Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today Some recognition from Piker that many American Jews are grappling with their relationship to Israel as a minority group in a historically hostile diaspora would go a long way toward reassuring them he views them as more than would-be Nazis or terroristsShare 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 formatSubscribeArno Rosenfeld08:42 PM • August 26 2026 IDTThe political firestorm set off by Hasan Piker's comments over the weekend that American Jews are endangering themselves by associating too closely with Israel was both predictable and exhausting.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesTzvi SuccotNetanyahuUNRWAHasan PikerWest BankOfer WinterIsrael Space PollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastLikud Minister Files Police Complaint Alleging Forged Party Primary RecountIDF Bars Return of Palestinians to W. Bank Refugee Camps; 33,000 Still DisplacedForget a Map, This Is How Palestinians Are Navigating West Bank RoadsUnprecedented UK Sanctions on Israel Are Coming. How Will British Jews Respond?Syria's Kurdish-led SDF Dissolves as Part of Integration With DamascusRemembering 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?Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes