Former editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow Alexey Nakitov (known as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) and journalist Lisa Lazerson apologized for the anti-Semitic joke said by the latter in the broadcast of the YouTube channel “Living Nail”. Apology expressed in a new language channel video.
Venicetov emphasized that the anecdote told by the presenter was inappropriate and “monstrous”.
During the late-night broadcast, Lazerson called the comparison of a car full of Jewish children to a cemented car “concerning.” In his apology, he emphasized that he told this not because he found it funny, but because this anecdote was famous during the Soviet period against the background of the Yom Kippur War. He noted that the tradition in Israel of making jokes about the Holocaust and other tragic events was to lighten their burden.
Before that, singer Alicia Keys accused Antisemitism after a post about paragliding.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
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