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On October 30, 2023, a video titled “TikTok Has Won Big for Palestine“ was posted on the “A Certain Zhang Talks“ account on the Chinese Kuaishou social media platform. In the video, a presenter boasted about TikTok's role in the spread of supposedly incriminating information about Israel's operations in Gaza, such as “scenes of civilians in Gaza being mercilessly killed.“ He said this has caused Haredi Jews to protest Israel's atrocities because Israel “does not represent the Jewish people and violates Jewish religious doctrines,“ and that the massive pro-Palestine protests throughout the West are a product of TikTok's role in the war. He speculated that this signifies “that the people of the world have successfully freed themselves from the information cocoons established by the Jewish elites,“ arguing that thanks to TikTok, the innocent Gazans who have died under Israeli fire “have awakened every conscientious person.“ He also argued that Western politicians are so determined in targeting TikTok because it “shakes their foundations“ and undermines their plans, adding: “When the public collectively awakens, it will be the end for them.“ The MEMRI Lantos Project exposes anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial in the Middle East region and Middle Eastern communities in the West with the aim of supporting legislation and educating media and the general public.
