NYC Health Staffer Called for Death of Israelis in Antisemitic Social Media Posts

Achmat Akkad, a New York City Health Department employee, published a series of egregious, antisemitic social media posts targeting Jewish people and Zionists while working for the city.

“1 Israeli left in this world would be one too many!” Akkad wrote last year in a post first revealed by the Jewish watchdog group Canary Mission, which posted screenshots of the since-deleted social media posts.

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Achmat Akkad, a New York City Health Department employee, published a series of egregious, antisemitic social media posts targeting Jewish people and Zionists while working for the city.

“1 Israeli left in this world would be one too many!” Akkad wrote last year in a post first revealed by the Jewish watchdog group Canary Mission, which posted screenshots of the since-deleted social media posts.