The game show Jeopardy! took flak from critics after the answer to one of its questions said Bethlehem was in Israel.
One of the contestants first picked Palestine as the answer to the question “Where’s that Church?” with the clue “Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity.” The church marking the birthplace of Jesus used to be Israel, but now the Palestinian Authority controls Bethlehem under agreements from Israel. The ambiguity of the answer was enough for liberal critics to come after the game show.
“Unacceptable!!” one such critic said on Twitter. “Bethlehem is in the Palestinian territories which Israel illegally occupies (Katie Needle got the correct answer & was robbed). @Jeopardy owes an apology for endorsing Israel’s universally-condemned illegal takeover of Palestinian lands.”
Unacceptable!! Bethlehem is in the Palestinian territories which Israel illegally occupies (Katie Needle got the correct answer & was robbed). @Jeopardy owes an apology for endorsing Israel’s universally-condemned illegal takeover of Palestinian lands.pic.twitter.com/Ym99YziM4k
— Omar Baddar (@OmarBaddar) January 11, 2020
Hey @Jeopardy, The Church of Nativity is in #Palestine ?? –
How was her answer wrong? You should correct this or make a statement. Embarrassing and wrong on many levels. https://t.co/NRTNkU4q2T— Abed A. Ayoub (@aayoub) January 11, 2020
Hey @Jeopardy
You are trying to changes the truth.
The woman answered Palestine & you ruled her wrong.
The Church of the Nativity is in Bethlehem,which is Palestine, NOT Israel.
In Palestine cheap people called by the adjectif #Sharmota , ask Israel about the meaning of it . pic.twitter.com/6UEoa5dg5Z— Palestine Alqadi (@ALQadiPAL) January 11, 2020
Katie is right, Alex.
pic.twitter.com/kkfJv06Ln7— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) January 11, 2020
WHAT! It is in the internationally recognized Palestinian Territories that are illegally occupied by Israel! And that is an undebatable FACT! @Jeopardy you owe an apology to the contestant and the whole Palestinian people pic.twitter.com/y3t0BaRNvY
— Ali Al Khalil (@ali_al_khalil) January 11, 2020
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is on his 36th season of the game show despite having announced that he had cancer last year. The host has been open about the pain from chemotherapy, saying he gets “moments of depression.”
Despite the cancer, Trebek claims he will continue the show as long as he can keep up a strong performance. He said that he is doing another round of chemotherapy, but the cancer is currently in remission.
