Sky News Makes On-Air Apology After Presenter Compared Israel’s War In Gaza To The Holocaust

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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 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.” Donati said: “The sort of voluntary relocation of many Jewish people during the Holocaust, I imagine.” Danon responded angrily to the remark, accusing the presenter of antisemitism. “Shame on you for that comparison,” he said. “You should apologize for what you just said.” Danon later described Donati as an “insolent interviewer” and shared a video of the exchange on Twitter, now known as X.

This insolent interviewer from @SkyNews disgracefully drew comparisons between the situation in Gaza and the Holocaust. Shame on her pic.twitter.com/GyhkL2W1co Comcast-owned Sky News declined to comment beyond the statement read out on-air.