CNNs Dana Bash slams anti-Israel protester who confronted her at synagogue: No shame, no decency, and no clue

CNN anchor Dana Bash slammed an anti-Israel protester who confronted her at a synagogue this week.Bash was at the Main Line Reform Temple just outside of Philadelphia when a woman approached her, claiming to be a congregant, according to video of the incident posted to social media.The woman, later identified online as Liz, falsely accused Israel of “genocide” against the Palestinians and called Bash “a mouthpiece” for Israel.Video of the moment ended up on the X account of Code Pink, an activist organization with long-running extremist ties.“Journalist @DanaBashCNN’s disbelief when confronted with facts about Israel’s policies raises a critical question: If you’re informing the public, Dana, shouldn’t you start by informing yourself?” the group said in X post sharing the video.Bash was scathing in her response.“You came to a place of Jewish worship, stood on the Bhima, near the holy Torah scroll, and pretended to be congregants.

You have no shame, no decency, and no clue what you’re talking about,” the CNN anchor said.Bash, who is Jewish, has been a frequent target of antisemitic harassment since Hamas’ Oct.

7 massacre in Israel and told the women agitators like her had been to the anchor’s house, labeled her “Zionist trash” and called for “intifada” against her.It’s also not the first time Bash has been publicly confronted by Hamas-supporting protestors at public engagements.

During a Washington D.C.book event in September, they screeched from behind coronavirus facemasks that Bash “belonged behind bars” over the war in Gaza....