Young, pro-Palestine protesters admit they get anti-Israel rhetoric from TikTok and Instagram

With young people across the U.S. and Europe expressing their support for Palestine amid the conflict in the Middle East, it appears that much of the information informing these decisions is coming from TikTok and Instagram.

The New York Post reported that many pro-Palestine activists in the West have been known to tear down posters of Israeli hostages, as well as launching several anti-Israel demonstrations and protests since Hamas terrorists carried out a surprise attack against the Jewish state on October 7.

During the attack in early October, Hamas killed between 1,200 and 1,400 Jews and abducted around 240 hostages and brought them back to Gaza. Since then, young people in the West have suggested that this is Israel's fault, with one demonstration in Australia including those chanting, "Gas the Jews."

The Post interviewed dozens of people in Manhattan, who admitted that their opinions about the Israel-Hamas conflict have primarily been shaped by what they see and hear on TikTok and Instagram. There were also some who said that they learned some of what they know from school professors.

During a rally on Thursday — which was attended by at least 2,000 people under the age of 30 — high school students came out in support of Palestine. Zara Asif, 17, who attended the event with classmate Manoor Javed, 16, said that she was motivated to get involved with pro-Palestine rallies after seeing various information on social media.

“They’re posting pictures of babies with their skulls and their brains leaking out,” Asif said. ”It’s mostly (pictures) of little kids that get pushed out on there the most.”

Javed went on to say that she is not allowed to talk about the conflict at school, and so she posts to social media.

“But everyone’s pushing and everyone is posting and that’s how we’re going to make a difference,” Javed said. “We won’t quit — ever.”

However, none of the young people the Post interviewed seemed to note that Hamas has withheld resources from the Gazan people, including food, water, and fuel. Blaze News recently reported that Gazans are now pushing back against the Hamas-led government, saying that they are at least partially responsible for the situation playing out in the area.

These students also failed to address how Hamas militants slaughtering, torturing, and raping Jewish civilians was the correct response to what they perceived as injustice. A 17-year-old who identified herself only as Adama said that she gets most of her information from Palestinian journalists who are reporting on TikTok from the ground in Gaza.

“Places like CNN and other mainstream media are not posting about it,” Adama said. “It’s something you can’t deny. Kids are being killed, bombed. No humanitarian aid is allowed in. You can’t deny that.”

However, Michelle Ahdoot, a director with End Jew Hatred, is convinced that many of these young people do not know what they are doing when they tear down posters of Jews who have been abducted.

“A lot of them wouldn’t be able to point to Israel on a map,” Ahdoot told The Post. “I think a lot of this is coming from ignorance. They’re been brainwashed into thinking they are doing something in the name of social justice.”

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