By Andrea Tucci,
There is a podcast titled Two Nice Jewish Boys that discusses the war between Israel and Gaza. The format is a casual conversation between two “good fellows,” where they share thoughts and current events.
In this program, visible on YouTube and Instagram, Meningher and Weinstein, the “good boys,” regularly express messages filled with hate and casual violence. One of their quotes was: “Forgive us if we don’t give a … if everyone in Gaza dies!! Every single inhabitant of Gaza should be wiped out in seconds, and we enjoy life knowing that the Palestinians are suffering.”
Phrases like these are spoken as if part of an ordinary conversation between the podcasters, each sentence more disturbing than the last: “If you give me a button to erase Gaza, I would press it in a second. The real intent of Israel is not a war against Hamas but a war against all Palestinians.”
One wonders why platforms like YouTube, Meta, Apple, and Google do not regulate this violent language that incites ethnic cleansing. Indeed, both their Instagram page and their YouTube account are regularly active, and their podcast is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
In contrast, Meta’s Instagram and Facebook actively block Palestinian voices and those raising awareness of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Journalists, content creators, and supporters who share footage of the violence on the ground have repeatedly reported low reach on Instagram. Whether their accounts are private or public, the number of people seeing posts and stories about Palestine has significantly dropped.
The podcast, besides using violent language and promoting Palestinian ethnic cleansing, makes a series of false claims aimed at portraying the Palestinian people as inherently terrorist. It pushes pro-Israel propaganda, such as accusing Palestinian TV of encouraging children to become martyrs against Israel.
Despite this, the podcast is prominent enough to have featured notable guests, including Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of the Netflix series Fauda, and Michael Oren, Israel’s former ambassador to the US.
More importantly, what Meningher and Weinstein say on their podcast is not significantly different from what politicians in Israel’s far-right government are saying. There is a database containing hundreds of statements from state leaders, politicians, and public figures advocating genocidal destruction.
In an effort to curb criticism of the podcast, pro-Israel voices have dismissed the “good boys” as a couple of unknowns. But that’s not entirely true. Meningher’s website boasts that he “worked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on both his 2019 campaigns, as well as on his 2020, 2021, and 2022 campaigns, managing chatbots, digital data projects, and viral video creation. He was responsible for managing all of the Prime Minister’s digital channels.”
That’s right—the “Good Fellows” that nobody knows…
