Two more Palestinian journalists who worked with The New York Times in covering the Israel-Gaza conflict were arrested with anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli social media stories. Soliman Hijjy, an independent filmmaker whose work has been featured by the Times between 2018 and 2021, praised Adolf Hitler in a Facebook post in 2012, writing “How great you are, Hitler” in Arabic, according to Akiva Van Koningsveld , editor of the pro-Israeli media monitor HonestReporting. In a 2018 post, Hiijy shared a photo of himself with a caption that translates to either “I’m in harmony like Hitler during the Holocaust” or “in a state of harmony like Hitler was during the Holocaust.” In a separate post, he referred to Hamas firing rockets at Israel as “resistance.” NYT SEVERES PALESTINIAN FREEMAN FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS CALLING TO KILL JEWS The New York Times building on 8th Avenue in New York City. (DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images) According to HonestReporting, freelance photographer Hosam Salem praised a 2011 bus bombing in Jerusalem that killed two and injured 39. In 2014, Salem cheered on Hamas, claiming that “the resistance captured a Zionist soldier.” IDF soldier Oron Shaul was later killed. That same year, he mourned the death of Hamas operative Salam Maher al-Madhoun, who is linked to the deaths of four IDF soldiers, and later expressed joy at the massacre of four rabbis and a policeman in Jerusalem. In 2015, Salem applauded two more terrorist attacks, and in 2018, after being hired by The Times, HonestReporting claimed he “called for more violence” after an attack that killed two IDF soldiers in the West Bank. NEW YORK TIMES JOURNALISTS ADMIT DEFLATION ACT IS ‘BREAKABLE’ Additionally, in both 2020 and 2021, Salem praised Mohamed Salem and Nabil Masood, the two terrorists responsible for a suicide bombing that killed ten Israelis. Salem’s project was unveiled just this month amid heightened tensions between Israel and Gaza. A spokesperson for the Times told HonestReporting that it is looking into Hiijy and Salem’s social media posts. The spokesman declined to comment further in response to Fox News’ inquiry. Rockets are fired from Gaza City, Gaza in the wake of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on August 06, 2022. (Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Earlier this month, the Times severed ties with independent producer and filmmaker Fady Hanona, who was credited by the paper on several stories published this month. According to HonestReporting, Hanona has repeatedly argued anti-Semitic rhetoric. expressed hostility toward Israel and spoke favorably of Adolf Hitler. NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS REPUBLICAN SLAMS FOR ‘BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORIES’ ABOUT INCREASED IRS ENFORCEMENT “I do not accept a Jew, Israeli or Zionist or anyone else who speaks Hebrew. I am with killing them wherever they are children, elderly and soldiers,” Hanona wrote in Arabic in a Facebook post, adding: “After all, the Jews they are sons of dogs and I’m all for killing and burning them like Hitler did. I’d be extremely happy,” including two smiley emojis. In another Facebook post from August 2014, Hanona attributed a quote to the Nazi leader, writing: “As Hitler said, give me a Palestinian soldier and a German gun and I’ll make Europe crawl on its toes.” Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Monday, May. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Hanona opposed a ceasefire reached at the time between Israel and Hamas, urging “resistance” and further attacks on Tel Aviv. On Twitter, Hanona referred to Israel using quotes to undermine the legitimacy of the Jewish state, according to Koningsveld. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “The New York Times had only worked with this freelance reporter for the past few weeks. We no longer do,” a Times spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.