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Ice Cube lashes out at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for calling him out on anti-Semitism
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRapper Ice Cube slams NBA legend and columnist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for calling him out in a piece taking celebrities to task for posting anti-Semitic statements on social media.
Abdul-Jabbar’s latest column in The Hollywood Reporter named Ice Cube among various figures from the entertainment world he cited for perpetuating anti-Semitic canards.
“Shame on the Hollywood Reporter who obviously gave my brother Kareem 30 pieces of silver to cut us down without even a phone call,” the rapper tweets.
The reference to “30 pieces of silver” is a nod to Judas, the disciple said to have betrayed Jesus.
Abdul-Jabbar’s column noted a series of tweets Ice Cube had posted in early June, including a mural some have called anti-Semitic and images associated with conspiracy theories against Jews.
— JTA
The Times of Israel Community.