Already under fire for telling staff not to refer to Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and for criticizing its reporter’s tough questions about anti-Israel bias for Ta-Nehisi Coates, CBS has a more extensive problem of Jew-hatred, according to the Arabic department at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis.
Marwan Al-Ghoul, who has long covered the region, was “praised by the network last week for his ‘resolve’ in covering the conflict,” but the CBS Gaza-based producer, “has a troubling social media history,” CAMERA told JNS. “His posts include vile antisemitism—denying the humanity of Jews—open support for terrorism, calls for ‘permanent resistance’ and predictions about the demise of both the United States and Israel.”
“This glaring inconsistency raises serious questions about CBS‘s editorial standards,” stated Jonah Cohen, communications director for CAMERA.
Al-Ghoul “has been praised within CBS for his reporting since Oct. 7. CBS News desk editor Emmet Lyons described him as ‘an incredibly courageous man and a fantastic reporter,’ while senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer said ‘his resolve is simply astonishing,’” CAMERA said. “However, Al-Ghoul’s social media activity reveals deeply troubling views, including blatant antisemitic rhetoric and praise for violence against Israeli civilians.”
According to CAMERA, the CBS producer’s Arabic posts include asking “Are Jews human like us?” and writing “America and Israel are about to go down, but when?”
“Al-Ghoul also praised violent acts, including the murders of Israeli civilians Ziv Hajbi and Kim Yehezkel-Levengrond, and he gave a thumbs-up to a post denying Jews’ humanity: ‘By no means do they count as human, these are monsters in a human body,’” CAMERA added.