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Journalists of the British media network BBC liked anti-Semitic tweets, including unfounded conspiracy theories, according to a report in the British Telegraph.
For example, one reporter of the network in Egypt liked a tweet from December that made unsubstantiated claims that a large number of Jews from around the world are buying land in northern Cyprus, with the aim of "seizing" the territory for Israel.
A journalist for the BBC's Arab service, Sally Nabil, liked a tweet confirming the words of an Israeli abductee who was released and allegedly expressed her "deep gratitude" to Hamas for their treatment of her.
That Nabil, along with other colleagues, liked a response to a video that showed trucks loaded with the bodies of dead Israelis and kidnapped civilians in the October 7 surprise attack.
At the time, BBC chiefs said they were "urgently investigating the matter", but did not specify what significant action had been taken against the journalists.
Those close to the corporation said that despite the promises to maintain impartiality on social networks, in practice senior managers did not take any action regarding biases against Israel.
"Senior managers know about these tweets and just let them sit there," they added.
The Telegraph also revealed that Martin Asar, a lecturer at the BBC Academy, banned a tweet from a former Israeli soldier who wrote that the IDF "should not exist". He also banned a tweet indicating that Israel had "trained" Western opinion to see them as "a bunch of little angels" The BBC said that Asser no longer works at the academy and that his involvement was in technical matters.
"Wonderful Land", November 14, 2023/screenshot, Keshet 12
"BBC senior management is unable or unwilling to control the social media output of its journalists and presenters"
At the same time, Ahmed Ruava, another journalist of Arab origin for the network, republished a tweet claiming that Israel lied to the International Court of Justice in a lawsuit in which it was accused of murder by South Africa, and republished a tweet describing Israel's activities in Gaza as "pure evil", as well as one pointing About the fact that Israel is "starving" Palestinians "in order to save money by bombing them." "These accounts are not exactly hidden and everyone knows this is happening," said sources familiar with the matter. "There is a clear lack of supervision when it comes to the behavior of BBC staff on social media.
Journalists and reporters with a clear agenda continue to advance their views in violation of editorial guidelines, and nothing is done to stop them.
This undermines the reputation of the BBC."
The same sources also raised concerns regarding the BBC reporter, Rami Ruhaim, who is still employed by the network despite sending a letter to CEO Tim Davey, which was distributed to hundreds of other employees, accusing the organization of complicity in "genocide, Ethnic cleansing, apartheid."
At the top of his Twitter feed, Ruhaim asked: "Is the Western media complicit in Israel's attack on Palestinians in Gaza?".
Danny Cohen, former director of BBC Television, responded to the reports: "The BBC's senior management is unable or unwilling to control the social media output of its journalists and presenters."
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In the meantime, according to another report, this time on the British news site The Sun, a senior employee at the BBC, Don Kawaba, was fired from her position after publishing posts on social networks - in which she called the Jews an "invading species" and "lying scum."
According to the publication, Kawaba used the phrase Holohoax - which claims that the Jewish genocide in the Holocaust did not exist and was not created, along with other antisemitic expressions.
According to the publication, the senior official who holds the position of production coordinator even made a comparison between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hitler and after receiving angry reactions to the posts she published, she did not back down, and wrote on the networks: "Come to me, my shoulders are broad enough."
As mentioned, according to the report, the employee was fired from her position due to the statements.
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