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Channel 4 have issued a statement on Rachel Riley's future after fans called for the Countdown presenter to be sacked following an 'offensive tweet'.
According to The Mirror, the 38-year-old TV star was accused of perpetuating Islamophobia when she falsely claimed the Sydney mall stabbings were part of a "globalised Intifada". Intifada is an Arabic word, which translates to "uprising" or "shaking off" and has been used to describe armed uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Sydney mall massacre, which saw six people killed on Saturday, was carried out by Joel Cauchi, 40, from Queensland, who police said had been suffering from mental health issues and was not motivated by the Palestinian cause.
The tweet, which has now been deleted, which sparked a huge backlash, Riley wrote: "For 6 months now, people have been out on our streets proudly calling for the 'Intifada Revolution. If you want to know what 'Globalised Intifada' looks like, see the Sydney Mall. 5 victims stabbed to death and 8 transferred to hospital, including a baby, due to one man and a knife.
"In the second intifada over 1,000 Israelis were murdered in restaurants, on buses and in the streets by suicide bombings, stabbings, stoning, lynching, shooting rockets. The youngest victim was just 9 hours old. Sydney mall, multiple times over is what they've been proudly calling for."
A spokesperson for Channel 4 has since told MailOnline: "We have reminded Rachel of her obligations as a contributor to Channel 4 programming."
Riley also apologised over her tweet and said that her original message had been "misunderstood". "Just to clarify, my intention with this tweet was not to say this attack was caused by any
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Countdown presenter Rachel Riley has apologised after a backlash over a tweet regarding the Sydney mall stabbing.Over the weekend, six people were killed and others injured in a stabbing attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction Mall in Sydney, with the perpetrator identified as a man called Joel Cauchi, who was later shot dead by police.Following the attack, Riley shared a tweet in which she wrongly claimed that the attack was linked to “globalised intifada”. Police have claimed that the attack was “related to the mental health” of Cauchi and that there was “no ideological motivation” (via BBC News).In the since-deleted post, the presenter wrote: “For 6 months now, people have been out on our streets proudly calling for the ‘Intifada Revolution.’ If you want to know what ‘Globalised Intifada’ looks like, see the Sydney Mall.
Rachel Riley has faced calls to be sacked over her now-deleted tweet about the Sydney mall stabbings in which she falsely claimed the horror attack was part of a pro-Palestinian uprising. Channel 4 has issued a statement on the presenter's future after calls for the Countdown presenter to be sacked.The presenter, 38, was accused of perpetuating Islamophobia when she mistakenly claimed the Sydney mall stabbings were part of a "globalised Intifada" - 'intafada' being an Arabic word, which means "uprising" and has been used to describe armed uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation.The horrific Sydney mall massacre, which saw six people murdered, was carried out by Joel Cauchi, 40, from Queensland, who police said had been suffering from mental health issues and was unrelated to the Palestinian cause.
Countdown's Rachel Riley has issued an apology following a controversial tweet about the Sydney mall stabbings, leading to calls for Channel 4 to dismiss her. The 38-year-old was accused of promoting Islamophobia when she incorrectly suggested that the horrific attack was a Palestinian uprising.
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