Current sectionU.S. NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeCredit: moshecg, n.tati.m/ Shutterstock; Ali Shaker/ VOA; GPO/ YouTubeIn his first interview with Israeli media, left-wing streamer Hasan Piker tells Haaretz that October 7 must be seen in the context of the Israeli occupation, that even liberal Zionists should be 'named and shamed,' and explains why most Americans just don't like Israel anymoreEtan Nechin 07:22 PM • August 24 2026 IDT"Are you ready for the backlash you're going to receive?" Hasan Piker asks jokingly at the start of our video interview.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:ADLZionismDemocratic PartyPalestiniansIsrael occupationHamasAntisemitismIsrael-Gaza WarOctober 7CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaE1SyriaWest BankNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasPollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsraeli Election Committee Overrules AG, Lets Ben-Gvir Attend Police ConfabIsraeli Airline Israir Clears Last Hurdle to Fly to New YorkTwenty Marvel Stars Call for Release of Palestinian Leader Marwan BarghoutiDreaming of a Pragmatic West Asia From an Ideological Middle EastSnakes on a Plate: Could Reptile Consumption Have Freed Us to Settle Down?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?AIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California Progressive