• Ben Shapiro’s distortions, lack of empathy, and intensely questionable views on politics and Palestine are explored.
• Shapiro’s selective silence on Israeli atrocities and misleading narrative are highlighted, exposing his pro-genocide, pro-apartheid, and Zionist Youtube videos and social media posts.
As I begin writing this, I approach this endeavor with a certain reluctance, not stemming from any lack of enjoyment in penning words for you, dear readers. However, after watching Ben Shapiro on my screen, I’m trying hard not to fork my eye balls out.
Of course if Mr Shapiro were to hear me utter such words, he would label me an anti-semite imminently, simply for holding a differing ideological viewpoint to his own and disagreeing with him.
This article seeks to highlight Ben Shapiro’s distortions of truth, his manipulation of facts, contradictions and his endorsement of a genocide.
“Empathy is bad for politics” Ben Shapiro once said.
Ben Shapiro contends that embracing empathy can lead to an irrational policymaking process. This viewpoint raises concern, given that empathy is an essential attribute for comprehending the needs and human rights of individuals, especially in the context of political decision-making. Opposing empathy in politics, suggests a lack of concern for the well-being and rights of various groups, potentially leading to policies that tolerate actions that could result in harm, including a genocide. Furthermore, the genocidal actions of Zionists stem from a collective lack of empathy. And amnesia regarding the suffering their own ancestors endured during the Holocaust. In turn, cultivating empathy could compel Shapiro to recognize the shared plight of present-day Palestinians with the historical struggles of his forefathers.
It’s axiomatic to suggest Shapiro as an emotionally neurotic and tetchy little man. Moreover, he who would evidently sacrifice his dignity for a tilt at power. But perhaps this is the very reason he prefers to debate Undergraduate students from Oxford, as opposed to taking up the numerous offers of Mohammed Hijab or anyone with any serious credentials. Incidentally, the Oxford students did a very good job at debating him last month.
The Oxford Blue student newspaper reported that ‘The Union’s atmosphere intensified at the point when the floor was opened to audience questions’. In addition, a small protest gathered outside the union campaigning against the invitation of Shapiro on the grounds that it was hosting a ‘racist hate speaker’.
During one of his debates in Oxford, Shapiro tried to manipulate his audience into believing that Israel does not target civilians. He claimed,
“Israel targets terrorists and accidentally hits civilians.”
Lets take a look at the evidence:
• Since October 7th, over 10,000 children have been killed by the IDF. This doesn’t sound very accidental. • On November 13, eight family members of photojournalist Yasser Qudih were killed when their house in southern Gaza was struck by four missiles.
Israel has been targeting civilians long before October 7th
• Muhammed al-Durrah, a young boy killed by a sniper in September 2000 as his father tried to shield him, couldn't have been utilized as a human shield, as his father had no connections to any proscribed terrorist groups.
• Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian Christian Journalist was killed by an Israeli soldier while wearing a blue press vest and covering a raid on the Jenin refugee camp.
• In 2014, 4 young boys who were cousins (9-11 years old), were playing on the beach in Gaza and were shot dead by Israeli snipers. • During the 2018 ‘Great March of Return’ (an incident that Shapiro conveniently omitted from recollection when questioned by a debating student), 6,106 Palestinians returning to their homes were shot on the ground by Israeli snipers positioned near the separation fence. The IDF later claimed that the Palestinians had turned violent. However, a UN investigation contradicted this information, affirming the peaceful nature of the Palestinians returning to their land. The conclusive remarks of the report read: 106. Violations of international law, such as those committed by the Israeli security forces and set out in the present report, give rise to State responsibility on the part of the State of Israel. Israel has an obligation to investigate alleged violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian by its security forces and, where appropriate, to prosecute those deemed responsible. • The Kafr Qasim massacre (1956): 48 Palestinians, including a pregnant woman, were returning home from work when they were killed by the Israeli border force."
Shapiro attempts to ‘educate’ his YouTube audience on the history of Palestine
In his video titled, ‘Here’s the truth about Israel-Palestine conflict (A comprehensive history)’ at 16.52 he asserts:
‘The PLO says there would be no violence but there was a massive uptick in violence after the Oslo accords’.
However, Shapiro intentionally overlooks the specific events that unfolded post the Oslo Accords, notably failing to mention the Hebron massacre. This tragic incident involved a man named Goldstein entering the Cave of the Patriarchs, hurling grenades, and causing the death of numerous Palestinians.
Curiously, throughout the entire video, he refrains from mentioning Israeli settlers while imparting ‘valuable’ historical information about what happened in the holy land.
A Harvard graduate in Law, which one might find difficult to believe. When Ben Shapiro isn’t spending his time policing others for so-called anti-semitism, he posts AI generated images of burnt babies online to justify the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
Pictured: Earlier this year this AI generated image was shared by Shapiro on his X handle.
On September 27th, 2010, he also shared the following on his X handle:
“Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage”
Shapiro’s racist views are glaringly evident, manifested through his discriminatory remarks and prejudiced rhetoric. These expressions of intolerance contribute to understanding his very essence.
When Candace Owens recently tweeted that ‘no government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide, ever.’ In response, Shapiro began calling Owens’ commentary on the situation in Palestine as, “absolutely disgraceful”, again highlighting his intolerance. This is somewhat ironic since The Daily Wire claims to be a platform for free speech.
Ben Shapiro strives to mislead and confound the masses through his pro-genocide, pro-apartheid, and ultra-Zionist writings, podcasts, and social media posts, distorting reality by presenting falsehoods as truths and truths as falsehoods.
“Facts don’t care about your feelings”
Ironically ‘Facts don’t care about your feelings’ is Shapiro’s tag line. However, his unfounded claims of a tunnel beneath the Gaza hospital, attacked by the IDF, were unsupported by any evidence to validate this assertion.
Employing the rapidity of speech, it might be concluded that this acts as a shield against the exposure of his own intellectual vacuity, a paradoxical endeavour that perpetually unveils his buffoonery. Shapiro is an individual who will try to gradually shift an argument rather than actually debate what’s been postulated. In addition, it’s important to explore the many actions of the IDF which Shapiro has remained silent on.
Ben Shapiro’s pin drop silence
“Gaza, you BLACK woman! Gaza, you trash! Gaza you bitch! Gaza, you daughter of a huge whore, just like your mother Gaza!” – Lior Narkis.
In the midst of a tour across various Israeli military camps, the renowned Israeli singer Lior Narkis delivered these troubling and highly offensive lyrics to an exuberant crowd of dancing and cheering soldiers. The soldiers, amidst the backdrop of Gaza being bombed and a few days before their ground offensive commenced, greeted the singer’s words with wild and loud expressions of joy, adulation, praise, and adoration. Surprisingly, this matter received no commentary from Ben Shapiro who consistently defends and praises the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) for being morally sound.
There was also pin drop silence from Ben when The Minister of Heritage said, “anyone who carries a Palestinian flag should not be allowed to live”. And a “nuclear bomb should be dropped on Gaza” or when he said, “Gaza’s 2.5 million people should be pushed in the desert or sent to 100 different countries as refugees at 25,000 Gazans per country?”
In the Orwellian West that we are currently living in, where a child will be sent home from primary school for wearing Palestinian colours, the unrest of the masses continues worldwide, with protests being conducted weekly in local towns and boroughs up and down the UK. As it stands, over 20,400 Palestinians have been massacred in Gaza.
As I am writing this, recent reports reveal Israelis have repurposed a stadium into a detention centre, where our Palestinian brothers face being stripped and humiliated and field executions.
Individuals such as Ben Shapiro, who reside in the comfort of their homes while advocating for a genocide, embody true inhumanity and malevolence. Shapiro’s baseless claims of supposed anti-Semitism have only become louder after a recent Harvard CAPS-Harris poll revealed that 51% of young American adults express a desire for ‘the end of Israel’. Individuals such as Shapiro, stand as genuine criminals, and I am unequivocally convinced that they will not escape accountability for their actions, whether in this life or the hereafter.
