WASHINGTON – Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made waves in April when he appointed Israeli-American actress and author Noa Tishby to be Israel’s first-ever point person for combating antisemitism and the delegitimization of Israel. Tishby responded that “what we’re talking about is the obvious double standard that the media has about this story. The media has a double standard. In her new role, Tishby has stressed left-wing criticism of Israel, calling the outrage after the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh an “antisemitic double standard." A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry told Haaretz that "Tishby was appointed as special envoy to fight antisemitism and delegitimization.

Source: Fox News June 15, 2022 21:33 UTC