Meet Medea Benjamin, the Queen of anti-war activism in US

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You have probably already come across her online videos that show her grilling US lawmakers over their unconditional support for Israel or disrupting congressional meetings.
Often arrested for her advocacy, Medea Benjamin is one of the most prominent figures of the pro-Palestine movement in Washington, DC.
In an interview with TRT World, she explains why, as a Jew and as an American, it is essential to advocate for a permanent and immediate ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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@user-on3cv4tu8w Месяц назад

God bless Medea Benjamin for standing up for righteousness and against wickedness

@k9k9k9er6 Месяц назад

Yeah sure 🤣😂🤣😂 Like going to Iran to support an oppressive regime, that oppresses woman and she claims to be a feminist…really a great person…u people r truly clowns

@Helios-- Месяц назад

A national treasure, she is.

@istanbullubenim5543 29 дней назад

@@Helios-- She is now an international treasure.

@alpaz7634 29 дней назад

She’s the true definition of a real life HERO courage to stand up against those, who are doing wrong, even if the whole system the whole world, the whole government the whole authoritarian system is against you! She is a model to follow!.

@user-pf8qe9sm9g 29 дней назад

What about hamas it's onesided

@rigoreis Месяц назад

She is what a Nobel peace prize winner should be.

@edwardsnowedus3711 Месяц назад

Only the most murderous despots gain her approval, smore gassed babies in Syria.

@ponyguy99 Месяц назад

Because she hates Israel or because she’s a Jew who hates Israel?

@koala6016 Месяц назад

Indeed, instead of Barack Obama.

@GamingNationShm Месяц назад

Unlike Henry Kissinger.

@NavM23 Месяц назад

👍👍👍

@198nua Месяц назад

she is the beacon of hope for humanity . God bless you Medea

@thierrynolevaux9268 Месяц назад

This woman is a hero. More courage, integrity and tenacity than any of those corrupt congress people.

@shaynelahmed6323 Месяц назад

She should run for office!

@yuanidasinaga9326 29 дней назад

@@shaynelahmed6323Agree!!👍

@amaroszapatacolina5226 26 дней назад

Bailando por la 🤑🤑 El 'poder' es miserable en todos los aspectos

@DMC1982 Месяц назад

As a Muslim man she a real Heroine. Kudos Ma'am.

@certinho76 29 дней назад

Same here.

@themuslimmountainbiker 29 дней назад

💯

@GracePew-ek3rm 29 дней назад

And for normal people she is a ridiculous little girl who doenst' know who what kind of mobsters she is standing for

@zombieryder Месяц назад

She has more balls than any presidents, senators, general secretary or chief of staff the US will ever have.

@MB777 Месяц назад

She has more balls then most of the leaders of the Islamic/Arab world! True brave soul! 💪

@k9k9k9er6 Месяц назад

Yeah why going to Iran being invited by terrorist regime there, claiming to be a feminist…she sure has some balls for being a hypocrite

@k9k9k9er6 Месяц назад

Yeah balls of being a hypocrite 😂🤣😂🤣

@firdaus99031 Месяц назад

@@k9k9k9er6did you not watch the video? like, at all?

@firdaus99031 Месяц назад

@@k9k9k9er6she's the most consistent and the most committed peace activists in the US. From Vietnam war, Guantanamo bay, Iraq invasion, South African apartheid, etc. she's always there and now Gaza genocide she's there, too...

@C12341 Месяц назад

Oh my goodness I thought she was twenty years younger. Her good soul must shine through

@donHooligan Месяц назад

ever heard of Peace Pilgrim?

@LeviKerrison Месяц назад

So did I haha

@LeviKerrison Месяц назад

@@donHooligan?

@crackthefoundation_ Месяц назад

@@donHooligan??

@donHooligan 29 дней назад

"Peace Pilgrim" mildred. norman.

@ShoaibAhmedNZ Месяц назад

This lady will be remembered on the right side of history. Big ups to Madea Benjamin.

@JS-pu2ky Месяц назад

Oh my God she is 71 years old! What a wonderful woman! She lived almost all her life advocating for peace and justice. May God bless her.

@yuanidasinaga9326 29 дней назад

Aamiin.

@HeichE944 28 дней назад

Peace and justice, but doesn't speak about Hamas? Allrighty...

@FruitsOfTheHearts 27 дней назад

@@HeichE944 She understands that if you want to speak about Hamas, you have to equally speak about Isreal for 75 years of oppression. People hide behind the Hamas argument while ignoring the other side completely. Also America has historically been against freedom fighters, ironically. I am from Bangladesh and during the Bengali genocide, America supported the oppressors.

@HeichE944 27 дней назад

@@FruitsOfTheHearts Maybe Hamas fighters are freedom fighters, but they are also a Terrorist organisation. Also you should talk about both sides equal.

@LemonLadyRecords 27 дней назад

I am 71 also, and affected by Vietnam (we were "communists" instead of Hamas, and beaten, arrested, dehumanized and finally, killed). I learned about Israeli terrorism in Egypt (on children!) at 13, but then let the matter go on the back burner, helped by 24/7 propaganda, but I always "knew", yet did nothing except argue endlessly with the ugly Zionist partner I had for a while. Oct 7 reawakened me. I'm not physically capable of doing what she is, and even if I was, it wouldn't be easy at this age! I am humbled and ashamed by her, and I can never make up for my gross neglect. You go, girl! 💔🖤🤍💚🇵🇸

@s_r_k972 Месяц назад

Wish the mainstream western media could acknowledge her contributions ❤❤❤❤

@Claudia-cr2pm Месяц назад

Never gibna happen. Its an acknowledgement that we have acted unethically and straight up lie. ALOT. She is the shadow of this country. Facing your own shadow is hard

@AZ-sv8yg Месяц назад

The time will come when the next generation reads the history that is being written today. Many who opposed apartheid, the Vietnam war and other vicious unjust wars were villainized in their times and thrown in jail and now the world sees them as heroes. I hope it does not take this long for Medea and great people like her.

@user-fv9kt2jn5e 28 дней назад

Fighting without any specific goal is insane. Keep finding reasons to fingt is evil. What goals has she achieved by wasting her entire life?

@kausikhazra9976 28 дней назад

Why? For support terrorist

@notoftentold4076 28 дней назад

@ user-fv9kt2jn5e You the evil one

@sourayaserhan8519 Месяц назад

Love you Medea, from a Muslim to a Jew xx❤

@yuanidasinaga9326 29 дней назад

Yes, me too! I'm a muslim woman and Respect ALL the advocacies that she's done.❤

@-ok- Месяц назад

She’s incredible - I wish more of us had that kind of strength

@levmoses742 Месяц назад

Or would exercise it. She’s human like the rest of us, she’s just deeply to her values. Most don’t even know what theirs are.

@-ok- Месяц назад

@@levmoses742 I agree - I don't know where to start either. Most of us have lived such sheltered lives in bubbles that we're soft and quite frankly pathetic. The extent of my own activism is to hide behind a keyboard and use social media to spread awareness. And it's just too little. A silver lining of what's happening is that at least some people are waking and realising that they have to do something - that ignoring atrocities and staying within our bubbles isn't the answer.

@Rih_lateefa1 Месяц назад

Medea, A brave lady who stands steadfast for humanity and justice...

@dcxxxx 25 дней назад

👌🤣

@NoWarFools Месяц назад

Amazing woman! Let’s go Medea!

@DMC1982 Месяц назад

We must protect her at all costs!

@leyla2210 Месяц назад

An elderly woman I met during these protests in my country, had been in the kibbutz in the 1960s and said EXACTLY the same about how racism towards the Palestinians there was rife !

@scarlettkhan9667 Месяц назад

So much respect for this lady. She deserves a Noble peace Prize. May God give her everything she wishes for in life. 💕

@seashell4910 Месяц назад

Love her !!!! Beautiful soul

@bazs2855 Месяц назад

And the next. ❤ she believes in peace ✌🏼

@Will_Moffett Месяц назад

I wish she would run for office. I honestly think she would win. A lot of people might think she is too extreme to win, but her positions are very popular and I believe that her interpersonal presentation is what people are looking for in a leader. She really isn't that radical. Her message is basically stop killing innocent people- not a radical opinion by any means. She just has the guts to take her message to those in power and that is exactly what we need in elected officials.

@ponyguy99 Месяц назад

She wants the elimination of Israel just like Hamas. I don’t vote for haters of anyone; not Jews,Muslims nor Christians.

@mozartsbumbumsrus7750 Месяц назад

Yes, fighting for humanity and peace and love is extremism writ large! Free free Palestine 🇵🇸

@Ganpignanus Месяц назад

extremely moral and honest unlike the politicians worldwide corrupted by power and money. vile.

@ParsaKhan-so1zl Месяц назад

I concur 💯 %

@tymax6751 Месяц назад

No, she can make a bigger impact as she is now. In politics, she will be shackled by all kinds of behind-the-scenes dealings.

@chrismckell5353 Месяц назад

The reason US legislators are reluctant to criticise or even question Israel is the power of political donations and their power to influence election outcomes.

@Ganpignanus Месяц назад

so it's all for money $$$. how pathetic, low and criminal of them.

@Iznu940 Месяц назад

@@GanpignanusIn my country we call that "money politics" a.k.a "co..rr.up..t.ion"

@ChannelMath 25 дней назад

@@Iznu940 In the US we just call it politics

@ChannelMath 25 дней назад

@@Ganpignanus oh, they have rationalizations. Most of them actually believe their own excuses, too.

@Callmequeen2428 Месяц назад

You are amazing lady thank you

@tamee777 Месяц назад

She is such a brave lady

@cherylmoneiry8302 Месяц назад

Love you, Medea, and all the code . pink and everyone who is standing up for Palestine Thank you for standing up to the truth and fighting for justice. ❤

@Arefintanim Месяц назад

Not superman nor batman ... She is my HERO ..

@kabbas Месяц назад

She’s an incredible beautiful lady. So courageous and outspoken. I follow her on code pink! She’s such an angel. She’s a such a great representation for our Jewish brothers and sisters!

@reversefulfillment9189 Месяц назад

Excellent role model

@NaijaHakeem Месяц назад

A real life superhero.

@NaijaHakeem Месяц назад

@@ponyguy99 stop with this stupid rhetoric. She has condemned all forms of violence for 60 years and has won a Nobel peace prize. She being a Jew has condemned all forms of antisemitism and hate. You are simply a fraud not worth the 2 minutes I have given you.

@HannahBo-rv2md Месяц назад

@@ponyguy99 Israel forever the eternal victim.

@dudethadude4382 Месяц назад

She is honestly an amazing person. People like her are an inspiration and hope for all the people in the world. Thank you Medea for showing us the integrity, reason, righteousness and the pride that comes from standing for these. I think you are closer to God than most of those so called religious people from all three big religions who live with hypocrisy towards others

@nedsantos1415 Месяц назад

She is one tough warrior against war. I pray for her every day that she be shielded from harm and defeat the warmongers in our country.

@AmericanMinutemen Месяц назад

Excellent !!!!

@abdulali2203 Месяц назад

Nobel Committee should consider her name first. Salute her .❤❤❤❤

@user-wb5qp8yp3j Месяц назад

First you need to free that committee from the hands of criminals

@stepanhejda8821 25 дней назад

@@user-wb5qp8yp3j oh what? did israel arrest him without a charge without a court? that sucks hopefuly they release him before he "magically" loses his limbs like all the other hosta-I mean arrested terrorists

@lorenam8028 Месяц назад

Love to Medea Benjamin ❤️❤️❤️

@lindamilosevic7244 Месяц назад

Amazing woman. She stands up for what's right. God bless her. We need more people like her.

@frizzky7976 Месяц назад

She's the REAL influencer, god bless you Medea

@maryioannucci9874 Месяц назад

You are good and true and full of heart. You are all that it means to be human.❤

@anxiouscucumber9 Месяц назад

What a brave and wonderful woman ❤ so inspired by this badass ❤

@toddnorman1343 Месяц назад

Medea Benjamin has demonstrated for decades how powerful women can be. She absolutely deserves her Nobel Prize. Thanks for honoring her.

@magnot9884 Месяц назад

She is a great example for all of us. Thank you for all your efforts.

@Totajee79 Месяц назад

This lady is an army in herself. may god protect her. Ameen.

@musicmarch1 Месяц назад

We love PINKCODE!

@CJ-xl3dh Месяц назад

You go Medea! You are a hero and stalwart for Palestine and equity.

@anonnon4737 Месяц назад

She is 71 years old and going on the freedom flotilla to Gaza, I have so much respect for her. Don't let anyone tell you protesting against Israel or its supporters is antisemitic, Medea Benjamin is Jewish, as are many anti-Zionists.

@mdumairmdumair5183 Месяц назад

Respect for this pious lady in a world full of cowards we have these kind of courageous people ❤❤❤ Free Palestine 🇮🇳🤝🇵🇸

@boyeliza Месяц назад

Medea Benjamin, Aaron Bushnell and whoever else who's on Palestine side, there's one word for them all. "RESPECT"

@telecoicon Месяц назад

Activists with pro Palestine, pro human, pro peace. Great and brave lady.

@HeichE944 28 дней назад

Palestine activists cannot be pro peace before they condemn Hamas too.

@marcoaurelio8058 Месяц назад

The people in this world who keep the torch of our humanity flickering.

@elchinalakbarov9787 Месяц назад

God bless this brave and honest woman! Shame on people who justify genocide!

@chaoszeal4868 Месяц назад

What a legend ! Protect that brave lady at all costs.

@foxdenham Месяц назад

What a great example of bravery and fortitude. Thank you Medea. X

@user-lg2od3bz6f Месяц назад

My biggest RESPECT to YOU Medea

@asyamansurova9031 Месяц назад

Freedom to Medea Benjamin! 😢

@shahidakhanam3449 Месяц назад

We should all be like her. Fighting against war.

@ZuhaShahzad-iq1ji Месяц назад

I was just thinking about her and this popped up,very brave lady with more brains than any le@der out there,May God protect you against all psychopaths!

@MinkytheMinkY Месяц назад

Code pink shows us another way. Well done!

@mariaa6918 Месяц назад

So much respect for this remarkable lady.....❤❤

@YoungOneYT Месяц назад

The CIAs #1 fear right there is this lady 👏👏👏

@robert4art2 Месяц назад

A beautiful person of peace. Thank you, Medea Benjamin--much love to you!

@marisaibanez1788 Месяц назад

Thank you Medea for all you are doing to stop this genocide in Gaza. Blessings from Perú 🇵🇪🌿🕊🇵🇸

@paul3116 Месяц назад

What a courageous and wonderful human being!

@janellodge985 Месяц назад

I respect this lady so much..

@lisakong8651 Месяц назад

she is a genuine human being

@bigCyril Месяц назад

Wow 😂😂😂😂

@MsNajiya Месяц назад

I have just *HUGE RESPECT* for her! And all the people who are associated with her. May the Almighty protect her and her family😢

@heshamzienel-din5197 Месяц назад

All I have to say God bless you and keep you for your honesty and justice. All the respect and love for you.

@rickdiggler9680 Месяц назад

Medea is such a sweetheart. Love this woman

@rizwanhussain645 Месяц назад

Hat's off for this great human being.

@nassernasser1457 Месяц назад

I love her composer, her powerful smile and when she talks in a majestic way she only speaks wisdom

@adrianasampaio8461 Месяц назад

Thank you so much Medea!

@desmondnaugler4452 Месяц назад

Real Heroes don't need guns...

@nuclearfabiuz94 Месяц назад

Much respect for this Lady. The world desperately needs many more people like her. Her courage to oppose injustice and the lies/hypocrisy of the government is inspiring. This is what everyone should do: Exercise your skepticism, your criticism, held those in power accountable for their statements and their actions in national and foreign policy. Other notable examples among the many brave people of conscience that fought for human rights and had no fear to challenge their government are for example Nobel Peace winners and scientists Linus Pauling, Andrei Sakharov, Joseph Rotblat.

@myriammuvi518 Месяц назад

When I'm afraid to speak up, think about this beautiful woman Medea Benjamin. God Bless her . Love from México ❤😊 all the world watching the horrible situation🌎hope pace come soon❤

@Rain111-00 Месяц назад

She is an amazing lady who knows the truth of her government lies.

@davinxi5926 Месяц назад

2:38 true

@sunnysky6322 Месяц назад

She is so beautiful ❤ love her dedication to the cause ❤.. Salute ❤.... You are in prayers ❤..

@AmericanMinutemen Месяц назад

That's neat !!!!

@larsandrune Месяц назад

Huge Respect ❤️

@andyhughes8433 Месяц назад

She is a fearless, diligent and brave woman.

@Va1iant Месяц назад

The more I see her, the more embarrassed I feel that I don't have even half of her courage

@peaceforall8937 Месяц назад

❤ 🙏Thank you, Medea Benjamin

@doksh5740 Месяц назад

Thank you Medea for having a big heart and supporting humanity. Thank you for your bravery, integrity, good religion, honesty andvyour support of the poor and slaughtered palestinians. You are my hero

@douglasinglesepertutti4230 Месяц назад

All civilised Americans should be proud of you, Medea Benjamin! Thank you for consistently calling out the lies and atrocities perpetrated by those elected to govern for the GOOD of the people.

@paksabar9693 Месяц назад

Very brave woman!

@user-su9ps9fz9d Месяц назад

❤❤❤

@sujanusrath5293 Месяц назад

Respectable lady 👍brave woman 💪 kind hearted mother who has unconditional love for others💕

@Anniieee92 Месяц назад

The world is full of greed and evil... may people like her shine light and advocate for justice and peace!

@angeladipace1035 Месяц назад

I really like them all. On the mother day thrr we or messages were so felt and respectful of Gaza tragedy . Thank you

@misafir716 Месяц назад

Thank you sister

@crackthefoundation_ Месяц назад

I am so glad we still have people like her around who do not give up or resign themselves to the evils of the world❤️🇵🇸

@PrettyGoodLookin Месяц назад

This brought tears of proudness for what she does and for her.

@ingridthekiwi9571 Месяц назад

She's awesome

@elitebutdumb Месяц назад

She awesome. Unbelievable. I salute you Ma'am. Long live!

@jmt9107 Месяц назад

Medea is an amazing person. She’s warm compassionate and a true humanitarian. The people she’s trying to convince should listen to her. They’ll be better human beings. Thank you Medea.

@AZ-sv8yg Месяц назад

This woman deserves the Nobel Prize for Peace!!! Big Time!

@shdurani Месяц назад

What a brave, conscious and strong women. You are truly an inspiration .

@freydey6191 Месяц назад

She has lots of humanity in her. Very dedicated & very resilient in her support of this noble cause that is Palestine.

@suhailshafi 25 дней назад

This woman is a hero ! I am happy and honoured to say that I have been to many protests alongside with her. She truly is the queen of anti-war activists.

@xhabiralili7859 Месяц назад

Wow, she is the best....she makes me feel so small....she is an inspiration.....thank you beautiful soul for restoring my faith in humanity ! Nobel needs you more than you need Nobel !

@user-vy8mp5sv7b Месяц назад

I feel safe that we have saints like Medea Benjamin! SHE IS A SAINT! This is what a REAL SAINT REALLY looks like! May she live a long long time to save the world from war mongering criminals plunging the world into a bloodbath!