Seven journalists have been fired by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) over alleged antisemitism.
A damning report had revealed disturbing statements by staff at DW, which reaches an international audience through channels broadcast in English, Arabic and other languages.
wo journalists were sacked last week after the external investigation found that they had made antisemitic statements on private social media in 2014. A week earlier, a further five journalists had been fired.
One was Palestinian-Jordanian journalist Farah Maraqa, who has written columns for online pan-Arab newspaper Rai al-Youm.
Media monitoring organisation CAMERA has found a catalogue of statements made by Ms Maraqa. In one piece, in reference to the firing of rockets towards Tel Aviv, she commented: “The sound of the resistance’s rockets falling in the heart of Tel Aviv was once again music to our ears.”
