'Jeopardy!' host Mayim Bialik opens up about Israel-Palestine war, shares concerns about social media 'propaganda'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Jeopardy!' co-host and actress Mayim Bialik has opened up about the Israel-Palestine war in a recent Instagram live video. Israel is her homeland and she continues to have many loved ones in the region.
She gathered her followers as she joined a collective prayer for the people of Israel and also went on to share her difficulty in witnessing this war.
Bialik also addressed the problem of propaganda and political discourse that is going around social media.
Mayim Bialik talks about the importance of news sources
Bialik has always been a vocal figure about her faith as a Jewish person and she decided to address the same in her live video as well.
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"I don't know what to say...Kind of speechless," the actress said, "It's not my job to be a politician, to give people a running commentary about what's going on in the world. But I am a public Jewish person and it feels conspicuous to not say something today."
She then talked about the many news sources that are going around in media currently and revealed that she sticks away from social media for it.
"There are a lot of places to get news sources. I'm trying to decide what to post and what not to post. It can be very overwhelming. I myself don't use social media for news. I've mostly been reading from Bari Weiss' 'The Free Press'. I find that those are the most helpful for me."
Mayim Bialik on suffering shock over Israel attacks
Bialik then addressed her personal experience of having to witness this war from far away.
"My family has lived in Israel since I was born and in that time we have never known anything like this," she said.
She then brought up that the media currently is seeing an overflow of misinformation.
"We are all living in a propaganda storm; there are many truths, there are many lies that people are posting and I just think that many of us are still in the same shock."
"I'm going to do my best here to decide what my role is and what is not my role," Bialik added.
She also spoke for the innocent people who are suffering the brunt of the people they are being led by.
"It's been an exceptionally painful time for us who are in the diaspora. There's a level of disbelief, terror, and fear," the actress said.