Influencer and businessman Dan Bilzerian has taken to social to sharply criticize the state of Israel and the American government’s continued support for its war in Gaza. Meanwhile, the “All Eyes on Rafah” trend has reached over 47 million shares on Instagram, acting as a new “black square” trend which accompanied the George Floyd riots of 2020.
Bilzerian, a professional poker player and serial entrepreneur (his holding company Ignite International Brand owns several companies in beverages, CBD, electronic cigarettes among other things), has been criticizing Israel on social media for several weeks. Yesterday, he went all out:
“Israel is a parasitic organism living off America while providing us zero benefit,” he wrote on Instagram. “We are funding their war crimes and they’ve compromised our government.”
Israel’s ongoing invasion of Rafah caught the world’s attention over the weekend when it launched an airstrike that ended up killing some 45 people and injuring 249 others by causing a lethal fire. The Biden administration, which previously drew a “red line” on killing civilians and threatened Israel it would rescind weapon shipments if they crossed it, said the attack did not cross said line. This provoked the ire of reporters, who directed their criticism at National Security comms advisor John Kirby on Tuesday.
Bilzerian criticized Israel twice on Monday.
To all the US solders on the USS Liberty who were murdered by “our ally” Israel and to all of our solders who died fighting Israel’s wars.Happy M Day. I’d like all of our congressmen to spend the day petting all the money Israel is giving you to support their terrorist activities
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) May 27, 2024
Incase y’all were confused on where I stand, let me be clear, Fuck Israel.
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) May 28, 2024
He also criticized the country in late April.
It’s ok to burn down police stations and loot cities in protest, but if you criticize Israel you get arrested… got it
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) April 30, 2024
Bilzerian—a serial womanizer—suggested monogamy with a good woman was in some ways superior to promiscuity. “I have been having sex with three girls a day, on average—at least, at minimum,” he began. “If I only had sex with two girls in a day something was off. […] “I don’t know, what I kinda landed on is I think it’s better to have a monogamous relationship, strange as that is coming from me.”
Bilzerian seems to have been weighing in on more political and social issues over the last year, straying from his usual single-track theme of luxury and wealth. With his massive platform of 1.5 million X followers and 32 million Instagram followers, Bilzerian could tip the scale of the culture war, driving more people over to the “America First” side of things.
Our foreign aid is criminal. 95 billion this week, America last.
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) April 24, 2024
We need to fix our country and our debt before we give billions of dollars to foreigners & this incessant need to get involved in every fucking war so politicians can siphon off money is even more obnoxious.
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) October 15, 2023
His recent tweets have hit on various other issues in the culture wars as well.
Alex Jones has to pay 1.5 billion for pumping a bullshit conspiracy theory, which is his first amendment right, yet the news pumps nonstop lies and misinformation all day and night with no repercussions. Make it make sense
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) October 22, 2023
How dumb to you have to be to think a guy who can’t walk up stairs or formulate a coherent sentence should be president.
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) April 22, 2024
George Floyd died from cardiopulmonary arrest after swallowing fentanyl & meth to avoid arrest for using counterfeit money. He was a ex-convict who robbed a pregnant woman at gun point and he had a history of swallowing drugs to avoid arrest. Media lied to you, he was not a hero
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) May 25, 2024
Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are friends with Bilzerian, have also been critical of Israel since its violent campaign in Gaza and its vast support from the West following the October 7th attack. Tristan liked Bilzerian’s Instagram post, and Andrew commented “What the f*ck” in reply to a post from former primary candidate Nikki Haley proudly writing “finish them” on Israeli mortars.
What the fuck? https://t.co/OrJHAlVZ5S
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) May 29, 2024
The “All Eyes on Rafah” AI-generated photo was started by Instagram user @chaa.my__, a digital creator named Mustafa Talha Atak. After their first trend reached 47 million shares, they have created another, “All Eyes on Palestine,” 9 hours ago that has since been shared 1.6 million times.
Guys posting this like it’s a new show on NBC is doing nothing pic.twitter.com/rbDH7yCSY3
— Tim Dillon (@TimJDillon) May 29, 2024
