New ‘Daily Show’ host sparks backlash with offensive tweets

“South Africans know how to recycle like israel knows how to be peaceful.”

“Almost bumped a Jewish kid crossing the road. He didn’t look b4 crossing but I still would hav felt so bad in my german car!”

“Behind every successful Rap Billionaire is a double as rich Jewish man.”

By Tuesday morning, Time was reporting the “backlash” against Noah over his Twitter history, including what it called “a few jokes that were quickly deemed ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘sexist.’”

Viewers had been calling on Comedy Central to appoint someone well-known like Tina Fey or the fan-favorite “Daily Show” correspondent Jessica Williams to succeed Stewart (overall, the insistence on having a female host in the male-dominated world of late-night comedy was also a constant).

Fans of the Show were always going to be keenly interested in his views on the hot-button political topics that Stewart has never been afraid to address — especially the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Stewart has been one of the only mainstream American comedians to harshly critique Israel’s stance towards the Palestinians. Even HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher, one of this era’s most outspoken and unapologetically liberal comics, is usually seen as more pro-Israel than Stewart (and has even been pegged by some as anti-Muslim because of his views on Muslim extremists).

Meanwhile former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, who will travel to Israel in June to host the Genesis Prize award ceremony for the second consecutive year, recently told the Associated Press, “It seems like (Israel has) the worst PR in the world,” adding “I don’t understand how Israel is the bad guy here. It doesn’t make any sense to me.”