Egypt's last Jewish leader denounces antisemitism but says "Israel is my enemy"

Magda Haroun, leader of the nearly extinct Egyptian Jewish community, lashed out at a journalist for asking why Da'esh targets only Muslims and not Jews.

Haroun criticized Jaber Armouti because of his remarks that he demanded from ISIS to kill Jews rather than Muslims, saying that Egyptians should not confuse Egyptian Jews with Israelis.

She mentioned that there are only 7 Jews left in Egypt. All of them are old women, according to previous reports.

She said: "I am an Egyptian and I love my country more than many, Egypt has given me a lot," adding that "Israel is my enemy because they are Egypt's enemy", She also said that Israel does not represent Jews of the world.

Haroun has mentioned her hate for Israel before. And she once mentioned that her father refused to treat her sister for leukemia in France, because a Jew leaving Egypt in the 1950s would not be allowed back. So he let is daughter die instead.

But instead of hating the country whose policies led to her sisters' death, she hates Israel.

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