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A Miss Universe judge who happens to be Jewish has apparently received death threats after she engaged with a Palestinian activist on air amid the war playing out in Gaza.
The New York Post reported that Emily Austin, a Jewish journalist who engages in activism related to the Jewish state, appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” in late October to discuss the conflict playing out in the Middle East.
The segment quickly turned sour after Austin confronted Nerdeen Kiswani, an anti-Israel activist, who expressed doubt that an Islamic Jihad’s failed rocket was responsible for the Ahli Baptist Hospital explosion in Gaza City.
As the segment continued, Austin eventually asked Kiswani if she condemned the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. Instead of coming out and condemning those attacks outright, Kiswani simply dismissed the question as “ridiculous.”
Austin accused Kiswani of targeting her online by posting a picture of her with a red triangle above her head, seeming to suggest that there was a bounty on Austin.
Austin spoke with Fox News Digital about the segment, saying: “I really tried to keep it fact-based, unemotional, like this is what this is. She was yelling. She was talking over me, threatening me on Instagram with, like, a red arrow over my head, telling people how funny it was to put a bounty on my head. That’s not so funny.”
The Anti-Defamation League has identified Kiswani, the leader of the Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine group, as a radical who has routinely supported violence against the Jewish state.
“Kiswani’s antisemitism is clearly expressed via her expressions of extreme anti-Zionist rhetoric, including her calls for all ‘Zionists’ to be vilified and expelled from community spaces, as well as her support for indiscriminate violence against Israel aimed at the country’s dissolution,” according to the ADF.
Following Austin’s engagement with Kiswani, she reportedly received a slew of hateful messages on social media, some of which threatened her life.
“I will find you and sell you. A Jew like you in Gaza will be expensive $$,” one social media user wrote.
“I’ll kill you f***ing wh**e. I will hunt you down like we did to Israeli people,” another apparently said.
Other names Austin was called include “stupid Jewish b***h” and “f***ing lying piece of s**t.”
The Post reported that there was one user who said that Austin “deserved” to have a bullet put between her eyes, and another reportedly said they hoped she would be raped and killed.
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