By Shannon Thaler
Published Oct. 20, 2023, 4:11 p.m. ET
https://nypost.com/2023/10/20/hitler-praising-soliman-hijjy-covers-israel-hamas-war-for-nyt/
‘How great you are, Hitler,’ posts journalist rehired by the New York Times
By Danielle Greyman-Kennarf Published: October 21, 2023
Freelance filmmaker Soliman Hijjy was rehired by the New York Times despite his history of antisemitism.
...Hijjy reappeared in the NYT bylines on October 12, only five days after the massacre that shook Israel.
Hijjy’s history of antisemitism
In 2012, Hijjy praised Hitler on a Facebook post, writing: “How great you are, Hitler,” while sharing Pro-Hitler memes in several other posts.
In 2018, Hijjy continued his social media praise of the genocidal Nazi leader, writing that he was “in a state of harmony as Hitler was during the Holocaust.” A photo of himself accompanied this post.
In 2020, the journalist justified war crimes committed against Israeli civilians by Hamas when he described the indiscriminate rocket fire as “resistance.”
Problematic reporting
NYT was one of the many newspapers falsely claiming that Israel was behind the explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Fox News confirmed that Hijjy was one of the professionals involved with the story.
While covering stories on the Hamas conflict, Hijjy has repeatedly failed to describe the October 7 attack as a terrorist attack, instead referring to it as a “Hamas attack,” The Algemeiner reported. Hijjy has also referred to “the Gaza health ministry,” not to the Hamas-terrorist-controlled Gaza health ministry, like other Times articles have done.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-769513