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<\/a>BBC uses journalist who called for \u2018Jews to be burned like Hitler did\u2019… again<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nPatrick Sawer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A journalist who called for Jews to be burned \u201cas Hitler did\u201d has been used by the BBC as an expert commentator on\u00a0the Gaza conflict<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Samer Elzaenen, who has appeared on the BBC\u2019s Arabic channel more than a dozen times since the conflict erupted following the Oct 7 Hamas attacks, was quoted extensively as he accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n After being contacted by The Telegraph, the BBC admitted that Mr Elzaenen should not have been used as an expert contributor.<\/span><\/p>\n It comes after The Telegraph\u00a0revealed in April<\/a>\u00a0that Mr Elzaenen, 33, had been used to help report on the situation in Gaza, despite previously having issued a stream of social media posts that singled out Jews for condemnation and even appeared to call for violence against them.<\/span><\/p>\n In a Facebook post in July 2022, he stated: \u201cWhen things go awry for us, shoot the Jews, it fixes everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Mr Elzaenen has also appeared to call for a repeat of the Holocaust, stating on Facebook in May 2011: \u201cMy message to the Zionist Jews: We are going to take our land back, we love death for Allah\u2019s sake the same way you love life. We shall burn you as Hitler did, but this time we won\u2019t have a single one of you left.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In response to the revelations, the BBC said at the time that it was \u201cnot aware\u201d of Mr Elzaenen\u2019s social media activity prior to him appearing on air, adding: \u201cWe are absolutely clear that there is no place for anti-Semitism on our services.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n But it can now be revealed that Mr Elzaenen was\u00a0used again by the BBC despite concerns<\/a>\u00a0about his comments having been raised. This time he was cited as an eyewitness by Suzanna Goussous, a BBC Arabic reporter, to describe the hunger in Gaza, under the headline \u201cStarvation as a \u2018weapon of war\u2019: What does it mean and when was it used in history?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n . In her report for BBC Arabic in July, Goussous quoted him at length, saying: \u201cJournalist Samer Elzaenen tells me from Khan Yunis: \u2018The situation is unbearable; the scenes of stampedes are harsher than the scenes of bombing. Women, children and the elderly risk their lives in a daily struggle for survival. Every time aid trucks enter, dozens of martyrs and injured are recorded, especially in the areas designated as distribution centres.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Goussous goes on to say: \u201cHe [Elzaenen] adds that this is a systematic, rather than random, policy, which brings to mind historical massacres where starvation was linked to the goals of \u2018genocide and takeover\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Mr Elzaenen\u2019s social media output over the past decade has included endorsements of more than 30 separate attacks against Jewish civilians in Israel. He has called the actions \u201cblessed\u201d and \u201cheroic\u201d, described the perpetrators as \u201cheroes\u201d and \u201cmartyrs\u201d who \u201cascended\u201d to \u201cheaven\u201d and appeared to express joy at the victims\u2019 deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n Commenting on a February 2023 attack in which a Palestinian terrorist killed two boys, aged eight and six, and a 20-year-old man after ramming his car into a bus stop in Jerusalem, Mr Elzaenen said the victims \u201cwill soon go to hell\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n The Palestinian journalist has also repeatedly described the Hamas terrorists who carried out the Oct 7 attacks as \u201cresistance fighters\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n BBC sources emphasised that Mr Elzaenen is not a member of staff.<\/span><\/p>\n But the broadcaster\u2019s use of him as a freelance contributor has been condemned by media watchers, who accused\u00a0BBC Arabic<\/a>, which is part of the BBC World Service, of anti-Israel bias.<\/span><\/p>\n The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (Camera) \u2013 which unearthed the social media posts \u2013 claims that it is indicative of BBC Arabic\u2019s willingness to use contributors who fail to deliver objective and balanced broadcasting.<\/span><\/p>\n A Camera UK spokesman told The Telegraph: \u201cAnyone who uses social media to repeatedly glorify violence against Israel\u2019s Jewish civilians forfeits any claim to be an impartial observer of Israel-related affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen residents of Gaza embrace such hatred, they cannot be taken seriously as credible eyewitnesses \u2013 still less as \u2018journalists\u2019 entrusted to mediate reality for international audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that the BBC knew of Elzaenen\u2019s record yet chose to use him anyway is deeply alarming, and speaks volumes about the corporation\u2019s own judgment and credibility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n BBC Arabic\u2019s output is set to form part of a thematic review of the corporation\u2019s\u00a0Middle East coverage<\/a>\u00a0by an independent expert.<\/span><\/p>\n Kemi Badenoch<\/a>, the Conservative Party leader, called earlier this year for \u201cwholesale reform\u201d of BBC Arabic after a report by Camera accused it of \u201cappalling anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n In a letter to Tim Davie, the BBC\u2019s director-general, Mrs Badenoch said: \u201cBBC Arabic is intended to provide high-quality, trusted news for the \u00adhundreds of millions of people who speak Arabic. It should uphold the highest standards of public-service broadcasting.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cInstead, it seems that the World Service may be fomenting \u00adextremism and misleading audiences \u2013 while funded by the taxpayer and \u00adlicence fees. This is simply unacceptable and must stop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Responding to questions from The Telegraph about his attitude to Jews, Mr Elzaenen said: \u201cThe posts you referred to date back to around 2011 and were quotations rather than personal statements. They were merely social media posts and do not reflect or represent my professional journalism. After reviewing them, I removed those posts entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThroughout my career, my journalism has always been conducted with full professionalism. Every report I produced for the BBC was broadcast exactly as it was, without distortion, fabrication or alteration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He added: \u201cIf I were not a professional journalist, and given that these statements date back to 2011, the BBC would not have hired me years later. If there had ever been any sign of unprofessionalism on my part, I would not have been employed by such a respected institution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A BBC spokesman said: \u201cThere is no\u00a0place for anti-Semitism<\/a>\u00a0on our services. We strongly condemn the hateful views expressed by this individual in 2011. Although he is not a BBC journalist, and quoting him does not mean we endorse his views, we should not have used him in this way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Additional reporting by Izzy Pearl<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> BBC uses journalist who called for \u2018Jews to be burned like Hitler did\u2019… again Patrick Sawer Samer Elzaenen accuses Israel of using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians in BBC Arabic report Samer Elzaenen wrote on Facebook in July 2022: \u2018When things go awry for us, shoot the Jews, it fixes everything\u2019 A journalist who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[33,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125816"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125829,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125816\/revisions\/125829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSamer Elzaenen<\/span> accuses Israel of using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians in BBC Arabic<\/span> report<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Samer Elzaenen wrote on Facebook in July 2022: \u2018When things go awry for us, shoot the Jews, it fixes everything\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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Samer Elzaenen was quoted in a BBC Arabic report on hunger in Gaza Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib\/Anadolu<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u2018Deeply alarming\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\u2018Fomenting extremism\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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