Israel Embassy accuses Chinese state TV of ‘blatant anti-Semitism’

Israel’s Embassy in China is protesting what it describes as “blatant anti-Semitism” on a programme ran by the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV discussing the ongoing violence in Gaza and elsewhere.

In a tweet, the embassy said we have hoped that the times of the Jew’s controlling the world’ conspiracy theories were over, unfortunately anti-Semitism has shown its ugly face again.

We are appalled to see blatant anti-Semitism expressed in an official Chinese media outlet,” the tweet said.

Calls to the embassy were answered with a message saying it was closed on Wednesday and it wasn’t immediately clear what it objected to in the three-minute segment.