DW's unapologetic pro-Israel and anti-Palestine bias

Deutsche Welle operates under a reign of

terror. It's

absolutely clear that criticism of

Israel, criticism of Israeli policy,

is akin to anti-Semitism.

Martin Gock, an Argentinian Jewish

journalist who worked at Deutsche Welle

for 10 years, says the German state

broadcaster created a workplace

environment filled with fear for those

reporting on Israel's genocidal war on

Palestine's Gaza. Guck is among many

staff members who blew the whistle on the

company's staunch pro Israeli bias.

Staff members reported that they

witnessed senior newsroom figures make

anti Muslim, derogatory and

dehumanizing comments about Palestinians

and pro Palestine protesters with

impunity. So I can tell you that the

general sense. Of discontent

inside Deutsche Welle with the way that

management and the editorial teams have

managed the slaughter of Gaza, which

now I think we can openly say the

genocide of Gaza is very,

very widespread. You have colleagues that

either are in Gaza or have friends in

Gaza. And you know what the editorial

team is telling you is that what you know

you cannot say. This control now extends

beyond the workplace and is also

influencing the personal and professional

freedom of employees. But Deutsche Welle

made it extremely clear, extremely

clear that we were not allowed to talk

about it, not even in our private space.

Gox said that Deutsche Well had sent a

number of emails outlining how staff

should report on Israel's onslaught on

Gaza. The German news outlet also created

a separate style guide specifically for

covering stories from Palestine. There

was also now a set of emails that

were sent around January of 2023 in which

they made it absolutely clear that the

central management was willing to

actually fire people or or or relieve

them of their functions if they.

Made mistakes concerning

Israel and Palestine. I mean, what kind

of madness is it?The one in which you're

an organization, German organization in

2024, in which as a Jew, you

need to go into the dark corners of the

corridor to criticize Israeli policy?

I was told in no uncertain terms by

different people at different times that,

you know, we are a German organization,

so we cannot criticize Israel. Gach said

that Deutsche Well's threat of labeling

him and other staff members as

anti-Semitic continued even after he

was fired from the company. I got a

letter from Deutsche Well. I was already

fired at that point. I mean, it was six

months after my they announced that they

were canceling my contract. They urged me

to immediately stop or that

they would take all. Steps possible

under German labor law. In other words,

they would actually immediately put me

out. So what was interesting about the

letter is that it had all the language of

an accusation of anti-Semitism. Deutsche

Well operates under public law and is

funded by Germany's federal tax budget.

Many experts agree that the country's

unconditional support for Israel is

deeply rooted in his post Holocaust

guilt, and Deutsche Well's pro Israel

coverage seems to reflect this.

Critiquing any of Israel's policies is

tantamount to anti-Semitism in Deutsch

avel's eyes. And as the company strives

to silence its former staff with threats

of lawsuits, it continues to impose a

strict ideological conformity on the

stories published by its current

employees. You know, I come from

a Judaism that is essentially attached

to, I would say, 2 principles. One is

that no human suffering is foreign to me.

And the second one is that whoever saves

a life saves the world. This is Judaism

for me. It's not allegiance to Israel.

Germany is still no country for Jews. You

are the Jew that the German state and its

institutions want you to be, or you are

de facto an anti-Semite.