The Daily Beast has published an exclusive expose on a drugs rehabilitation clinic that happens to be located in Israel.
The story itself is not our concern as it involves a private clinic. What is our concern is the accompanying image.
The use in the image of a traditional Jewish skullcap complete with a Star of David makes a wholly false linkage between a private Israeli clinic and the Jewish people as a whole.
The implication is that any wrongdoing by this clinic is linked to Judaism as well as Israel.
While the clinic’s director happens to be a rabbi, is the Daily Beast implying that Jewish / Israeli ownership of this clinic is somehow an indication of inherent wrongdoing?
There’s a word for this: Anti-Semitism.
HonestReporting has contacted the Daily Beast to request that the image is removed. We’ve also tweeted the journalists behind the article:
.@BrandyZadrozny @katiezavadski Absolutely shameful accompanying image.Use of Jewish skullcap 2 associate Judaism with clinic=anti-Semitism.
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) May 15, 2016
@BrandyZadrozny @katiezavadski Agreed. But u should have a direct line to the Daily Beast editorial dept. Pls ask 4 the image 2 b changed.
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) May 15, 2016
