An elderly anti-Israel protester confronted CNN anchor Dana Bash, who is Jewish, at a synagogue, video that circulated on social media Friday shows.
The Code Pink protester got in Bash’s face at the Main Line Reform Temple, accusing her of contributing to the “genocide” in Gaza through her role at CNN. The war in Gaza was launched after Islamic terror group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
Bash slammed the protester, who she said was clueless, for pretending to be a congregant at the synagogue.
“You have no shame, no decency, and no clue what you’re talking about,” Bash wrote on social media.
The protester, an elderly woman wearing a bright red vest, approached Bash and introduced herself as “Liz” before airing out her grievances.
“I just don’t know if you understand that you are being a mouthpiece for the genocide in Gaza,” the protester said, pulling out her phone and showing Bash a photo of a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor who she claimed sits outside the White House every day in protest of the “Holocaust” in Gaza.
“Do you have an answer for me?” the protester asked Bash.
Bash responded, “Being anti-Israel, anti-Israeli government, is not antisemitic.”
The Code Pink demonstrator mentioned pro-Palestine protests on U.S. college campuses, to which Bash responded by mentioning her own experience with anti-Israel protesters.
“Have you been to the ones at my house where they call me Zionist trash and call for the intifada against me?” Bash said, highlighting the extreme nature of these protests.
The CNN anchor called anti-Israel protesters on college campuses “extremists,” and noted that while many pro-Palestine protests are “genuine,” the ones she was condemning involved chants of “From the River to the Sea” and called for the state of Israel to perish.
You came to a place of Jewish worship, stood on the Bhima, near the holy Torah scroll, and pretended to be congregants.
You have no shame, no decency, and no clue what you’re talking about. https://t.co/PdqzcMjP4b— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) November 15, 2024
According to Bash, the liberal media often turns a blind eye to the extreme rhetoric and actions of anti-Israel protesters. This incident at a synagogue is just another example of how the narrative is often skewed in favor of those who hold an anti-Israel stance.