Nas Daily: "From today forward, I view myself as Israeli first, Palestinian second"
Prominent “Palestinian-Israeli” Nuseir Yassin, known online primarily by his pseudonym Nas Daily, has written a lengthy post on X describing how he now identifies as “Israeli first, Palestinian second” following the ongoing atrocities committed by Hamas coming from Gaza.
“For the longest time, I struggled with my identity,” he wrote on X. “Many of my friends refuse to this day to say the word ‘Israel’ and call themselves ‘Palestinian’ only. But since I was 12, that did not make sense to me. So I decided to mix the two and become a ‘Palestinian-Israeli.”
Yassin is an Arab-Israeli travel vlogger who pledged to create 1,000 one-minute videos for fans across Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram under the page Nas Daily. In the early days of his work, it focused on unique and personal stories relating to tech, culture, and travel. As his fame grew, he would appear alongside prominent folks such as Bill Gates. In 2022, he appeared at Calcalist’s Mind The Tech conference.
Born in Israel, his identity often attracted pressure and scrutiny to appease ‘both sides’ of the conflict within Israel, yet he largely avoided discussing his background, resorting only to describing himself as “Palestinian-Israeli”. However, recent attacks by Hamas on Israeli soil have caused him to have a change of heart.
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