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Linah Alsaafin

‘We are scapegoats’: Arab journalists fired by Deutsche Welle

A picture shows the logo of German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) on a wall at their head office in Bonn, western Germany, on February 8, 2022 [Ina Fassbender/AFP]

Editor’s Note 14/02/2022:  A change has been made to clarify that Sudduetche Zeitung does not receive funding from the German government.

The recent firing of Arab employees from Deutsche Welle’s Arabic service on charges of alleged anti-Semitism has highlighted the country’s contentious policy, which some say equates criticism of Israel to prejudice and hatred of Jewish people.

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