Photo editor Mohammed Elshamy resigned from CNN on Thursday in light of resurfaced tweets in which he referred to Jews as “Jewish pigs” and made other anti-Semitic comments.
“More than 4 jewish pigs killed in #Jerusalem today by the Palestinian bomb explode,” Mr. Elshamy tweeted on March 23, 2011, according to screenshots posted by Republican strategist Arthur Schwartz.
“Israel is the main enemy for the people of Egypt and shall always remain despite rulers who lick Jewish legs,” he wrote in another 2011 tweet.
Other tweets showed Mr. Elshamy apparently cheering Hamas and downplaying the Holocaust, according to screenshots taken by The Washington Examiner.
Mr. Elshamy set his Twitter account to private soon after the offending tweets were unearthed.
CNN said in a statement that it had accepted Mr. Elshamy’s resignation due to his “anti-Semitic” remarks.
“The network has accepted the resignation of a photo editor, who joined CNN earlier this year, after anti-Semitic statements he’d made in 2011 came to light,” the network said. “CNN is committed to maintaining a workplace in which every employee feels safe, secure and free from discrimination regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or religion.”
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