Channel 4 break silence over calls to sack Rachel Riley

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Rachel Riley has faced calls to be sacked over her now-deleted tweet about the Sydney mall stabbings in which she falsely claimed the horror attack was part of a pro-Palestinian uprising.

Channel 4 has issued a statement on the presenter's future after calls for the Countdown presenter to be sacked.The presenter, 38, was accused of perpetuating Islamophobia when she mistakenly claimed the Sydney mall stabbings were part of a "globalised Intifada" - 'intafada' being an Arabic word, which means "uprising" and has been used to describe armed uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation.The horrific Sydney mall massacre, which saw six people murdered, was carried out by Joel Cauchi, 40, from Queensland, who police said had been suffering from mental health issues and was unrelated to the Palestinian cause.

In her now-deleted tweet, which sparked a massive criticism, Rachel - who is married to former Strictly dancer Pasha Kovalev, wrote: "For 6 months now, people have been out on our streets proudly calling for the 'Intifada Revolution.

If you want to know what 'Globalised Intifada' looks like, see the Sydney Mall. 5 victims stabbed to death and 8 transferred to hospital, including a baby, due to one man and a knife. "In the second intifada over 1,000 Israelis were murdered in restaurants, on buses and in the streets by suicide bombings, stabbings, stoning, lynching, shooting rockets.The youngest victim was just 9 hours old.