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GQ Platformed Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker and This Is Why You Should Care

Hasan Piker. Photo: Wiki Commons.

GQ’s admiring profile of “political influencer” Hasan Piker —  known for his antisemitic and terror sympathizing comments — underlines Condé Nast’s troubling blend of politics and pop culture once again.

Who is Hasan Piker, and What is Twitch?

Furthermore, why should you care?

Twitch is a popular livestreaming platform, made well-known by video gamers. It allows users and content creators to interact and form a community using live broadcasts of competitions, musical performances, and video gaming content creators playing games while providing commentary, among other commentary-driven content.

Hasan Piker, known as @HasanAbi online, has 2.9 million followers on his Twitch account alone. Although he is often portrayed by mainstream American press as “unfiltered” and someone who pushes the boundaries, his comments are bigoted, hateful, and dangerous.

Here are some of the most vile things he has said, unapologetically:

  • He has called Orthodox Jews “inbred.”
  • He has said his favorite flag is the Hezbollah flag and openly expresses support for terror groups Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
  • He compares Zionists to neo-Nazis and says they should be shunned in society.
  • He repeatedly justifies and excuses Hamas’ brutal October 7 attacks on Israel.
  • He denied mass rapes were committed by Hamas and their followers on October 7 and says “not a single bit of that has been verified.”
  • He called the deceased Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah “a pretty brilliant person.”

Piker regularly streams on Twitch, ranting for hours on end to his under-30s audience, at least some of whom are presumably getting their political understanding about Israel and Jewish people mainly from him.

GQ Fell For the Terrorist-Loving Millennial Thirst-Trap, Hasan Piker

GQ’s profile on Hasan Piker titled “Hasan Piker Thinks America Might Be Cooked” — published on August 13 — is appalling, from the opening paragraph:

Martial law. Canceled elections. The combative leftist streamer Hasan Piker predicts an ominous possible future for the US. He’s fighting back the only way he knows how: by raging against Trump, Israel, Democrats, and the wannabe bad boys of the manosphere—in between beefs with his opps and gym sessions with his boys.

Right off the bat, Israel is portrayed as part of a predicted “ominous possible future for the U.S.,” and in tandem, sandwiched into a punchy introduction of America’s Hamas-loving Twitch prince.

Based on the first two paragraphs, GQ’s Kieran Press-Reynolds was dead-set on sexualizing Piker, the antisemitic terror sympathizer, and either has no idea or doesn’t care about the weight of the content he was about to cover. Alternatively, he may resonate with Piker’s views.

The piece is lightweight, casual, and favorable towards Piker, casting him as relatable and subsequently describing him as “a demigod and a demon, a crusader for good and a parasite on society, an empathetic hero and a so-called terrorist sympathizer” — a denial of the obvious pro-terror rhetoric Piker has repeatedly expressed in the past.

Piker is further portrayed as heroic:

He’s fighting back, one expletive and brain rot–filled livestream at a time.

There was also no context given to “genocide” claims about Gaza, no pushback or criticism on his views of the October 7 attacks, or even his past antisemitic statements. Instead, Piker is just a 34-year-old unfiltered demi-god under siege as he tries to change the world for the better.

While he’s beloved by many leftists, he’s often reviled by liberals—the centrists whose views are largely reflected by the [Democrat] party leadership. This became especially clear after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. “You have a guy like me, name is Hasan, and I’m saying, ‘No, you don’t understand, Israel is still very much the responsible party for October 7, for like 75 years of brutal occupation and apartheid.’ And people were like, ‘Oh, you’re a terrorist.’ And that really hasn’t gone away.

Press-Reynolds glosses over Piker victim-blaming Israelis and lying about Israel committing apartheid.

Then, there is Piker’s extremely troubling call to put Jewish journalist Bret Stephens on trial the same way the Nazis were.

Of course, Piker himself is an edgelord, too, eager to breach taboos—just on behalf of progressivism. For example, he proposes “Nuremberg”-style trials for those in the media who he sees as taking part in a “propaganda apparatus for the state”…. Specifically, he says, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. Piker may be the product of an often irony-poisoned online space, but his defense of the Palestinians is pure and deeply felt, as it is among large swaths of Gen Z. So he was incensed when Stephens recently wrote that “there is no genocide” being committed by Israel.

How is it possible that GQ’s journalist cannot see the inherent contradiction between progressivism and putting his fellow media workers, such as Bret Stephens, on trial for expressing legitimate opinions? Instead, Piker is portrayed as edgy, and his dangerous rhetoric simply “breaches taboos.”

In a pique of lazy journalism, GQ editors and Press-Reynolds have drunk the Kool-Aid and appear to be blinded by Piker’s “thirsted-after body.”

A Wider Issue Flagged at Condé Nast

This type of coverage, particularly in articles about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has become a wider problem across Condé Nast publications since October 7. Their anti-Israel bias is a longstanding issue, usually presenting only the Palestinian version of the conflict to their readers, while downplaying problematic anti-Israel or anti-Jewish sentiments. They tend to do this in a relatable way that resonates with their readers.

Just one recent example of an anti-Israel, one-sided narrative is a piece in Teen Vogue from February of this year featuring young Gazan student Esraa Abo Qamar.

Perhaps Condé Nast views its publications as offering lighter, hip content for young people, and it’s obvious that its political leanings sway in a specific direction. Nonetheless, it’s highly disturbing that broaching serious topics has descended to puffpiece interviews with vile antisemitic figures like Hasan Piker.

The author is a contributor to HonestReporting, a Jerusalem-based media watchdog with a focus on antisemitism and anti-Israel bias — where a version of this article first appeared.

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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War

Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.

Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.

“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”

GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’

Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.

“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.

“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.

“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.

After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”

RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL

Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”

Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.

“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”

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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests

A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.

People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.

“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”

Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.

On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.

Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.

On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.

“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.

Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.

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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan

Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.

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