Katie Halper: I Was Canceled for Criticizing Israel

On Monday, September 26, I delivered a video monologue as part of my job as a rotating co-host for The Hill TV’s political commentary show, Rising. I’d been a weekly guest on the show for three years, and this was my first “Radar”—an op-ed delivered straight to the camera. It was also my last. On September 28, I was fired.

I Was Canceled for Criticizing Israel

Previously:

Hill TV Segment on Rashida Tlaib and Israel Is Censored

Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist near West Bank camp

Family of Ghufran Harun Warasneh, 31, say she was heading to her new job with a local media network when she was gunned down by an Israeli soldier

Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist near West Bank camp

Related:

Israel: Ghufran Harun Warasneh, Second Palestinian Woman Journalist Killed In West Bank In A Month:

Israeli forces also obstructed mourners attending the journalist’s funeral, a couple of hours after her killing, according to The New Arab. Ghufran’s cousin, Abdel Rahman Warsaneh said that Israeli forces prevented mourners from entering the refugee camp. He added IDF soldiers used tear gas and sound grenades to disperse the crowd.