A journalist has been “relieved from her duties” at Radio-Canada, CBC’s French-language service, until further notice after a Jewish group condemned comments she made on air for being “antisemitic.”

“My understanding, and that of multiple analysts here in the United States, is that it is the Israelis, the Jews, that finance American politics a lot,” said Washington correspondent for Radio-Canada Elisa Serret, speaking in French.

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“There is a big machine behind them, making it very difficult for Americans to detach themselves from Israel’s positions. It’s really money here in the United States. The big cities are run by Jews, Hollywood is run by Jews…”

The comments were made in response to host and news anchor Christian Latreille asking Serret to break down why America

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