we need people with integrity serving at all levels in government.
Bassem again with the best answers u could give
Interviewer seems quite simple-minded, but Bassem will not be distracted.
This man made me proud to be an Egyptian
The journalist acts like an AI machine. He has a set of questions which he quickly wants to ask. He is too passive. There is no interaction, no turn-taking nor commenting on Bassem’s answers. Bassem makes it clear that he is here to talk about his show, he’s ended up talking about politics. You can see how Bassem is feeling bored! 😀
Do you condemn khamas, do you condemn yourself, do you condemn your existence? The anchor ask lazy and ridiculous Question.
I wish interviewers would refrain from binary questions. It's useless. Being angry at Biden does not imply that someone might believe Trump might be an improvement. It's like interviewers can't understand that more than one thing can be true at a time.
Love Bassem Youssef. He's so articulate when he speaks.
After few minutes watching, I’m starting to suspect if the interviewer can understand English.. He was embarrassed many times for the kind of questions he asked and his response was ZERO 😂
Bassem Youssef is hilarious even when he's not doing stand up
We are proud of you.
I think this guest must be so tired of ignorant " journalists" who just want to keep peddling the Izraely line even if he puts the talking points in the form of a question rather than an accusation. The truth is the truth and no amount of peddling lies and distortions can hide the truth forever. We all see Izrael now for what it is
😅😅😅keep interviewing this guy😅, he will help you figure it out 😂😂
The interviewer is clueless.
France as a country is clueless on the Gaza situation, France 24 is appauling
@jme2310 8 hours ago Well done to the interviewer to ask the question that the Z's cling to and also hearing the truth from Bassem who schools you again in humanity
@@thomasjosullivan9179 french media is not clueless, they are complicit.
Well spoken and straight forward genuinity