This is a video that went viral in July 2026. It’s an ugly scene that’s being repeated in many countries that Israelis visit, many of them former IOF soldiers who look forward to some R&R after exhausting tours of duty killing civilians, including children, and destroying life-sustaining infrastructure as part of the Israeli-sponsored genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon. What provoked them in this case? Brooke had a “Free Palestine” sticker on her laptop. (This reminds me of the victim card declined meme.) That’s all it took for these arrogant, entitled ex-Israeli soldiers to pick a fight.

If you want to understand the mindset of these people and why they are so full of hatred, the result of years of indoctrination and generations of apartheid, read about the Israeli (read Zionist) Propaganda Framework as summarized by Craig Mokhiber. Also, do some research lite on how many Jewish Israelis support the genocide. In a March 2025 Penn State Haaretz survey that polled 1,005 Jewish Israeli Internet users:

1. 82% supported the forced expulsion (transfer) of Gaza residents to other countries.
2. 56% supported the forced expulsion of Arab citizens of Israel.
3. 47% agreed that the military, when conquering an enemy city, should act like the Israelites did at Jericho by killing all inhabitants.

In a survey by the Hebrew University’s aChord Center measured attitudes toward the civilian population in Gaza in mid-2025 64% of respondents agreed with the statement that there are “no innocents” in Gaza. Let these statistics and what they represent sink in.

AI Overview

An American activist and teacher named Brooke Barney confronted and was involved in a heated verbal exchange with a group of vacationing Israeli individuals at a café in Danang, Vietnam in late June 2026. Accounts of the viral incident differ by perspective: the activist stated she was disrupted and told to be quiet after the group noticed a “Free Palestine” sticker on her laptop, leading her to record and accuse them of military actions in Gaza, while alternative accounts frame the encounter as a mutual hostile confrontation or political harassment in a neutral travel destination. (MAA: These “alternative accounts” are likely Zionist in origin. You be the judge. Watch the video and draw your own conclusions.)

Details of the Incident

Location: A café in Da Nang, Vietnam.

The Trigger: The encounter reportedly began when individuals identified as Israeli tourists or former soldiers sat near the American traveler and objected to a “Free Palestine” sticker displayed on her laptop.

The Exchange: Words were exchanged after the group told her to be quiet regarding Middle Eastern politics. The American activist responded by recording the interaction, accusing them of involvement in military conflicts and child casualties, and stating that they should face accountability while traveling.

Public Reaction: Videos of the verbal confrontation circulated widely across social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and X, drawing polarized reactions globally regarding political expression and the harassment of tourists abroad.

MAA: Notice how AI refers to “military conflicts” rather than genocide.

Here’s a brief transcript of what Brooke said:

Yeah, free Palestine. You baby killer. Literally, I told you I’m American.

Unfortunately. I will keep speaking up about it. Free Palestine. Free Palestine.

“I give you free. I give you free.”

It’s not yours to give away for free. You can’t do that because it’s not yours. Yeah, free Palestine.

Free Palestine from genocidal baby killers. I don’t? Actually, I have Palestinian students that had to leave Palestine because they were being genocided. I was in Egypt working with Palestinians that were losing their family members because they were being bombed by maniacs like you.

Yeah, free Palestine. No, I’m not going to shut the fuck up because you’re a genocidal maniac who bombs children and then tries to come to Vietnam and go on vacation. You’re a war criminal.

Actually, yeah, I see many war criminals right in front of me. It enrages me because you get to bomb children. Yeah, it enrages me.

That’s why I’m shaking. Because my Palestinian students had to leave their home. I’m not scared.

Without your weapons. Yeah, of course, because I’m a human being with a soul. It makes sense that you don’t know what that is.

Because it means losing your fucking soul to kill children. That’s what it means.

(Transcribed by TurboScribe.)

Good on Brooke for keeping her cool and standing her ground. Thank you for speaking the truth to Zionist war criminals.

MAA

Postscript: Here’s one of countless examples of an IOF soldier posting and bragging about his (or her) war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and southern Lebanon online, as if it’s some sort of badge of honor. These criminals hang themselves with their words, videos, and images. All of this is being collected and documented.

This is video that Yishai Shalev uploaded to his TikTok account in early January 2024. He said: For all those asking why there is no education in Gaza… Oops, a missile fell on you. What a bummer, oh, too bad. This way you won’t be engineers anymore. Shalev is standing in front of Al-Azhar University – Gaza, where 16,000 undergraduates and 700 postgraduates studied until it was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on 4 November. A hairdresser in civilian life, Shalev is mentioned in this March 2024 The New Republic article Israel Is Demolishing Gaza’s Cultural Heritage.