Former CNN editor who resigned over anti-Semitic tweets issues apology

Published July 26, 2019 4:56pm ET



The former CNN editor who resigned Thursday after a bevy of anti-Semitic tweets resurfaced has issued an apology on social media Friday.

Mohammed Elshamy, 25, had tweets from years ago that referred to Jewish people as “pigs,” praised the terrorist organization Hamas, used the word “Zionists” as a slur, and appeared to downplay the Holocaust.

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