The Strange Silence of Louis Farrakhan on Israel-Hamas War
Farrakhan, who has faced accusations of antisemitism, has not made public comments on the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Farrakhan, who has faced accusations of antisemitism, has not made public comments on the war between Israel and Hamas.
As we demonstrated in our column this week, the networks have next to zero interest in even mentioning Louis Farrakhan, even as he calls Jewish people "termites" and led chants of "Death to America" recently on a trip to Iran. If Farrakhan fervently backed Trump, like an Islamic version of Kanye West, it's easy to imagine that would be different. But here's just how little the networks have done in the last 12 months, according to a Nexis search.
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