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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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Lebanon Must Disarm Hezbollah to Have a Shot at Better Days, Says US Envoy
Thomas Barrack at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 4, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
i24 News – Lebanon’s daunting social, economic and political issues would not get resolved unless the state persists in the efforts to disarm Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy behind so much of the unrest and destruction, special US envoy Tom Barrack told The National.
“You have Israel on one side, you have Iran on the other, and now you have Syria manifesting itself so quickly that if Lebanon doesn’t move, it’s going to be Bilad Al Sham again,” he said, using the historical Arabic name for the region sometimes known as “larger Syria.”
The official stressed the need to follow through on promises to disarm the Iranian proxy, which suffered severe blows from Israel in the past year, including the elimination of its entire leadership, and is considered a weakened though still dangerous jihadist outfit.
“There are issues that we have to arm wrestle with each other over to come to a final conclusion. Remember, we have an agreement, it was a great agreement. The problem is, nobody followed it,” he told The National.
Barrack spoke on the heels of a trip to Beirut, where he proposed a diplomatic plan for the region involving the full disarmament of Hezbollah by the Lebanese state.
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Report: Putin Urges Iran to Accept ‘Zero Enrichment’ Nuclear Deal With US
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of a cultural forum dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Turkmen poet and philosopher Magtymguly Fragi, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 11, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Scherbak/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iranian leadership that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which Iran is unable to enrich uranium, the Axios website reported on Saturday. The Russian strongman also relayed the message to his American counterpart, President Donald Trump, the report said.
Iranian news agency Tasnim issued a denial, citing an “informed source” as saying Putin had not sent any message to Iran in this regard.
Also on Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that “Any negotiated solution must respect Iran’s right to enrichment. No agreement without recognizing our right to enrichment. If negotiations occur, the only topic will be the nuclear program. No other issues, especially defense or military matters, will be on the agenda.”
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Syria’s Al-Sharaa Attending At Least One Meeting With Israeli Officials in Azerbaijan
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/Pool
i24 News – Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa is attending at least one meeting with Israeli officials in Azerbaijan today, despite sources in Damascus claiming he wasn’t attending, a Syrian source close to President Al-Sharaa tells i24NEWS.
The Syrian source stated that this is a series of two or three meetings between the sides, with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani also in attendance, along with Ahmed Al-Dalati, the Syrian government’s liaison for security meetings with Israel.
The high-level Israeli delegation includes a special envoy of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, as well as security and military figures.
The purpose of the meetings is to discuss further details of the security agreement to be signed between Israel and Syria, the Iranian threat in Syria and Lebanon, Hezbollah’s weapons, the weapons of Palestinian militias, the Palestinians camps in Lebanon, and the future of Palestinian refugees from Gaza in the region.
The possibility of opening an Israeli coordination office in Damascus, without diplomatic status, might also be discussed.
The source stated that the decision to hold the meetings in Azerbaijan, made by Israel and the US, is intended to send a message to Iran.
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