With a reputation for lampooning politicians and public figures, Saturday Night Live remains a must-watch show for millions of Americans.
But there are limits. Already, various media outlets have stoked misconceptions, if not hatred, of Israel by feeding on false perceptions that the Jewish state has unfairly procured millions of coronavirus vaccines while many other countries and populations have not.
However, SNL host Michael Che took things one step farther, effectively perpetuating a modern-day blood libel — namely, that Israel treats its non-Jewish citizens differently and worse than its Jewish citizens — on the latest edition of the show that aired on February 20 .