Anti-Israel protesters confront CNN anchor Dana Bash, who is Jewish, at a synagogue on Friday’s show in a video that went viral on social media.

A Code Pink protester punched Bash in the face at a rally Thursday. Main Line Reform Templewhere the CNN anchor spoke. The woman accused Bash of contributing to “genocide” through his role as CNN anchor stemming from the Gaza war that began after the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

In a social media post, Bash accused Code Pink protesters of pretending to be members of the synagogue, which she said were ignorant.

“You came to a Jewish place of worship, stood on a bima near the Holy Torah scroll, and pretended to be a believer,” Bash wrote on X Friday. “You have no shame or manners and have no idea what you’re talking about.”

You came to the Jewish place of worship and pretended to be a believer, standing on the bima near the scroll of the holy law.
You have no shame or manners and have no idea what you’re saying. https://t.co/PdqzcMjP4b

— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) November 15, 2024

According to the video program, a protester wearing a bright red vest approached the bash and introduced herself as “Liz” before airing her grievances.

“I just want to tell you that I am really offended by what I perceive to be a conflation of anti-Semitism. This is not true, it is very anti-Semitic, and it is one of our It is very dangerous for the Jewish community and for Jewish values,” one protester told Bash, who listened intently while clutching a document.

“I don’t know if they understand that they are representing the genocide in Gaza. That’s wrong. Genocide is the most anti-Semitic act in the world,” the protesters said. he said, pulling out his cell phone and showing Bash a photo of a person claiming to be a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor.

Protesters told Bash that the 90-year-old Holocaust survivor sits outside the White House every day protesting the “Holocaust” in Gaza. (Related: ‘My dad was a member of Hezbollah’: Democratic senator claps back at NYT reporter on question about Israel’s war on terror)

“Do you have an answer?” the woman asked Bash.

“I’m not here to argue. Let me tell you one thing: Being anti-Israel and anti-Israel government is not anti-Semitism,” Bash told her.

The disfigured Code Pink demonstrators referenced pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses, prompting Bash to bring up his own experiences with anti-Israel protesters.

“Have you been to the people in my house who are calling me Zionist trash and calling for an intifada against me?” Bash said.

CNN anchor calls anti-Israel demonstrators on college campuses “extremists.” She told Code Pink protesters that many pro-Palestinian protests are “real” but that the protests she denounces include “river to sea” chants. , said he was calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.