{"id":12082,"date":"2018-12-03T19:29:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T08:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=12082"},"modified":"2021-04-15T06:30:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:30:36","slug":"this-cnn-commentator-was-fired-for-criticising-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/news\/this-cnn-commentator-was-fired-for-criticising-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"This CNN commentator was fired for criticising Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<amp-jwplayer layout=\"flex-item\" height=\"600\" data-player-id=\"bKajWAhe\" width=\"700\" data-media-id=\"bAjSR6ai\" class=\"wp-block-amp-amp-jwplayer\"><\/amp-jwplayer><h1>test\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marc Lamont Hill was just sacked by CNN for defending Palestinian human rights<\/span><\/h1>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent speech by a CNN political commentator, Marc Lamont Hill, has caused a firestorm of social media controversy and led to his sacking from the network.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a speech at the UN\u2019s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Hill spoke about the connections between police brutality in the United States, and the occupation of Palestine by Israel.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also used the common protest phrase \u201ca free Palestine from the river to the sea.\u201d<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This phrase was seized upon by many to claim that Hill was calling for \u201cthe destruction of Israel and the genocide of its Jews.\u201d<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hill denied this claim, pointing out that the phrase has been used for more than 80 years for a variety of different purposes.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This however did not stop CNN firing him from his position as a political commentator, and for others to call for his tenure to be ended at Temple University.<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>test Marc Lamont Hill was just sacked by CNN for defending Palestinian human rights A recent speech by a CNN political commentator, Marc Lamont Hill, has caused a firestorm of social media controversy and led to his sacking from the network. 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