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Jewish CNN Anchor Dana Bash Confronted by Angry Anti-Israel Protesters, Accused of Taking ‘Zionist’ Money
Illustrative: Pro-Hamas protesters outside the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Photo: Ron Sachs via Reuters Connect
Jewish CNN anchor Dana Bash was confronted by angry anti-Israel protesters during a book event at the popular Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC.
The pair of anti-Israel demonstrators interrupted Bash and hurled a series of unsubstantiated and, in some cases, seemingly antisemitic accusations at her, lambasting the journalist for being “complicit in genocide” and being paid “millions from Zionists.”
“After World War II, every single journalist that was complicit in their war crimes was charged,” a protester wearing a surgical mask yelled at Bash.
“You belong behind bars,” the protester continued. “We know who you are. We know what you’re saying.”
The agitator then tore into Bash for reporting on the ongoing conflict in Gaza as a “war,” insisting that Israel’s military operations are equivalent to a “genocide.”
“It is not a war. It has never been a war. It is ethnic cleansing. It is genocide. There are children being bombed, bombed, bombed, bombed,” the protester said.
“You are complicit in the genocide. Do you understand that five days ago when you tweeted about the hostages [kidnapped and murdered by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas], that there are over 10,000 political prisoners in Israeli death camps? They are concentration camps for Palestinians, and you are complicit in all of those deaths,” the activist continued.
The protester then accused Bash of facilitating the death of Palestinians in Gaza by “telling lies on public air.”
“Every time she lies, a neighborhood in Gaza dies. She is killing people. You know you are. Look me in the eye!” the protester screamed.
“Take your mask off,” Bash replied, calmly.
“You are a killer! Bloody Bash! Bloody Bash!” the protester yelled as bookstore security escorted her off the premises.
Another protester then confronted Bash, accusing her of “not reporting” on the deaths in Gaza in order to collect huge sums of money from “Zionists.” The agitator also accused Bash of accepting “Zionist” money to “spew lies about the Palestinian people.”
“You call yourself a journalist. Report the truth. But instead, you want millions from Zionists. You want millions from AIPAC,” she said, referring to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. “You’re taking millions, and you’re living in that house all alone, that multi-million dollar house.”
“You lie about people who have been bombed in hospitals. You lie about the students and the encampments. They are just trying to exercise their free speech to help their family and friends back home,” the protester continued.
Video of the confrontation circulated on social media. Bash was at the bookstore promoting her new history book, America’s Deadliest Election, alongside journalist Kara Swisher.
BREAKING: CNN’s Dana Bash had her event, America’s Deadliest Election, at DC Bookstore, Politics and Prose, interrupted multiple times by pro-Palestine protesters who accused her of being complicit in genocide.
Bash’s response: “Take off your mask.” pic.twitter.com/mSPk4MFAbK
— Stu (@thestustustudio) September 6, 2024
Numerous figures in the Jewish community immediately came to Bash’s defense.
Fellow CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who is also Jewish, called the targeting of Bash an example of “antisemitism.”
“These protesters target Dana at her home and this event because she’s Jewish,” he posted on X/Twitter. “There is nothing about her coverage of the Israel-Hamas war that is different from most other news coverage, covering both Jewish/Israeli and Palestinian pain. This harassment is antisemitism.”
Tapper himself faced a deluge of antisemitic criticism from anti-Israel social media personalities.
“Lot of this today…From the Left AND the Right! Horseshoe theory,” Tapper wrote in response to several posts attacking him for being Jewish and a Zionist.
US lawmakers even commented on the targeting of Bash and Tapper.
“Pro-Hamas agitators are trying to bully college students, elected officials, and now even the press into silence. Good on Dana for standing up to them,” said Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY).
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Report: IDF Probes Whether Houthis Used Iranian Cluster Bomb-Bearing Missile
Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi addresses followers via a video link at the al-Shaab Mosque, formerly al-Saleh Mosque, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
i24 News – The Israeli military said Saturday it launched a probe into the failure of its defenses to fully intercept a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi jihadists, parts of which struck not far from the Ben Gurion airport on Friday night.
According to the Ynet website, one of the hypotheses being examined is that the projectile contained cluster munitions, similar to those used by Iran to fire at Israeli cities during the 12-day war in June. Cluster munitions pose a challenge to interceptors as they disperse smaller explosives over a wide area.
In June, Iran fired several missiles carrying scattered small bombs with the aim of increasing civilian casualties.
The IDF said on Saturday that its initial review suggests the ballistic missile from Yemen likely fragmented in mid-air. Five interceptors from various systems engaged with the missile, including THAAD, Arrow, David Sling & Iron Dome.
Authorities said that shrapnel impacted a house in the central Israeli moshav of Ginaton, yet no one was hurt, with the fragment landing in the house’s backyard.
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Iran Forces Kill Six Militants, IRNA Reports, Israel Link Seen
The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 3, 2023. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Iranian security forces shot dead six militants in a clash in southeastern Iran on Saturday, a day after armed rebels killed five police officers in the restive region, the official news agency IRNA reported.
IRNA said evidence showed the group was linked to Israel and may have been trained by Israel‘s Mossad spy agency. There was no immediate Israeli reaction to the allegation.
Another two members of the militant group were arrested, the report said. All but one of the militants were foreign, it added, without giving their nationality.
Iranian police said this month they had arrested as many as 21,000 suspects during the 12-day war with Israel in June.
Iran’s southeast has been the scene of sporadic clashes between security forces and armed groups, including Sunni militants and separatists who say they are fighting for greater rights and autonomy.
Tehran says some of them have ties to foreign powers and are involved in cross-border smuggling and insurgency.
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Benny Gantz Urges Time-Limited National Unity Government to Further Chances of Hostage Deal
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz attends his party’s meeting at the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Saturday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition politicians to form a temporary national unity government to further the chances of bringing home the hostages held in Gaza.
Addressing Netanyahu, Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman, Gantz said that the proposed government’s two supreme priorities would be the release of Israeli hostages held by the jihadists of Hamas and instituting universal conscription in Israel by ending the exemption from military service enjoyed by the ultra-Orthodox.
Upon attainment of the goals, the government would dissolve and call an election.
“The government’s term will begin with a hostage deal that brings everyone home,” Gantz said in a video address. “Within weeks, we will formulate an enlistment outline that would see our ultra-Orthodox brethren drafted to the military and ease the burden on those already serving. Finally, we will announce an agreed-upon election date in the spring of 2026 and pass a law to dissolve the Knesset [Israeli parliament] accordingly. This is what’s right for Israel.”