Anti-Semitism allegations: Ex-moderator reacts to Instagram

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The former SWR presenter Helen Fares reacted to Instagram to her expulsion to the public broadcaster and defended itself against the allegations of anti-Semitism. In a video on her profile, the 29-year-old emphasized that the boycott of products from Israel was not synonymous with anti-Semitism. She pointed out that many Jewish people also support this form of protest in order to put pressure on the Israeli government and to influence their actions in the Middle East conflict. Fares emphasized that it was anti -Semitic to ignore those of Jewish people who work for peace and justice.

The former moderator accused the SWR not to have responded appropriately to the negative reactions from the right political spectrum that would have led to her expulsion. She spoke of hundreds of threatening news and demands for dismissal and deportation that she received about her social media channels. Furthermore, Fares also mentioned the appearance of right -wing trolls in this context. The broadcaster announced that Fares would no longer moderate the digital dialog format "Mixtalk" because she repeatedly expressed extreme political positions in her private social media contributions.

The background of the expulsion is located in Helen Fares Instagram post, in which she called the boycott of Israeli products and recommended an app to identify the corresponding goods. This meant that an account called "ÖRT anti -Semitism Watch" described her as an anti -Semitin. The author Hasnain Kazim commented on the situation and pulled parallels to anti -Semitic slogans from the past. Now controversy is discussing the statements and actions of Helen Fares and dealing with the SWR with the case.