Current sectionOpinionShare 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 formatSubscribeThe radical influencer doesn't try to conceal his extremist views, including in his recent interview with Haaretz. Young men attracted to his toxic brand must be offered something better to believe in09:19 PM • August 25 2026 IDTThe most unsettling thing about Hasan Piker's interview with Haaretz this week is not what he said, or the very fact that Haaretz gave him a platform, which I personally find troubling. Rather, it is that a man can now make openly antisemitic statements that would once have placed him well beyond respectable political discourse, and we all just read on as if it is normal. But no, it isn't normal. So let us at least understand who this man is, and why he matters.In the NewsIsrael Bars Dutch Officials From U.S. Base Overseeing Gaza Over Settlement BanHasan Piker Isn't Trying to Hide Anything. That's What Makes Him DangerousJewish Michiganders Face a Very Tough Choice. Here's What I Plan to DoNetanyahu Guards Pointing Guns at Beachgoers Shows How He Sees Israeli CiviliansTop Court Halts Coalition Funds for Haredi Education, West Bank SettlementsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItDavid 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