Hasan Piker said Hamas is a thousand times better than Israel.
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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 4, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources, including Reuters and AP, report that Piker said Hamas is 'a thousand times better than Israel,' and other outlets say he repeated it. The extracted claim matches the passage, which names Piker, and the quote is documented in the sources.
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… I don't get it. But today, it's gonna be a great day in Ham, Hamtramck and Dearborn and other Muslim conquered lands in Michigan, because their guy is gonna win, and it's not even gonna be close. Yeah, he also said October 7 was Israel's fault. Hell, the guy he campaigns with, Piker, said Hamas is a thousand times better than Israel, and he didn't care about the rapes that were committed on October 7. That guy is a major influencer in the Democrat Party, and I understand there are a lot of dummies out there, people, brain dead people, just go in and vote D, but you've got a really …
The Gerry Callahan Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that Piker 'has said Hamas was "a thousand times better than Israel"' and that he would vote for Hamas over Israel.[1]
Supports. AP's coverage of Piker's distancing from his comments cites his past comment that 'Hamas is a thousand times better' than Israel.[2]
Supports. Vox and the Washington Examiner both attribute the 'thousand times better than Israel' remark to Piker, and the Jewish Journal says he 'doubled down' on it.[3][4][5]
Context. Piker's own stated framing, reported by Rolling Stone and JTA, is that he is a critic of Israel and an anti-Zionist. This context does not dispute that he made the statement.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1UK blocks visits by left-wing US commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Pikerreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2El-Sayed distances himself from popular streamer's comments on Israel and Jewish Americansapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3The real problem with Hasan Piker - Voxvox.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Piker calls Hamas 'moderate' as commentator faces backlashwashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Hasan Piker and the Narrative about Israel - Untethered to Reality and Harming the Cause of Palestinejewishjournal.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?au.rollingstone.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Hasan Piker is gaslighting American Jews. As a historian of antisemitism, I can tell. - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyjta.org · not rated · cited for: context
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