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Kanye West Posts Social Media Apology to ‘Jewish Community’ in Hebrew After Antisemitic Outbursts
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. Photo: BANG Showbiz via Reuters Connect
Kanye West on Tuesday issued an apology in Hebrew to the “Jewish community” for “any unintended outburst” after the rapper and fashion designer came under fire for a series of antisemitic comments.
“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions, it was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused,” West posted on Instagram to his more than 18 million followers on the social media platform.
“I am committed to starting with myself and learning from this experience to ensure greater sensitivity and understanding in the future,” added West, who now legally goes by the name Ye. “Your forgiveness is important to me, and I am committed to making amends and promoting unity.”
The post, written entirely in Hebrew on a white background, was published in the early hours of Tuesday morning after Christmas Day.
While West, 46, did not reference any specific incidents, his apology followed a wave of antisemitic tirades that earned him widespread backlash.
Most recently, the All of the Lights rapper went on an antisemitic rant at an album launch event in Las Vegas earlier this month.
“It’s 60 million of us in America, 60 million Jews in the world,” West falsely claimed in a video obtained by TMZ. “Who’s going to make the hospitals, though? He’s a Zionist, [inaudible]. This is what I’ve been trying to tell you. Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye, third party, sponsor that.”
Weeks earlier, West was seen at a party in Dubai dancing and singing along to his new controversial song Vultures, in which he raps, “How I’m antisemitic? I just f—ked a Jewish b—ch.”
West was accused of being antisemitic late last year starting in October, after he made a series of comments targeting Jews. He posted on X/Twitter that he wanted to “go death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE [sic],” referring to the US military’s DEFCON system for rating how alert the armed forces should be at a given moment in the face of a threat.
In an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, West said, “I see good things about Hitler … Every human being has value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler.”
Doubling down later in the interview, the rapper added “I like Hitler” and said people should “stop dissing the Nazis.” He went on to compare himself to Jews hiding in the Holocaust, saying, “There are Jewish people basically hiding me under their floorboards right now. It’s like a reverse version of the Holocaust.”
As a result of the torrent of antisemitic remarks, West lost his Yeezy partnership with Adidas, as well as his partnerships with a number of other brands. Gap, Balenciago, and JP Morgan were among those to also end their relationships with him at the time.
Tuesday’s Instagram post was not the first time that West seemingly tried to make amends with the Jewish people. In March, he wrote a now-deleted post saying that watching the movie 21 Jump Street, which features Jewish actor Jonah Hill, “made me like Jewish people again.”
He added that “no one should take anger against one or two individuals and transform that hatred towards millions of innocent people.”
West did not add context to his Tuesday post, which came during the ongoing Gaza war, launched by the Hamas terror group’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. The Israeli government has compared Hamas to the Nazis.
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IDF Denies Troops Fired on Civilians After Incidents of Settler Violence
Illustrative. Israeli troops during counterterrorism activity in Tulkarem, northwestern Samaria, September 2024. Photo: IDF.
i24 News – The IDF released a statement after an incident during which Israeli soldiers opened fire on Israeli civilians in the West Bank on Saturday night, denying that the trooped fired live ammunition.
This comes at the heels of arson incidents by settlers against Palestinian villages, with clashes breaking out. The IDF said that its soldiers had come under attack on Friday as they entered the area of Kafr Malik, the site of the disturbances, by Israeli civilians. “The undermining of the rule of law and the use of violence by a radical minority harm security and stability in the area.”
The IDF later said that “an initial investigation indicates that IDF forces did not fire live ammunition at Israeli civilians in the area. It should be clarified that the battalion commander’s force operating in the Baal Hatzor area of the Binyamin brigade did not fire live ammunition at all.” On the other hand, the civilians claimed this was false, posting a video that showed shell casings on the ground right next to where the troops were deployed.
Meanwhile, the police requested the remand of six individuals, two of whom are minors, to be extended in connection with the incident.
The IDF later said that, “in another area within the sector, stones were thrown at a military vehicle near the site of the clash by masked individuals from an ambush. The force responded with a warning shot of three bullets.” A possible connection “between this incident and the claim that an Israeli civilian was injured by live fire” is being investigated.
After the incidents late last week, the IDF issued an unusual directive for soldiers to exercise special vigilance and also prepare for scenarios involving nationalist incidents perpetrated by Israeli citizens. The directive was issued after a military vehicle was set on fire inside a Jewish settlement, the tires of an armored David vehicle were punctured, and a community policing caravan near the community of Beit El was also set on fire.
“The security establishment system is highly alert,” a security official told i24NEWS. “We are seeing an escalation on the ground – and if you cannot leave a military vehicle in a Jewish community without it being burned in the sector, it is a sign that the situation is dangerous.”
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Israel Orders Evacuations in Northern Gaza as Trump Calls for War to End
US President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony of Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
The Israeli military ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before intensified fighting against Hamas, as US President Donald Trump called for an end to the war amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire.
“Make the deal in Gaza, get the hostages back,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform early on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to hold talks later in the day on the progress of Israel’s offensive. A senior security official said the military will tell him the campaign is close to reaching its objectives, and warn that expanding fighting to new areas in Gaza may endanger the remaining Israeli hostages.
But in a statement posted on X and text messages sent to many residents, the military urged people in northern parts of the enclave to head south towards the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, which Israel designated as a humanitarian area. Palestinian and U.N. officials say nowhere in Gaza is safe.
“The (Israeli) Defense Forces is operating with extreme force in these areas, and these military operations will escalate, intensify, and extend westward to the city center to destroy the capabilities of terrorist organizations,” the military said.
The evacuation order covered the Jabalia area and most Gaza City districts. Medics and residents said the Israeli army’s bombardments escalated in the early hours in Jabalia, destroying several houses and killing at least six people.
At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, relatives arrived to pay their respects to white-shrouded bodies before they are buried.
“A month ago, they (Israel) told us to go to Al-Mawasi (in Khan Younis) and we stayed there for a month, it is a safe zone,” said Zeyad Abu Marouf. He said three of his children were killed and a fourth was wounded in the Israeli airstrike.
“We ask God and the Arabs to move and end this occupation and the injustice taking place against us,” Abu Marouf told Reuters.
NEW CEASEFIRE PUSH
The military escalation comes as Arab mediators, Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, begin a new ceasefire effort to halt the 20-month-old conflict and secure the release of Israeli and foreign hostages still being held by Hamas.
Interest in resolving the Gaza conflict has heightened following US and Israeli bombings of Iran’s nuclear facilities.
There has also been rising concern over how aid is being distributed to Gazans in the ruined enclave. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed over the past month in the vicinity of areas where food was being handed out, local hospitals and officials have said.
A Hamas official told Reuters the group had informed the mediators it was ready to resume ceasefire talks, but reaffirmed the group’s outstanding demands that any deal must end the war and secure an Israeli withdrawal from the coastal territory.
Hamas has said it is willing to free remaining hostages in Gaza, 20 of whom are believed to still be alive, only in a deal that will end the war. Israel says it can only end the war if Hamas is disarmed and dismantled. Hamas refuses to lay down its arms.
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Russia Launches Largest Drone Attack Yet Against Ukraine, Kills F-16 Pilot
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
i24 News – Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia launched 537 drones and missiles against targets throughout Ukraine overnight between Saturday and Sunday, in what what described as the largest attack of the war.
Poland activated aerial defenses and scrambled jets as the six-hour onslaught continued. One Ukrainian F-16 pilot was killed as Kyiv attempted to intercept the missiles and drones, with 475 shot down.
“Tragically, while repelling the attack, our F-16 pilot, Maksym Ustymenko, died. Today, he destroyed seven aerial targets,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Ustymenko did everything possible, but his jet was damaged and started losing altitude,” the air force said, as quoted in Politico. “He died like a hero!”
The cities of Cherkasy, Lviv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Kyiv were targeted.
The Russia attack came after Ukraine attacked the Kirovske airfield in the Crimean Peninsula, targeting air defenses, drones, and even destroying several helicopters and an air defense system.
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