{"id":428637,"date":"2021-04-15T17:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=428637"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:36:18","slug":"dr-who-star-david-tennant-parrots-michael-ches-anti-semitic-vaccine-joke-claiming-israel-ignores-the-arab-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-who-star-david-tennant-parrots-michael-ches-anti-semitic-vaccine-joke-claiming-israel-ignores-the-arab-population\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dr. Who\u2019 Star David Tennant Parrots Michael Che\u2019s Anti-Semitic Vaccine Joke, Claiming Israel Ignores The Arab Population"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdr-who-star-david-tennant-parrots-michael-ches-anti-semitic-vaccine-joke-claiming-israel-ignores-the-arab-population%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=428637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2096.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Last week, former \u201cDr. Who\u201d star David Tennant joked that Israel ignores their Arab population, specifically when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While appearing as a guest on the popular British satirical panel show, \u201cHave I Got News For You,\u201d Tennant said, \u201cAccording to the current roadmap, Britons will only be able to travel to countries with \u2018a similarly high level of vaccination rate.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhich, according to this chart means we can only go to Israel,\u201d the actor continued, referencing a graphic which ranked countries by vaccination rate. The only country listed about the UK (which has a vaccination rate of 46.5% with 37 million people fully vaccinated) is Israel (which has a vaccination rate of 61% with 10.1 million people fully vaccinated).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs you can see, Israel is top with 61%, which is pretty much everyone there if you ignore the Arab population, which they do,\u201d Tennant said. \u201cSo they\u2019re done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anger at BBC joke saying Israel \u2018ignores the Arab population\u2019 on vaccines\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GfDyU2YlRc0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Tennant\u2019s comments were immediately condemned by critics. Executive director of StandWithUs Israel, Michael Dickson, tweeted that the claim that \u201cIsrael \u2018ignores the Arab population\u2019 on vaccines is not funny and not true. Israel\u2019s healthcare system is equal to all and an exemplar of coexistence. This is just an antisemitic \u2018blood libel\u2019 being played for laughs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3976261127596\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bbc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haveigotnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@haveigotnews<\/a> \u201cjoke\u201d saying Israel &#8216;ignores the Arab population&#8217; on vaccines is not funny and not true. Israel\u2019s healthcare system is equal to all and an exemplar of coexistence. This is just an antisemitic \u201cblood libel\u201d being played for laughs.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hmRxPCTw0d\">https:\/\/t.co\/hmRxPCTw0d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeldickson\/status\/1382758050885419013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishnews.timesofisrael.com\/anger-at-bbc-joke-saying-israel-ignores-the-arab-population-on-vaccines-1\/\"><span>Jewish News<\/span><\/a><span>, a spokesperson from the Israeli Embassy in London said, \u201c<\/span><span>Israel offered vaccines to all of its citizens above the age of 16, regardless of their religion, ethnicity or social status. Arab citizens in Israel have been offered vaccines and special campaigns in Arabic have targeted these communities in order to prevent misinformation and address any concerns that they may have in order to increase uptake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This joke by Tennant is similar to that of Saturday Night Live\u2019s Michael Che, with the comedian commenting in February, <\/span><span>\u201cIsrael is reporting that they vaccinated half of their population, and I\u2019m going to guess it\u2019s the Jewish half.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.360248447205\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s all fun and games until you start promoting antisemitic myths, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCSNL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Every Israeli citizen\u2014Jewish and Arab, Muslim, Christian, of any or no faith\u2014is eligible to be vaccinated; 2\/3 of Israel&#8217;s Arab citizens over 60 already have been.<\/p>\n<p>Apologize.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EMA9pK1kC0\">pic.twitter.com\/EMA9pK1kC0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AviMayer\/status\/1363474004896538626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/saturday-night-live-star-michael-che-faces-backlash-for-weekend-update-joke-some-deemed-anti-semitic\">Fox News<\/a>, \u201c<\/span><span>The statement drew attention on social media causing an uproar with viewers and sparked a petition from the American Jewish Committee (AJC) for NBC \u2018to retract its outrageous claim and apologize immediately.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe organization called the joke \u2018categorically false\u2019 and a \u2018dangerous, modern twist on a classic antisemitic trope that has inspired the mass murder of countless Jews throughout the centuries,\u2019\u201d Fox added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWords have consequences, and Jews are at risk when a major American TV company joins with those who claim Israel is favoring only a portion of its citizens in its admirable efforts, praised by Dr. Anthony Fauci and others, to vaccinate all of its residents,\u201d the petition continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, former \u201cDr. Who\u201d star David Tennant joked that Israel ignores their Arab population, specifically when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine.While appearing as a guest on the popular &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312255,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2096.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Dr. Who\u2019 Star David Tennant Parrots Michael Che\u2019s Anti-Semitic Vaccine Joke, Claiming Israel Ignores The Arab Population","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2096.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Dr. Who\u2019 Star David Tennant Parrots Michael Che\u2019s Anti-Semitic Vaccine Joke, Claiming Israel Ignores The Arab Population","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}