NYT fires journalist post support for ‘Palestinian resistance’

The American newspaper The New York Times has dismissed Palestinian photographer Hosam Salem from his job allegedly due to comments supporting the Palestinian resistance on the social networking site Facebook.
Hosam Salem, who worked for the newspaper for four years in Gaza, reported that the newspaper fired him after a pro-Israel organization alerted the newspaper to Facebook posts expressing support for the Palestinian resistance.
On Wednesday, October 5, Salem published a post on Twitter saying, “After years of covering the Gaza Strip as a freelance photojournalist for the New York Times, I was informed via a sudden phone call from the American outlet that they would no longer work with me in the future.” Also Read Google employee resigns, accuses company of silencing Palestinians “I began working with the newspaper in 2018, covering critical events in Gaza such as the weekly protests at the border fence with Israel, the investigation into the Israeli killing of field nurse Razan al-Najjar, and more recently, the May 2021 Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.” Salem explained that he was eventually informed that “the decision was made based on a report prepared by a Dutch editor for a website called  Honest Reporting .” It is pertinent to note that the Dutch editor obtained Israeli citizenship two years ago.