ABC reporter Nour Haydar criticized for social media posts about Israel-Palestine conflict: “Does she work for ABC or Al-Jazeera?”
An ABC political reporter has been accused of breaching the national broadcaster’s strict impartiality guidelines after sharing controversial tweets about the conflict in Israel and the fallout in Australia.
Federal political reporter Nour Haydar shared the tweets after the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a horrific terror attack in the Jewish homeland on Saturday, killing hundreds of innocent civilians.
ABC political reporter Nour Haydar has retweeted several tweets about the Israel-Palestine conflict in recent days.
After the attacks, hundreds of protesters caused chaos outside the Sydney Opera House shouting ‘gas the Jews’ and ‘f*** the Jews’, prompting NSW Premier Chris Minns to cancel an upcoming rally for Free Palestine.
Ms Haydar did not appear to support his decision to ban the upcoming protest and shared a message from Palestinian activist Randa Abdel-Fattah.
“How is it possible that Palestinians in Australia are being censored for their language, protests, grief, called animals, accused of supporting terrorism, called instigators and an Australian Jewish organization openly calls for genocide,” the post read. new on Twitter.
The comments were in response to the Australian Jewish Association supporting airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliation for terror attacks on Israel.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, airstrikes have killed over 1,100 Palestinians. Officials have not said how many civilians are among the dead.
‘Pure evil must be eradicated from this earth. Flat him out,” wrote the Australian Jewish Association.
The political reporter (pictured) has been with the ABC for six years and is based at Parliament House in Canberra
“Sometimes to eradicate pure evil, innocents die. It’s sad that Hamas hides among the civilian population. It’s sad that they don’t want their own children to bring this on them. It’s a double war crime.’
Ms Haydar’s recent online activity caught the attention of 2GB presenter Ray Hadley.
“I don’t know if this is covered by the ABC’s social media policy, but it’s been reposted a lot,” he told listeners.
“So we need to check with the ABC boss to see if the posts from Nour Hadar, even though they weren’t her words, are at odds with the ABC and their policy on social media posts.”
Another update Ms Haydar shared was from The Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent, Bethan McKernan, who said: ‘Initial reports emerging that Israeli settlers indiscriminately opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians in Qusra near Nablus.’
A third update from Human Rights Watch says: “Deliberate killings of civilians, hostage-taking, and collective punishment are horrific crimes that have no justification.”
Along with Hadley, several Australians were quick to call out Ms Haydar for her retweets.
“Does Nour Haydar work for ABC or Al-Jazeera? Excited to see taxpayer dollars paying the salary of a clearly biased ABC reporter.
Another person added: ABC racist Nour Haydar’s TwiXter feed makes her sound like a PR agent for Hamas terrorists. The kind of dribble she retweets, all day long, on our currency. Why are ABC activists supporting terrorists on our currency?’
An ABC spokeswoman did not respond to questions about whether the retweets were appropriate or whether any action would be taken.
“This is a personal social media account, not an ABC account or ABC content,” she told Daily Mail Australia.
“All staff are required to comply with ABC Social Media guidelines.”
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Ms Haydar and the ABC for comment.
