Candace Owens challenges Ben Shapiro to debate on Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism definition

• Published date: 06 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Owens left the Daily Wire around two weeks ago after working there for three years. Much discourse on social media has indicated that Owens left the media company because of controversial rhetoric about Israel

Shapiro formerly called Owens's rhetoric surrounding the Israel-Hamas war "disgraceful" back in November.

Then, on Friday, Owens reposted a video of comedian Andrew Schultz who claimed that Owens is a more skilled debater than Shapiro, saying that the latter "only debates college kids."

"Anytime he debates someone who's worthy, he either gets washed or bare minimum a stalemate," Schultz continued. "I've never seen him win a debate against someone who's educated in the matter."

Shapiro responds to Owen's challenge

Shapiro accepted the challenge, claiming that he offered Owens the exact debate back in February. When he offered to have the debate on his show, Owens declined, stating "you can can appreciate why I'd prefer to keep this off the Daily Wire platform - as well as the true reason why we were never able to make any discussion happen."

When Owens said she wanted a neutral moderator for the debate, Shapiro accused her of "wanting to hide behind one," claiming that the moderator Owens recommended would be biased toward her, and said it should just be one-on-one next Monday afternoon.

Owens shut down Shapiro's accusation, saying that she's "just choosing not to bring...