{"id":38587,"date":"2026-06-01T15:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Sean-Strickland-calls-for-Israeli-prime-minister-to-be-shamed-at-UFC-White-House-201397"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:41:41","slug":"sean-strickland-calls-for-israeli-prime-minister-to-be-shamed-at-ufc-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/sean-strickland-calls-for-israeli-prime-minister-to-be-shamed-at-ufc-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland calls for Israeli prime minister to be shamed at UFC White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sean-strickland-calls-for-israeli-prime-minister-to-be-shamed-at-ufc-white-house.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Sean<br \/>\nStrickland recently unveiled another controversial social media<br \/>\npost. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a> has changed his stance on the ongoing conflict<br \/>\nbetween Israel and Palestine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Known for being unhinged, Strickland has previously faced backlash<br \/>\nfor insensitive comments about Palestine. That was actually the<br \/>\nbeginning of Strickland\u2019s feud with <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> while they were training together at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fightfinder.php?search=yes&amp;association=Xtreme%20Couture\"><br \/>\nXtreme Couture<\/a>. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Belal-Muhammad-108315\">Belal<br \/>\nMuhammad<\/a>, who is also a staunch supporter of Palestine, had<br \/>\nalso slammed Strickland for his comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Changing His Tune<\/h2>\n<p>However, Strickland has since changed his stance on the conflict.<br \/>\nStrickland has been repeatedly lashing out at Israel for allegedly<br \/>\n\u201cbombing kids.\u201d Following his massive upset win over Chimaev at<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-328-May-9-111957\">UFC<br \/>\n328<\/a> last month, Strickland also made a joke about the American<br \/>\nIsrael Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which was censored on the<br \/>\nParamount+ broadcast. Strickland then had an online spat with<br \/>\nJewish journalist Ariel Helwani, which the UFC middleweight<br \/>\nchampion believes was triggered by the AIPAC joke.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Strickland (30-7) most recently mocked Israeli Prime Minister<br \/>\nBenjamin Netanyahu. Strickland hopes that Netanyahu attends the<br \/>\niconic <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-White-House-Freedom-250-Topuria-vs-Gaethje-111990\"><br \/>\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a> card at the White House on June 14. Strickland<br \/>\nbelieves Netanyahu will set the record for the loudest case of<br \/>\npublic shaming if he attends the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope Benjamin Netanyahu goes to UFC 250,\u201d Strickland wrote. \u201c\u2026..<br \/>\nIt will set the record for the loudest public shaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.6603773584906\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.811320754717\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hope Benjamin Netanyahu goes to UFC<br \/>\n250&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>It will set the record for the loudest public shaming&#8230;. \ud83e\udd1e<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a> (@SStricklandMMA) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SStricklandMMA\/status\/2061159595586781639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nMay 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>However, the UFC White House card is closed to the general public.<br \/>\nWhile Dana White said there will be 4,300 seats, they will be<br \/>\nreserved mostly for members of the military.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Strickland recently unveiled another controversial social media post. | Getty\/UFC Sean Strickland has changed his stance on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.&nbsp; Known for being unhinged, Strickland has previously faced backlash for insensitive comments about Palestine. That was actually the beginning of Strickland\u2019s feud with Khamzat Chimaev while they were training together [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}