The BBC has launched a probe into one of its reporters who wrote “Hitler was right” on Twitter. Tala Halawa, a Ramallah-based digital reporter who wrote for BBC as recently as last week, wrote the tweet in 2014 when she was working for a Palestinian radio station, JTA reported. “#Israel is more #Nazi than #Hitler! Oh, #Hitler was right #IDF go to hell. #PrayForGaza,” the tweet stated. A screenshot of the tweet was published on Sunday by Honest Reporting, an Israeli organization that “promotes fairness and accuracy in media coverage of Israel.” Tala Halawa is a "digital journalist" for the @BBC. Halawa directly influences and creates news content watched by many millions around the world. In what world can someone like this work for a professional news outlet? pic.twitter.com/r2LIHmZfF2 — HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) May 23, 2021 “These tweets predate the individual’s employment with the BBC, but we are nevertheless taking this very seriously and are investigating,” a BBC spokesperson told JTA on Sunday. Halawa has been working for BBC since 2017 and prior to that, she worked for six months as a researcher for The New Yorker. Halawa deleted her Twitter account since the screenshot was published. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

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