April 27, 2026
- What is Hasan Piker’s Platform and Why Does It Matter?
- How Has Hasan Pike Spread Antisemitism?
- Hasan Piker Sides With Terrorism, Incites Violence
- Hasan Piker Echoes Antisemitism on the Far Right
- How You Can Counter Antisemitism
Hasan Piker, known as HasanAbi on the video-game streaming platform Twitch, is a far-left antisemitic streaming star who has attracted millions of fans.
Piker has gained notoriety for his rants on Twitch and YouTube, justifying the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel along with other antisemitic comments and dog whistles, while blaming Jews who decry anti-Zionism for the rise in antisemitism.
He has recently gained more mainstream visibility as news outlets and prominent podcasts have interviewed him about contemporary politics, and journalists and elected officials continue to join him on his Twitch platform.
Here is what to know about Piker, including how he promotes antisemitism and the way he is driving Jew hatred in young progressive circles.
Key Takeaways
- Condoning Terrorism: Hasan Piker has justified the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel – the deadliest antisemitic attack on Jews since the Holocaust. He also has justified the actions of Hezbollah and Houthis and other designated terrorist groups, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
- Piker as a Perceived Political Asset: Politicians have seized on Hasan Piker’s popularity, appearing with him on the campaign trail or on his own streaming platform to appeal to young progressive voters.
- Two Sides of the Same Antisemitic Coin: While they occupy opposite ends of the political spectrum, when it comes to antisemitism, there's not much space between the extreme far-left views of Hasan Piker and the white supremacist far-right views of Nick Fuentes.
What is Hasan Piker’s Platform and Why Does It Matter?
After a brief stint working for an online news show run by his uncle, Cenk Uygur, called The Young Turks—a digital media outlet known for its left-leaning commentary, including extremely critical coverage of U.S. foreign policy and Israel—Hasan Piker, now 34, moved to Los Angeles, where he began livestreaming himself playing video games on Twitch and YouTube.
During some of his eight-hour streaming sessions, he has made antisemitic and anti-Western political comments, including justifications for the October 7, 2023 terror attacks on Israel and the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the U.S.
His rants about global affairs and American politics have made him a rising far-left political voice who appeals to millennials and Gen Z, and a go-to for some politicians seeking an icon to help draw attention and votes.
In the run-up to the 2020 general election, he endorsed presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders, and collaborated with U.S. Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for a ‘Get Out the Vote’ initiative, playing the multiplayer game ‘Among Us’ on Twitch to an audience of more than 700,000 viewers. He has hosted Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) on his platform and received credentials to attend the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
In the 2025 New York City mayoral race, Piker expressed support for Zohran Mamdani, who appeared as a guest on Piker’s stream. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo aired campaign ads questioning the friendship. Mamdani later disavowed Piker’s comments about September 11, calling them "objectionable and reprehensible.” And in March, U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed appeared with Piker to campaign at two different Michigan universities.
How Has Hasan Piker Spread Antisemitism?
While he defends his hateful remarks as opposition to Israel, claiming anti-Zionism is not the same as antisemitism, his opposition has gone beyond Israel, veering into anti-American or anti-Western rhetoric and often condoning violence.
He has laughed at the subject of college campus antisemitism, and in one stream called a Jewish man a “bloodthirsty, violent pig dog,” accusing him of wanting to execute every Palestinian in the street.
Discussing efforts to compel ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in Israel’s Defense Force, Piker described them as “inbred,” adding that it would be “hilarious” if Haredim left Israel in response to the policy or got deployed to Lebanon.
In a 2024 letter to executives at Amazon and its subsidiary Twitch, U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres called out Piker’s antisemitic rhetoric, condoning of terrorism, and inciting violence.
“He seems to live in a morally inverted universe where the true terrorists on 9/11 and 10/7 were not the perpetrators but the victims,” Torres wrote.
Hasan Piker Sides With Terrorism, Incites Violence
Following the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7, Piker denied the atrocities committed by Hamas, calling allegations of sexual violence “rape fantasies” or “rape hallucinations.” He later backpedaled, declaring instead that “it doesn’t matter if rapes f***ing happened on Oct. 7, like that doesn’t change the dynamic for me … The Palestinian resistance is not perfect.”
In a recent episode of Pod Save America, Piker doubled down on antisemitic statements that the murderous terrorist organization “Hamas is a thousand times better than Israel” and that he “would vote for Hamas over Israel every single time.”
In another rant on his Twitch stream, presumably in jest, Piker calls on his fans to murder people in the streets and “let the streets soak in their f****ng red-capitalist blood.”
Piker has lauded Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror proxy in Lebanon responsible for deadly attacks around the world, including the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, the deadliest antisemitic terrorist attack outside Israel since the Holocaust. He also has made a bizarre comparison between the Houthis in Yemen, another Iran-backed terror group, and Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
In March, he condemned an attack on a Michigan synagogue, but also seemed to justify it by condemning Israel’s operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah terrorists that killed the attacker’s brother, a Hezbollah commander.
Piker has joked about date rape on college campuses, expressed sympathy for Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and suggested if Americans really wanted to end Medicare fraud, they would kill U.S. Senator Rick Scott – a remark that earned him a brief suspension from the Twitch platform.
Hasan Piker Echoes Antisemitism on the Far Right
AJC CEO Ted Deutch has warned Democrats and Republicans both publicly and privately to distance themselves from Piker‘s extreme far-left antisemitism and the far-right antisemitism of white-supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes, adding that there’s not much space between them.
Commentators sometimes describe this dynamic as the “horseshoe theory,” which suggests common ground between extreme political ideologies on the far-left and far-right.
“In both cases, each party should make clear that voices that aren’t representative of their parties have no place in an official campaign setting — shouldn’t be welcomed, shouldn’t be welcomed in to share their views,” Deutch told Jewish Insider in March. “In Piker’s case, his record speaks for itself, as does Nick Fuentes. I don’t need to go into details about who they are or what they represent. Neither one of them belongs in the middle of the political process as a result of candidates choosing to put them there.”
Part of Hasan Piker’s charisma comes from his combination of comedy and commentary. For example, a crowd of cartoon green frogs leaped along the bottom of the screen during a recent Twitch stream castigating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But of all the cartoon creatures to feature, green frogs seemed a curious choice.
Pepe the Frog is a cartoon character that has become a symbol of the alt-right, namely, the Groyper movement, a group of far-right activists, internet trolls, and white nationalists spreading white supremacist ideas and content. The leader of that movement? Nick Fuentes, of course.
How You Can Counter Antisemitism
- Take Action—Call on Congress to take concrete, actionable steps to counter the surge of anti-Jewish hate on social media and AI platforms. Send your email to Congress now.
- Share AJC’s Translate Hate Glossary—This glossary explains when, why, and how certain terms, tropes, themes, and memes are antisemitic, including anti-Jewish phrases that have resurfaced in recent years. We are seeing in real time how new antisemitic language emerges and old tropes evolve — often used to cast blame on Jews or the Jewish state for broader societal problems. Bookmark the glossary today.
