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Hasan Piker Responds to 'Antisemitism' Claims: 'It's a Double Standard'

6 claims checked · Published August 2026 · Checked August 2026

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  1. Claim 1
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 0:05
    “Yeah, I said it in 2019.”

    Hasan Piker said that America deserved 9/11 in 2019.

    Contemporary reporting places Piker’s statement during an August 2019 livestream and quotes him saying that America “deserved 9/11.”

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  2. Claim 2
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 0:33
    “I should have phrased things uh better. I apologize for those who I've offended and I most importantly apologize uh for for giving an opportunity the right to just like use this again.”

    Piker later said he should have phrased the comment better and apologized for giving political opponents an opportunity to use it against him.

    The 2019 Young Turks interview documents Piker saying he should have used more precise language and regretting that the comment gave the right an opportunity to criticize him.

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  3. Claim 3
    Unverifiable84% confidence▶ 1:15
    “there's another one that they were like pig dog where they're like pig dog is anti-semitic. It wasn't even in the anti-semitism glossery until they decided it was actually anti-semitic.”

    The term “pig dog” was not in an antisemitism glossary until someone decided it was antisemitic.

    The claim does not identify which glossary, the relevant dates, or who allegedly made the determination. The available ADL documentation confirms that its glossary is searchable and regularly updated, but does not establish the historical status or classification of “pig dog.”

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  4. Claim 4
    False50% confidence▶ 1:57
    “Well, I didn't say orthodox are inbred. I'm I'm talking about like I'm talking specifically about settlers. I'm talking specifically about like uh uh people that are joining the Israeli military to go invade Lebanon.”

    Piker denied saying that Orthodox Jews are inbred and said he was referring specifically to settlers and people joining the Israeli military to invade Lebanon.

    The denial is contradicted by documented examples attributed to Piker in which he referred to Orthodox Jews and Israeli Jews as “inbred.” The quoted denial may describe his intended target in this particular exchange, but it does not support the categorical statement that he did not say Orthodox Jews were inbred.

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  5. Claim 5
    Misleading93% confidence▶ 2:41
    “Because the ADL went to Twitch, went to Amazon, and made Zionism a protected identity on the platform, specifically to get me banned.”

    The ADL and Amazon made Zionism a protected identity on Twitch specifically to get Piker banned.

    Twitch’s published policy says political discussion and criticism of Zionism are allowed, while certain abusive uses of “Zionist” are treated as proxy attacks on Jews or Israelis. The ADL publicly said Twitch acted on its recommendation, but the available evidence does not show that the change was made specifically to target or ban Piker.

    Omits: Twitch’s policy does not prohibit criticism of Zionism as a political movement; it treats “Zionists” as a proxy for Jews or Israelis only when used to promote harm, violence, dehumanizing comparisons, or antisemitic stereotypes. The evidence also supports an ADL recommendation to Twitch, not the claim that the policy was created specifically to ban Piker.

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  6. Claim 6
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 2:41
    “I said, uh, Zionist pigs, I got banned for that. Why did I get banned for that? Because the ADL went to Twitch, went to Amazon, and made Zionism a protected identity on the platform, specifically to get me banned.”

    Piker was banned from Twitch because he said “Zionist pigs.”

    The ADL says Piker’s Twitch account was suspended on multiple occasions for using the phrase “Zionist pig,” but Twitch’s publicly reported ban notice gave the general reason of hateful conduct and did not identify that phrase as the specific cause of the indefinite ban.

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    • 1Hasan Piker: What You Need to Know

      SupportsPiker’s Twitch account has been suspended on multiple occasions for violating the platform’s policies, such as for using the phrase “Zionist pig” on a livestream.

    • 2Politics streamer Destiny receives indefinite ban from Twitch

      BackgroundA screenshot Destiny shared to his subreddit indicates that the ban can only be lifted on appeal, and that it was applied for "Promoting, encouraging, or facilitating the discrimination or denigration of a group of people based on their protected characteristics."