2023-10-08 13:44:03
Malcolm Ohanwe is a freelancer for Bayerischer Rundfunk and Arte, among others. He has now been terminated as a freelancer by the BR after he relativized Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel in a tweet. In a tweet, he wrote: “If Palestinians’ tongues are systematically cut off, how can they defend themselves with words? If Palestinians’ right to vote is stopped, how are they supposed to defend themselves with crosses? If their movement is restricted, how are they supposed to defend themselves with demonstrations? What do people expect?”
I really hope that all editors in public broadcasting will pull the ripcord by now and stop working with him. There would have been plenty of reasons before, but when, if not now?! @MalcolmOhanwe pic.twitter.com/UhAbbhg4hy
— Philipp Peyman Engel (@PhilippPeyman) October 7, 2023
Philipp Peyman Engel, editor-in-chief of the Jüdische Allgemeine, criticized the tweet and wrote: “I really hope that now at the latest all editors in public broadcasting will pull the ripcord and stop working with him. There would have been plenty of reasons before, but when, if not now?!”
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The press office of Bayerischer Rundfunk spoke up on He runs his Twitter account privately. Malcolm Ohanwe works freelance. The BR no longer commissions him.” Arte, in turn, has distanced itself from all of Ohanwe’s tweets and asked him to delete posts related to Arte.
The BR strongly distances itself from Malcolm Ohanwe’s inhumane statements, which have nothing to do with our understanding of journalism. He runs his Twitter account privately. Malcolm Ohanwe works freelance. The BR no longer commissions him.
— Bayerischer Rundfunk (@BR_Presse) October 8, 2023
Malcolm Ohanwe was born in Munich in 1993. He is a German journalist who also works for ZDF and RBB, among others. His tweets about Israel repeatedly caused controversy on Twitter. The Jüdische Allgemeine described Ohanwe’s criticism of Israel as decidedly anti-Semitic. Ohanwe denied the allegations and repeatedly legitimized his posts about Israel.
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