Sky News has made an on-air apology after presenter Belle Donati compared Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust in an interview with former Un ambassador Danny Danon.
In a live statement, Sky News presenter Jonathan Samuels said Donati’s comments on Friday were inappropriate and that the broadcaster was “unreservedly” sorry to viewers and Danon.
A statement from Sky News pic.twitter.com/XTQZnTcp31
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 26, 2024
During a heated exchange earlier in the day, Danon — who served as Israel’s ambassador to the Un from 2015 to 2020 — took issue with the way Donati characterized a Wall Street Journal op-ed he wrote in November.
“You suggested the ethnic cleansing of some of Gaza’s population to Western countries that would accept the refugees,” Donati said.
Danon replied: “I will not allow it. Ethnic cleansing, that’s a word you used. If you read my article, I spoke about voluntary immigration.
In a live statement, Sky News presenter Jonathan Samuels said Donati’s comments on Friday were inappropriate and that the broadcaster was “unreservedly” sorry to viewers and Danon.
A statement from Sky News pic.twitter.com/XTQZnTcp31
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 26, 2024
During a heated exchange earlier in the day, Danon — who served as Israel’s ambassador to the Un from 2015 to 2020 — took issue with the way Donati characterized a Wall Street Journal op-ed he wrote in November.
“You suggested the ethnic cleansing of some of Gaza’s population to Western countries that would accept the refugees,” Donati said.
Danon replied: “I will not allow it. Ethnic cleansing, that’s a word you used. If you read my article, I spoke about voluntary immigration.
- 1/26/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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