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British Media Personality Says Israel-Hamas War Should Be Framed as ‘European’ Jews ‘Killing Muslims’
Bushra Shaikh. Photo: Screenshot
A popular British media personality and leader of an anti-racism organization unleashed a tirade targeting both Israel and Jews on X/Twitter on Sunday.
Bushra Shaikh, a political commentator who has appeared on popular shows such as “Good Morning Britain,” called for the destruction of Israel in her social media posts and suggested the Israel-Hamas war should be reframed by the media as a religiously-motivated slaughter of Muslims by Jews.
“One state solution. Palestine. And send this European problem back to f—king Europe,” Shaikh tweeted.
After a flood of X/Twitter users accused Shaikh of antisemitism for suggesting that Jews be deported from Israel, the pundit doubled-down by making the baseless claim that Israeli Jews “are killing Muslims” in Gaza rather than targeting Hamas terrorists.
“Jews are killing Muslims. Please start saying it correctly,” Shaikh said.
Shaikh, who runs a British so-called “anti-racism” organization called “Run Racism Out,” then asserted that Jews in Israel are of European descent and not connected to the Middle East.
“European Jews changed their names to hide their origins in order to claim supremacy over Palestinian Arab lands. These people are the biggest charlatans on this planet. Bunch of lying scumbags,” Shaikh wrote.
The media personality did not mention that about half of Israeli Jews are Mizrahi — Jews who trace their ethnic origins to the Middle East and North Africa. Meanwhile, 21 percent of Israel’s population identifies as Arab. Conversely, Arab and Muslim countries in the region expelled roughly 900,000 Jews between 1920-1970.
Shaikh’s comments were roundly condemned on X.
“The antisemitic meltdown of Bushra Shaikh continues,” tweeted Israeli-American philanthropist Adam Milstein.
“Bushra is calling for the ethnic cleansing of Jews in Israel, whose population is a majority Mizrahi and from the Middle East, not Europe,” posted another social media user.
“Open advocacy for the ethnic cleansing of Jews,” posted another user.
In the year following Hamas’s Oct. 7 slaughter of 1,200 people in southern Israel, many leaders of anti-racism organizations have often found themselves in hot water, with critics accusing them of antisemitism and hating the Jewish state. Such detractors of diversity and anti-racism initiatives argue that they have actually intensified antisemitism in institutions by promoting the narratives that Jews are “white” and “privileged.”
Many leaders of these organizations have suggested that the Hamas massacre be reframed as a “resistance” to Israeli “oppression.” Some have demonized Zionism and openly called for the destruction of the Jewish state. According to new reports, staffers of the Condé Nast media company filed a lawsuit after its former diversity chief allegedly blocked Jewish employees from forming an employee resource group. The staffer’s also reportedly complained of what they described as the publishing giant’s staunch anti-Israel stance.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.