BBC journalist reportedly praised activist who once created video asking “How true is the #Holocaust and how did the Zionists benefit from it?”
A BBC Arabic journalist has reportedly praised an activist who once created and shared a video that asked “How true is the #Holocaust and how did the Zionists benefit from it?”
Activist Muna Hawwa was suspended by Al Jazeera after she created and shared a video that asked, “How true is the #Holocaust and how did the Zionists benefit from it?”
Ms Hawwa was also reportedly suspended from Twitter. Upon her return to the platform, BBC Arabic journalist Layla Bashar al-Kloub allegedly tweeted in May: “My dear Muna…there was a great victory for you, yourself specifically, the victory of the free word, and the victory of exquisite journalism, you have proved everybody you are capable of confronting large institutions by yourself, may Allah strengthen you.”
It was also said that in November 2016, Ms al-Kloub tweeted: “The Zionist entity does not recognize any international law or agreement, their entire [legal] proceedings are infringements of human rights treaties. They are the terrorists, not us.” The tweet has since been deleted.
On Wednesday, Campaign Against Antisemitism announced a “BBC News: Stop Blaming Jews!” protest outside the BBC’s headquarters at Broadcasting House this Monday 13th December.
We are demanding explanations over the BBC’s outrageous coverage of the recent antisemitic incident on Oxford Street during the Jewish festival of Chanukah, when the BBC’s reports victim-blamed Jewish teenagers for being attacked.
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