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The irony of Al Sharpton, who has a history of hate speech against Jews, calling out media giants for the same thing was not lost on Jewish organizations.
“It is not being spread by the usual bad actors on the dark web or elsewhere,” she said, “but by government officials spreading the lies from Turkey, the Palestinian Authority and Iran.”
The Simon Wiesenthal Center and Americans Against Anti-Semitism slammed the outlet for considering someone as divisive as Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, known for anti-Semitic and hate speech.
“Periods of economic pain have almost always seen Jew-hatred increase and not just in words, but in violent acts,” noted Elan Carr.
Labour Party MP Rebecca Long-Bailey defended her decision to share an article that correlated false information to Israeli security forces.
“I wasn’t thinking about the anti-Semitic thing, but I don’t want to take down the post because I felt the message was powerful, and a lot of people did,” she said.
The platform has incorporated extremist posts, including far-right ideologies of fascism, racism, chauvinism, nativism and xenophobia.
Mark Regev, who has served in the Israeli foreign ministry for three decades, urged countries to move their embassies to Jerusalem: “Only in the case of Israel is this universal norm not applied.”
“We hope this campaign finally shows Facebook how much their users and their advertisers want them to make serious changes for the better,” said ADL national director and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
If Marjorie Taylor Greene wins, “we will not be endorsing or supporting her,” says Matt Brooks of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
Tony Blinken stresses former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s pledge that Washington wouldn’t re-enter the 2015 Iran nuclear deal until Tehran returns to compliance.
“I learned a lot from watching this powerful video,” wrote Handler on her Instagram page, which has 3.9 million followers.
