Left-wing commentator Hasan Piker has raised more than $1 million for medical relief in Palestine in just a few days through a Twitch campaign.
As donations poured in, Piker told fans: “I’m so proud of you all.” “It’s unbelievable, it’s unimaginable, it’s ridiculous. This is where this community thrives.”
Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and his fans have raised more than $1 million for Palestine in less than a week. (Screenshot provided by: HasanAbi/YouTube)
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More than 1,400 Israeli civilians and soldiers have been killed since Hamas launched a surprise attack on October 7. More than 4,000 Palestinians were killed and thousands more injured in Israeli retaliatory attacks, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Piker started the fundraiser about a week ago. Fans raised $180,000 in the first 40 minutes, and as of Wednesday afternoon, it had surpassed $1 million. Piker reportedly earned at least $50,000. tilt the page.
Piker said the funds will be divided between ANERA, the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, the Palestine Red Crescent Society and Palestinian Medical Aid.
Smoke and fireballs are seen above buildings in Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on October 9, 2023. Israel’s war with Hamas has left thousands of Palestinians dead and injured. (Photo by Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto, Getty Images)
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Piker did not respond to an interview request from Fox News about the fundraiser.
Piker, a self-proclaimed socialist, most watched streamer On Twitch. The live streaming service, which is often used by gamers, has attracted millions of followers for Piker’s political commentary. He previously wrote for The Young Turks, a left-wing news and commentary outlet co-founded by his uncle.
He is a vocal critic of “colonial apartheid” and accuses Israel of imposing it on Palestinians. In a recent broadcast, he went on a profanity-laced rant justifying Hamas’ invasion.
“If they lock you up in an open-air prison for the rest of your life, you’ll eventually break out when you realize there’s no other way out,” Piker says. He said. “Do you think this happened out of nowhere? Do you think this came out of nowhere? Are you stupid? The state of Israel was coexisting peacefully and then these people just peacefully Do you think they coexisted? Did they come from nowhere on gliders?”
Tents are set up for Palestinians seeking refuge along the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023. (Photo by: Ahmad Hasabalah/Getty Images)
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On Thursday, Piker sharply criticized President Biden for announcing $100 million in new U.S. funding for humanitarian aid in Gaza and the West Bank. Biden, speaking in Israel, said the money would help “1 million displaced and conflict-affected Palestinians.”
In response, Piker posted on X: “Damn, we raised $1 million for Palestine, Brandon, try harder.”
Humanitarian funds for Palestinians have long been a hot topic of contention, with some critics saying the aid could end up in the hands of Hamas.
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State Department officials have previously warned that sending U.S. aid to the Gaza Strip risks benefiting terrorist groups, while arguing that such trade-offs are necessary for national security.
In its March 2021 draft sanctions waiver request obtained by the United Nations, the State Department “assesses that there is a high risk that Hamas is likely to derive indirect and unintended benefits from U.S. assistance to Gaza.” Stated. washington free beacon. It is unclear whether this warning was reflected in the final request.
In one of several hours-long livestreams, Mr Piker acknowledged that it was “very difficult to get money flowing into Gaza for obvious reasons” and that the four charities he had chosen were “highly scrutinized”. “There is,” he said.
