NAS Daily Faces Backlash for Attempt to Monetize Cultural Tradition; a Year After BDS Calls to Boycott Nuseir Yassin hngn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hngn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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SCMP
Nuseir Yassin, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, has come under fire in recent years for his popular Facebook page Nas Daily.
Critics accuse him of whitewashing Israel’s crimes by falsely equating a colonial occupier with its victims and playing native informant while “reifying Zionism’s most toxic fantasies,” as Palestinian American commentator Steven Salaita has put it.
Not least, Yassin opposes BDS – the global boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign – led by Palestinians to help their struggle for liberation.
Yassin and his Israeli American partner recently moved to the United Arab Emirates where they are working to boost the country’s image after its normalization deal with Israel.