Since the October 7 massacre, Israel has received quite a bit of support – but also an unprecedented wave of hostility from Muslims and its allies on the hypnotized sleepwalking left around the world. We've used ChatGPT and Forefront to tell you a little about the people you may not have known, but who have long been, and now more than ever, the best explainers in the world.
Yosef Haddad Yosef Haddad
(38) is a Christian Arab born in Haifa, who enlisted in the IDF, fought in the Second Lebanon War and was wounded in it. He then founded the organization "Yachad – Arabs for Each Other", which stands out as a unique defender of Israel in the world media in general and in the Arab media in particular. Haddad passionately advocates coexistence, and regularly confronts anti-Israel activists around the world, shattering myths spread against us, such as the apartheid myth.
Haddad does not refrain from criticizing Israel, but constantly stresses that Arab life in Israel is better than in Arab countries, and his organization works to integrate Israeli Arabs in all areas of life in the country in order to fulfill the promise in Israel's Declaration of Independence that minorities in Israel will receive equal rights and will be an inseparable part of it.
Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan, 58, is a British journalist and television personality who began his career in print journalism at the age of 20, was appointed editor-in-chief of the Murdoch family's daily News of the World, rose to fame outside his home country as a judge on Simon Cowell's (Got Talent) talent shows in the UK and US, and won Donald Trump's reality show, The Apprentice.
Morgan is considered a terribly critical person, who makes no assumptions to anyone and does not shy away from presenting complexities of stories such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Therefore, during the current war, he managed to arouse both great resentment and sympathy here in Israel: resentment over an interview he conducted with the Egyptian entertainer Bassem Yusuf, which allowed him to spread conspiracy theories and blood libels without question, and sympathy for the fact that in all his other interviews with pro-Palestinian representatives, including the one with former Labour Party chairman Jeremy Corbyn, he attacked them forcefully. In Corbyn's case, he asked him no less than 15 times whether he defined Hamas as a terrorist organization, just to make it clear to viewers how indifferent Corbyn, who was ousted as party leader over reports of anti-Semitic views, was indeed completely indifferent to the October 7 massacre.
4. Nikki Haley Nikki Haley
(originally Nimrata Nikki Randawa, 51), the daughter of two academics who immigrated from India to America and holds a degree in business administration and served as the US ambassador to the United Nations, governor of South Carolina and member of the state House of Representatives, has long been considered one of Israel's most powerful defenders. During her tenure at the UN, under former President Donald Trump, she spoke eloquently and enthusiastically in favor of Israel, and did not shy away from "performances" that almost completely rendered those of Israel's ambassadors themselves redundant, including accusations of anti-Semitism and threats to cut off American funding to the organization.
Since October 7, she has been best known for repeating, repeatedly, repeatedly in debates over the Republican nomination in the 2024 US presidential elections and in media interviews, her call to the Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu: "Finish them" (for example, starting at 1:58 in the combined interview below, three times in 10 seconds), emphasizing that after the horrific massacre, any response by Israel would be fully justified.
Ben Shapiro Ben Shapiro
(39) is an influential conservative commentator and author in the United States. He graduated from high school at the age of 16, attended California's most prestigious universities and graduated with honors with two degrees – a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in law. At an early age he began writing articles and books on topical topics, and after graduation he resigned from the law firm where he began working to present a daily program (considered one of the most popular podcasts in the world), in which he talks mainly about American philetics, but often speaks about Israeli affairs.
He is known for his fast pace of speech, confident tone and ability to win confrontations by coolly retrieving facts and arguments. Since October 7, he has been using his program to express unconditional support for Israel and its war in Gaza, refuting "fake news" and especially strongly condemning anyone who expresses hostility, or even just a cold one, towards the state. He also came to Britain to speak at the country's most prestigious universities about the issue, and even attacked Candace Evans, who works for his company, after she made several hypocritical comments about the situation here.
Douglas Murray
Douglas Murray, 44, is a graduate of Oxford University's Modern College, who began his professional career as a writer and playwright of biographies of homosexual figures from recent history, out of a personal interest in the subject. However, he soon began publishing political books (two of them – "The Strange Death of Europe" and "The Madness of the Mob" – were published in Hebrew), which, despite his sexual orientation, had a clear right-wing agenda, making him a prominent media phenomenon. The fact that he emerged as a highly articulate speaker also advanced his career, on the way to becoming a prominent journalist and interviewee in the English-speaking media.
Murray has spoken out many times for Israel and against the Palestinians and Islam in general. Most of his books and interviews deal with Muslim immigration to Europe, which changed the face of the continent significantly. He accuses the left of turning a blind eye to Islamic anti-Semitism out of a politically correct agenda, and since the beginning of Iron Swords he has been repeatedly interviewed on television – mostly by Piers Morgan – as representing the Israeli side. In recent weeks he has been in Israel reporting from the south, after confronting interviewees in the studio at the beginning of the war.
Australian actor Nathaniel Buzulić, 40
, best known for his role as Cole Michelson in "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Originals," describes himself as a devout Christian who supports Israel because Jews are the chosen people. He often uses his position to express support for Israel, usually by emphasizing its positive aspects. Since the beginning of the current war, he has been doing so more intensely than in the past, and even recently came to Israel to film propaganda content here.
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