CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill was fired from the network following controversial comments he made during a speech about Israel and Palestine during a United Nations.
In his speech, Hill urged for the “free Palestine from the river to the sea," a sentiment that critics said called for the end of the state of Israel.
Hill, a professor at Temple University, apologized in a letter published in the campus publication, saying he rejects "anti-Semitism in any form or fashion.” In a series of tweets, Hill said does not support the killing of Jewish people "or any of the other things attributed to my speech. I have spent my life fighting these things."
"My reference to 'river to the sea' was not a call to destroy anything or anyone," he added.
I support Palestinian freedom. I support Palestinian self-determination. I am deeply critical of Israeli policy and practice.
I do not support anti-Semitism, killing Jewish people, or any of the other things attributed to my speech. I have spent my life fighting these things.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill)
November 29, 2018