Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker made waves with his visit to the University of Texas-Austin before he even made it into the Lone Star State. While he was speaking at an event last week hosted by University Democrats, a student group, another speaker with a much different point of view was telling her story of survival.Former Hamas hostage Maya Regev spoke to students with the goal of ensuring that they hear from someone who witnessed the horrors of Oct.
7, 2023, firsthand.In a recent conversation with Fox News Digital, Regev took issue with one of Piker's infamous remarks that "It doesn’t matter if rapes f---ing happened on Oct.7, like that doesn’t change the dynamic for me."HAMAS USED SEXUAL VIOLENCE 'DELIBERATELY AND SYSTEMATICALLY' ON OCT 7, COMMISSION REPORT FINDSHasan Piker, a controversial Twitch streamer and vocal critic of Israel, recently spoke at UT Austin, despite backlash from Texas lawmakers.
(Sam Barnes/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images)Regev said students concerned about cases like the sexual assault allegations against Cornell fraternity members may be listening to a person who's said "rape doesn't matter."Asked about his controversial remarks about the reported rapes committed by Hamas on Oct.7, Piker told The New Republic that there was "definitely testimony of sexual violence that had taken place amongst the hostages.
But that doesn’t change the dynamic of Israel committing a genocide against the Palestinians, and my opposing that genocide."Regev told Fox News Digital that Chabad, a Jewish organization with representatives across the globe, reached out to her about speaking at UT Austin after Piker's visit to the university was announced."I'm not here to silence anyone," Regev told Fox News Digital."I came there to let people hear what I've been through, like the other side of the story, with facts, with pictures, with records."UNIVERSITY EVENT WITH HASAN PIKER IN TEXAS DRAWS BACKLASH FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLESibli...