Anti-Israel journalist Mehdi Hasan claimed there were ways in which the “Gaza genocide” is worse than other genocides, including the genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust, in a now-deleted Monday post to X/Twitter.
“One of the ways in which the Gaza genocide is worse than a lot of previous genocides – Rwanda, even the Holocaust – is that you didn’t have Hutus or Nazis mocking the genocide after it was over. They were shunned/deradicalized/prosecuted,” Hasan wrote, according to saved screenshots of the post.
Hasan’s comment came in response to a post on X by Free Press columnist Eli Lake, who joked about “a genocide against the indigenous tunnels of Gaza.”
Hasan, the founder of digital media company Zeteo, has been a vocal critic of Israel throughout the Israel-Hamas War, as well as long before.
He had worked at MSNBC until early 2024 after the network announced that it was cancelling his show.
Hasan’s statement about the “Gaza genocide” being, in a number of ways, worse than even the Holocaust, which saw the extermination of 11 million people, including six million Jews, a figure that represents about two-thirds of Europe’s then Jewish population, drew immediate widespread criticism.
One figure to do so was English media personality and journalist Piers Morgan, who replied to the post, asking Hasan, “Have you lost your mind?
Hasan has since posted a clarification of the now-deleted post, stating that he was making his point “clumsily.” Still, he did not retract the sentiment, claimed that those criticizing his statement were making “bad-faith” attacks, and said “shame” on those who do not believe the Israel-Hamas War constituted a genocide.
“There was no offense meant to the Jewish community, and I abhor and condemn all genocides, unlike those pro-Israel politicians and journalists who defend or, worse, deny the current Gaza genocide. Shame on them,” Hasan wrote.