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Roseanne Is Now Claiming Her Show Was Cancelled Over Her Support for Israel

The former TV star made the comments while on a visit to Tel Aviv.

Roseanne Barr is now claiming her show was cancelled not due to her racist tweets but rather due to a backlash over her support for Israel.

Speaking at an event in Tel Aviv on Monday, Barr said she had been "BDS-ed" by ABC, referring to a Palestinian-led movement calling for boycott, divestment, and sanctions of Israel, the Associated Press reports.

In reality, the former TV star lost her show because of her racist attack on former Obama administration adviser Valerie Jarrett. She also called George Soros a Nazi, for which she has since apologized. She has also said she is "not a racist" but rather "an idiot."

The Roseanne reboot was taken off the air, followed by the launch of a new show, The Conners, sans Barr. It was ABC's number one comedy, and number two show overall, behind Grey's Anatomy.

Barr was in Israel for a four-day visit organized by her friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (pictured below).

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Roseanne Barr participate in "Is America a Forgiving Nation?,'' a Yom Kippur eve talk on forgiveness hosted by the World Values Network and the Jewish Journal at Saban Theatre on September 17, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rachel Luna/Getty Images)

In addition to claiming she was the target of anti-Semitism, Barr went after Hollywood liberals and defended her support for Trump. She also said she trolled her critics using various fake online accounts, despite her personal Twitter account still being active and verified.

She claimed she was there to "defend the Jewish people," saying she had "witnessed horrific anti-Semitism and I'm just here to defend the Jewish people."

Earlier this month, Barr said she believed anti-Semitism was behind her firing in "large part," and led to her not being able to explain herself.

"I think it played a part—the fact that I was never allowed to explain what I meant—and what I meant was a commentary on Iran—so they purposely mischaracterized what I said and wouldn't let me explain," she told The Jerusalem Post.

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