The same week it regurgitated Hamas propaganda claiming Israel struck a Gaza-based hospital, The New York Times decided to rehire a writer who previously praised former German dictator Adolf Hitler.
Previously employed by the Times as a freelancer from 2018-2021, Soliman Hijjy, a so-called “Palestinian filmmaker,” has been rehired by the outlet to cover Hamas’ ongoing attacks against Israel. As noted by the New York Post, Hijjy has published multiple social media posts throughout the past several years praising Hitler.
In 2018, the same year he was first hired by the Times, Hijjy issued a Facebook post in Arabic that included a photo of himself and a caption claiming he was “in a state of harmony as Hitler was during the Holocaust.” The post came six years after Hijjy published on Facebook a doctored photo of Hitler appearing to take a selfie along with the caption: “How great you are, Hitler.”
Hijjy’s apparent obsession with Germany’s former Nazi dictator was first unearthed last year by HonestReporting, a media watchdog, according to the Post.
A trip to his Times profile page reveals that Hijjy has published a handful of articles and videos reporting on the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict. This repertoire includes reporting on a rocket that struck the parking lot of a Gaza hospital. The rocket was a misfire launched by Palestinian insurgents, but the Times was one of several regime-approved outlets to regurgitate Hamas propaganda that falsely claimed Israel fired a missile at and destroyed the hospital.
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