The pro-Israeli organization "Honest Reporting" clarifies that it will not back down from the demand to fire the Gazan journalist, Fadi Hannoun, who called on the terrorist organizations to continue bombing Israel, during the "Dawn" operation.
Anona's friends appealed to the organization asking them to forgive him for the positions he expressed and allow him to return to his job as a reporter for the "New York Times" newspaper.
Among the applicants, the Israeli press photographer, Oren Rosenfeld, who wrote that "his life was destroyed following the article published against him."
According to Rosenfeld, he has known Anona for many years: "It is very sad for him and his family. His father passed away recently. I helped him receive medical treatment in Jerusalem for years. Please see how his life can be saved. He no longer thinks that way today, but he cannot to apologize publicly because Hamas might harm him, he is already under surveillance."
"They might hurt him."
Hamas operatives, photo: Reuters
"Like Hitler"
The VP of "Honest Reporting", Gil Hoffman, told "Israel Today" that he does not intend to comply with the request. The Anona was fired from the "New York Times" network at the end of the week, after his harsh past statements against Jews and Israel were revealed. The organization notes that the Anona is not the only journalist employed by Western media who takes positions supporting terrorism or anti-Semitism.
Among other things, the Hanno wrote that "as Hitler said, give me a Palestinian soldier and a German weapon, and I will make Europe crawl on its tiptoes."
Anona, an independent producer who is also sometimes hired by the BBC, The Guardian and other media to promote anti-Israel positions.
In tweets and posts from the past, Hannoun supported arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, expressed sympathy for the escape from Gilboa prison of members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in September of last year, and did not hide his desire for Israel to be removed from the map.
publicly supported him.
Marwan Barghouti, photo: I.P
During the "Tzuk Eitan" operation in 2014, Hannoun threatened to kill the commander of the Golani Brigade at the time, Rhasan Elian, an Israeli Druze.
In the same operation, the Anona urged the terrorist organizations to reject the proposal for a ceasefire with Israel.
On another occasion he wrote, "I do not accept a Jew, an Israeli or a Zionist, or anyone else who speaks Hebrew. I am in favor of killing them wherever they are: children, the elderly and soldiers. The Jews are the sons of dogs. I am in favor of killing them and burning them like Hitler did. I will be so happy".
It should be noted that the Anona later deleted the difficult things he wrote.
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