Muslim CNN #TeamHitler Producer Fired

CNN producer who covered Israel is axed over anti-Semitic '#TeamHitler' tweet and praise of Palestinian terror group Hamas

• Idris Mukhtar Ibrahim had his tweets, posted in 2014, exposed earlier this week after he wrote a story about Israel's incoming coalition
• Ibrahim had been working as a freelancer covering a range of international stories for CNN, including Israel, and had previously worked at Deutsche Welle
• In a twitter post from July 13, 2014, Ibrahim expressed support for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, writing '#teamHitler' 
• In another tweet just days later he wrote 'Hamas is the modern day freedpm (sic) fighters, they definding (sic) their land, Yes they are entitled to armed struggle'

A freelance producer who was seen to praise the work of Palestinian Hamas terrorism group and tweeted '#TeamHitler' has been dropped by CNN.

Idris Mukhtar Ibrahim had his tweets, posted in 2014, exposed on pro-Israel media watchdog group HonestReporting earlier this week.

Ibrahim had been working as a freelancer covering a range of international stories for CNN, including Israel, and had previously been employed at Deutsche Welle.

The controversial posts were revealed after the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism graduate wrote a story about Israel's incoming coalition.

HonestReporting questioned Ibrahim's 'ability to impartially report on the Arab-Israeli conflict' given his apparent 'profound hatred of the Jewish state.'

In a twitter post from July 13, 2014, Ibrahim expressed apparent support for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

In another tweet on July 18 Ibrahim can be seen replying to a post made by news organization Al Jazeera English, about whether Hamas are entitled to an armed struggle.

'Hamas is the modern day freedpm (sic) fighters, they definding (sic) their land, Yes they are entitled to armed struggle,' he wrote.

Idris Mukhtar Ibrahim had his tweets, posted in 2014, exposed earlier this week after he wrote a story about Israel's incoming coalition

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In another tweet he wrote 'Hamas is the modern day freedpm (sic) fighters, they definding (sic) their land, Yes they are entitled to armed struggle'

The second post on July 18 had been a reply to a post made by news organization Al Jazeera English, about whether Hamas are entitled to an armed struggle

Ibrahim had been working as a freelancer covering a range of international stories for CNN, including Israel, and had previously worked at Deutsche Welle

Ibrahim was not the only employee of CNN who expressed extreme views.

He has worked closely with CNN correspondents such as Jim Acosta, David Mckenzie, Nima Elbaghir, Sam Kyle, and Robyn Kriel.

In 2019, a former CNN photo editor resigned after statements that he tweeted prior to working at the network resurfaced.

In a tweet posted on July 25, 2019, Mohammed Elshamy reportedly referred to victims killed in a terror attack in Israel as 'Jewish pigs,' according to The Hill.

In 2018, the network fired Marc Lamont Hill after a speech he made on Israel and Palestine at the United Nations, NBC reported at the time.

CNN also has a lengthy history of critics accusing the network of an alleged bias on its reporting relating to terrorism in Israel and the surrounding territories.

Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer famously called out CNN's reporting on the region on live television in 2014, calling its reporting on that year's Gaza-Israel war a 'disservice' to viewers.

Around this time period, CNN was forced to apologize after a Palestinian terror attack in a synagogue was reported onscreen as 'Police Shot, Killed 2 Palestinians.'

Ibrahim began working as a freelance field producer for CNN International in 2015

They later amended the headline to '4 Israelis, 2 Palestinians dead in Jerusalem.'

Former Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren tweeted at the time, 'CNN – ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! How would America react to the headline: '3,000 Americans and 19 Arabs killed on 9/11'? You broke all bounds!'

Meanwhile in 2016, CNN was forced to apologize after appearing to question whether a terrorist attack, which left four people dead and dozens wounded, took place in Tel Aviv's Sarona market.

The Jerusalem Post reported, 'CNN inspired outrage with its headline when it put the word 'terrorists' in quotations. Additionally, the news agency failed to mention terrorism even once in the article reporting the ordeal.'

Palestinian freelance journalist Shatha Hammad – who was the recipient of the prestigious Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism – repeatedly praised Hitler in old Facebook posts, and even referred to the Nazi leader as “her friend.”

Hammad was set to appear as a guest speaker on a panel moderated by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s annual Trust Conference in London last month, but was stripped of the award once her social media history came to light.

The New York Times was also using pro-Hitler stringers. 

The Times severed ties with the freelancers in August after multiple exposés.

One had said, “In the end, the Jews are sons of the dogs, and I am in favor of killing them and burning them like Hitler did to them. I would be extremely happy,” according to the report.