Palestinian journalist says CTV News fired her after "speaking up for Palestine" | Canada
dailyhive.com
Yara Jamal worked at the CTV News in Halifax for a little over a year before she says she was terminated with "no warning."
  • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
    127·
    1 year ago

    Got any quotes/source?

    Basically any stance on this conflict besides “civilian casualties bad” is a shit take, I’m not going to be surprised if a reporter gets fired for conflating Israel v Hamas with Muslim v Jew

      • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
        171·
        1 year ago

        she was asked in an interview if Jewish people “could exist in a free Palestine.”

        “I said, ‘Yes, Jews can exist, the Zionist ideology and the state of Israel cannot,'” she told Daily Hive.

        From her perspective, she stated the gov of Israel is incompatible with a free Palestine. The whole article is quoting her, I don’t see it.

        • corsicanguppy
          13·
          1 year ago

          So she was penalized for a political opinion as if it were hate speech against a religious group. The two are not the same.