“Saturday Night Live” and star Michael Che are being criticized by critics for a joke they say was anti-Semitic.
‘Israel reports that they have vaccinated half of their population. I’m going to guess that it’s the Jewish half, ”the correspondent of the Weekend Update snapped on Sunday morning.
The vast majority of Israel’s population – 74 percent – is Jewish, according to the Jewish Virtual Library.
The vaccination rates of Israeli Arabs are much lower than Jews in the country, partly due to mistrust in the government in the Arab community, according to an article in January in The Christian Science Monitor.
By Sunday afternoon, the topic was popular, with many accusing Che and NBC of prejudice, and others to his defense.
“This does not come as a surprise to SNL, as they have a long history of anti-Semitism,” mailed former State Assembly member Dov Hikind.
“But Michael Che or whoever wrote the ‘joke’ is of course also ignorant that Israel has Arab citizens who received the vaccine according to the same qualifications as Jews!”, The Brooklyn Democrat said.
Another critic tweeted: ‘43% of Israel’s Arab citizens have been vaccinated – and the already large # will be even higher if the kind of hateful propaganda that Michael Che spreads does not exist. ‘
Others defend the false news, claiming that Che is making a statement about Israel not extending the program to the West Bank and Gaza. It is vaccinating Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem.
Palestinian leaders have accused Israel of racism in connection with the introduction of the vaccine.
Leave Michael Che alone. Israel does not vaccinate the millions of Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza – all are ultimately under Israeli control. “As a Jewish woman of conscience, I find this medical apartheid appalling,” said one woman. tweeted.
Meanwhile, a week after SNL ignored the government scandal COVID-19 of the governor’s nursing home death scandal, the variety show took off its gloves and threw Pete Davidson when the scandal enchanted the Democrat to kick off Saturday night’s episode.