Limburg’s article coincided with the spread of news about the appointment of a new director of the DW office in Beirut to replace Basil Al-Aridi, who was among those fired after the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (and later is a German website, newspaper and magazine) was published in December last year. Posts accusing Al-Aridi and some of the station’s staff of “anti-Semitism” because of their support for the Palestinian cause, based on their tweets and their social media positions. The list includes: Daoud Ibrahim, Murhaf Mahmoud, Maram Maraka (Maram Shehatit), Farah Salem… Later, the network put a red line in front of guests of political and talk shows, and mutual media contracts with Arab channels, including Al-Jadid: Lebanese “Roya” and Jordanian “Roya”, which caused the Arab branch of DW to face administrative problems, which led to the resignation of some of its managers.
Since then, the German press has not stopped publishing intelligence reports about Arab employees of Deutsche Welle. A few days ago, the Süddeutsche Zeitung published materials about some of the German channel’s employees, their employment archive and their relationship with people known for their stand in support of the Palestinian cause.
A few weeks after the dismissal process, accompanied by media hype, an announcement was posted on Deutsche Welle’s official website seeking a Beirut office director. recognize Israel’s right to exist and not be an anti-Semite! ” The condition is new to the list of data to be supplemented and has not yet been shown to Al-Aridi, for example, instead, the working conditions are in accordance with Lebanese labor law, which prohibits cooperation with an enemy of Israel. . Now, it seems the aforementioned position will not remain vacant for long, against the backdrop of talks about the appointment of journalist Muhammad Shraitekh as director of the DW office in the Lebanese capital.
In this context, sources told us that after several media professionals applied for the job, Schreiteh, formerly of the BBC, was selected. The information shows that Shreite has finally accepted her duties, without any official announcement, so the question remains: how does the journalist sign a contract that includes recognition of Israel’s right to exist? And how will he carry out his new responsibilities amid problems with the standards set by the channel for its new hires?
For her part, Shreiteh confirmed in a communication to us the news of her job application, declining to comment on the news of her appointment: “No answer.” Was it really done? Did the station wait to announce the new name for fear of the Lebanese media’s reaction to this decision, which constitutes a violation of Lebanese labor laws?
The conversation about Shraitekh’s appointment came at a time when the case of Al-Aridi and his colleagues was still pending in court, as no agreement had been reached guaranteeing the rights of the bankers, which informed their dismissal by press reports, without explanation. from the administration.
On the other hand, those familiar with the file will note that DW recently launched campaigns to train its employees and journalists in Germany how to work and report to the press about “anti-Semitism!” Standards! . An accusation/link to hide the complete bias of German politics and the media towards the Israeli occupation.
Source: Al-Akhbar
