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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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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.