Bassem Youssef
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1,048 appearances
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3 series
first heard Apr 2024
last heard 5 Jun
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And it is, we became so comfortable killing people from afar, killing people with a push of the button. And now it is, it is like, it's like dating apps, you know, when you, when you swipe left and right, and it's like, oh, right, it becomes so like cheap. It's not like meeting someone. It's like a lot of fish in the sea. Same with AI. Boom. 500 people killed. Boom. They killed. It's so easy.
It's so easy. It's so easy. And then it's so far removed from you. So when you put these people in this condition, you have literally put them in a different universe than yours. You are behind in your air-conditioned screens, like pushing them, blowing up a university. It's amazing. But then you meet what you have done, that you meet the Frankenstein that you have created.
And then people are like, oh, look what they did to us.
It's boring. Like a puppet government. Yeah.
Because we have kind of like a front row seat to what's happening. We think we're in it, but we can't really grasp it. I mean, people's like, oh, we're just gonna go in, get Hamas out, and we're gonna get them back in. And also when the people get back in, how do you think they would look at you? What have you created? What have you done? My show in Egypt was all about propaganda.
It's all about the use of words. Words are very important. The decapitated babies were not chosen randomly. Because you see, it plants a certain image in your brain. Imagine if you're going in, what a baby can do? It can smile, cry, and poop. That's it. It's absolutely no threat.
You see what happens? It's like, what's the proportionate response? Can Israel defend itself? Do you condemn Hamas? Does Israel has the right to exist? Decapitated babies, raped women. Why don't the Arab countries take them? Why don't the Muslims kill Muslims? Look what happened in Yemen, in Syria,
in Iraq, see how they kind of distract you, they throw little things at you, so you don't know what to do, or the UNRWA, the UNN, anti-Semitic, October 7th, October 7th, October 7th, and then suddenly you are distracted and pulled into discussing all of these little things, and you're not discussing what's happening right now, it is basically stalling, giving them time to do what they do.
And you know, that's why- You have made me laugh at the darkest shit. You're such a beautiful person.
Your dark humor is just wonderful. But you see, this happened to Jews before. Remember blood libel? Where did the blood libel come from? It comes from these rumors that Jews suck baby's blood. This is what they did to them. That's what's in the cup. Exactly. That's a very delicious baby. But this is what you do.
You tell people something and it happened with the Native Americans when they were here, when they went in and they wipe a whole tribe. And Jewish people, one of the minorities that were persecuted and had this used against them for a very long time. And it is terrible and it's terrifying that's been used again.
Obama have kind of summarized this beautifully in his book. He said, the reason why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is so chronic is one side has so much power and the other side have absolutely no power. And that's what Obama said. He said, you have Israel that basically don't listen to us. because they are supported by people who are bigger than the president, bigger than the administration.
They know that they can. I mean, like Netanyahu was caught on tape many times saying like, he's basically like belittling Americans. Like, we control 80% of the population. We don't care. This has kind of like nonchalant, kind of like we have them. And there's nothing really that compels Israel to give up anything. Because at the end of the day, what is compromise?
Compromise is like I give something, you give something. Israel is not giving anything. And they project that on you. So for example, how many times have we heard like, oh, Palestinians were giving like four, five, six, seven, 15 chances and they said no to them. And yet when you read the history, that's not the case at all. Like for example,
The whole idea about Arafat walked away from Oslo, that didn't happen. And there is an incredible video by, you know, what's his name, Joe Scarborough with Misha. And they were hosting her father, Brzezinski, he was the national security advisor. And Jos Karabou said like, well, you know, like Arafat left the Oslo court and the Palestinians left.
And then Brzezinski said like, this is like embarrassingly shallow. It's like, listen, what happened was there was a lot of catches on the Oslo court. It was very unfair to the Palestinians. So Arafat said like, I agree, but I need to take it to the Arab capitals.
and they went to Sharm el-Sheikh, they came to Egypt, and he and Uhud Barak went to there, and then Uhud Barak left because there was election, and he lost, and Iriel Sharon came, and it was destroyed. This is one of the reason why people, it's kind of like, Facts don't matter as much as what is the narrative that is being controlled.
I mean, maybe there was a certain point when the Israeli leaders were more open to compromise. But I can say that because each time Israel gives back land, it has to be after some use of force. The 1973 war, the Intifada, the first and second, the casualties in Gaza, they never give up land willingly and because of peace. Because if I have that much military, I can do whatever I want.
Why would I give up anything? I have that much power. Why would America or China give everything if they're so powerful? And especially if they have this kind of open check from the United States. So it is really about what can push Israel to give up something? Because you are so much stronger than me. What could compel you to give up something?
And this is why the whole thing about like trying to equalize Palestinians and the Israeli state and government, it doesn't make any sense.
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