A watchdog group topped Candace Owens because the 2024 “Antisemite of the Year,” highlighting the political pundit’s remarks concerning the Holocaust, Israel and the Jewish neighborhood.
StopAntisemitism, a grassroots group that exposes teams or people who they are saying unfold hatred of the Jewish folks and Israel, holds an annual ballot to find out who will get the “distinct dishonor” of “Antisemite of the Year.”
This week, the group introduced on social media that Owens received the award by way of a ballot with over 30,000 votes. Different contenders for the award included environmental activist Greta Thunberg and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.
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“Once celebrated for her unapologetic takes that catapulted her into the conservative spotlight, Owens was given platforms by prominent Jewish conservatives like Dennis Prager and Ben Shapiro,” the group said.
“But after Hamas’ October 7th massacre, she revealed her shocking antisemitism, leading to her departure from Shapiro’s Daily Wire and condemnation from PragerU.”
The 35-year-old commentator reacted to the announcement throughout a Monday episode of her new podcast “Candace.” Owens denied holding anti-Jewish beliefs, asserting that the “pro-Israel lobby” is utilizing the accusation of antisemitism to silence debate.
She likened pro-Israel organizations to the activist group Black Lives Matter, which she believes accuses folks of white supremacy to “amass power” somewhat than fight racism.
“We’re doing the exact same thing again with antisemitism, and it’s so weird because you have people that are supposed to be brilliant who should work through that this isn’t going to work socially,” stated Owens.
“It’s not landing; people are getting tired,” she added. “You can’t just keep calling everyone Adolf Hitler; you’re taking the sting out of Adolf Hitler. People are now making jokes about Adolf Hitler because you just refer to every person that you have a disagreement with as the spawn of Hitler.”
Owens and The Day by day Wire publicly parted methods earlier this 12 months following a sequence of remarks from Owens that many condemned as antisemitic. Owens had accused Israel of genocide for its response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist assault that killed round 1,200 folks, principally civilians, in southern Israel.
She additionally claimed that Israel enforces “Jim Crow” insurance policies by forcing Muslims to reside in Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter. Nevertheless, Israel does not power Muslims to reside there, and it additionally has a Christian Quarter and a Jewish Quarter.
The conservative outlet and Owens went their separate methods shortly after the pundit preferred a tweet in March asking if creator Rabbi Shmuley Boteach was “drunk on Christian blood,” an antisemitic stereotype.
After she departed from The Day by day Wire, Owens continued to draw controversy for her statements about Israel and the Jewish neighborhood, which resulted in Australia and later New Zealand denying entry to the pundit.
Australian officers cited remarks Owens made in a July podcast, through which she referred to studies of Nazi experiments on Jews as “bizarre propaganda.”
In response to Owens’ remarks, Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president of the nonprofit Proclaiming Justice to The Nations, urged church buildings to chop ties with Owens.
“Candace Owens has verged into the abyss of blind Jew-hatred, rooted in the sewers of historical Christian antisemitism, which led to the death of millions of Jews in the name of Christianity,” Cardoza-Moore stated in an announcement final month.
“It’s time that churches close the doors on Candace. The Candace Owens we once knew is no longer there,” Cardoza-Moore continued. “She has no substance beyond her repugnant, unfounded, and obsessive hate for God’s Chosen People. There is no place for her anywhere in the Conservative Christian world.”
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Put up. She will be reached at: [email protected]. Observe her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
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