Pro-Israel Comedian Faces Backlash After Debate With Pro-Palestine Queer Activist
June 21, 2026
What was meant to be a gotcha moment quickly turned into a lesson in solidarity.
When a pro-Israel comedian attempted to challenge a queer participant over her support for Palestine, she didn’t hesitate.
Her answer was simple:
“Yeah. Pro-Palestine.”
As Israel’s war on Gaza continues to spark outrage across the world, more LGBTQ+ activists and organizations are rejecting attempts to use queer rights as a shield against criticism of Israeli policies.
For many LGBTQ+ activists, the answer is clear.
Queer liberation and Palestinian liberation are not opposites.
And support for human rights should never come with exceptions.
One question.
One answer.
One message:
Human rights don’t stop at borders.
#FreePalestine #fyp #LGBTQ #pridemonth 🏳️🌈 #Gaza
English Script:
Interviewer: Are you a queer for Palestine?
Interviewee: Yeah. Pro Palestine.
Interviewer: Okay. Did you know that in Palestine it’s punishable by death to be gay? Did you know that?
Interviewee: Well, I didn’t. But I mean, I still don’t…
Interviewer: You had no clue?
Interviewee: No.
Interviewer: Did you know Israel is the only place in the Middle East where it’s even legal to be gay?
Interviewee: That’s okay. I still don’t think that people deserve to experience genocide and be mass murdered.
Interviewer: So, I don’t either.
Interviewee: I believe in equal rights above all. People’s religious beliefs are beyond me. Do I think that people deserve the right to like live freely and exist? Yeah, I do. No matter what their personal beliefs are.
Interviewer: Are you comfortable like supporting a government that kills gay people?
Interviewee: Yeah, I’m comfortable with that.
Interviewer: That kills gay people just for being gay.
Interviewee: I am. Yeah, because I think that they should still be able to live. I don’t believe in genocide. Do you believe in genocide?
Interviewer: There’s no, there’s no genocide. There’s no genocide.
Interviewee: There is a genocide.
Interviewer: What do you define as genocide?
Interviewee: People being mass murdered.
Interviewer: That’s not what genocide is. This is war.
Interviewee: No, it’s mass murder.
Interviewer: There’s a difference between war and genocide.
Interviewee: It’s mass murder. Thank you. Happy Pride.
