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#bassem youssef

Bassem Youssef, an Egyptian-American comedian and political commentator, deactivated his X account (formerly Twitter), on Tuesday 20 August.  The 50-year-old disabled his account shortly after he posted about the "weaponization of anti-Semitism" on the platform, criticizing that the term has been "overused and abused in order to intimidate people" and shut down discussions about Israel’s war on Palestinian.  In a social media post on Facebook after his account was deactivated, Youssef said that he would consider returning to X when…