Hillary Clinton is facing a deluge of criticism after stating that young Americans’ growing support for Palestinians is influenced by ā€œtotally made-upā€ videos on TikTok and suggesting that American youth - including young Jews - ā€œdon’t know history and don’t understandā€ Israel’s war on Gaza.

Speaking on Tuesday at a summit hosted by the right-wing Israeli paper Israel Hayom in New York City, the former Democratic presidential candidate expressed her concerns that ā€œsmart, well-educated young peopleā€ in America and around the world are getting a lot of their information, including about Israel and Palestine, from social media platforms like TikTok.

The former US secretary of state described it as ā€œserious problem for democracyā€, remarking that when she attempted to have ā€œreasonable discussionsā€ with young people, it was challenging because ā€œthey did not know history, they had very little context, and what they were being told on social media was not just one-sided, it was pure propaganda".

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    Israel is an illegitimate state that has behaved monstrously from the beginning. So even if you read the history you’ll realize that Israel is the problem and always has been.