A Palestinian reporter for CBS News, who lives in the Gaza Strip, posted repeatedly anti-Israel on social media — once asking, “Are Jews people like us?” – according to a curse report by a media watchdog.
Marwan Al-Ghoul, 61, has been a reporter for the Tiffany Network inside the war-torn enclave since the October 7 massacre by Hamas terrorists. Foreign journalists cannot access Gaza without permission from the Israeli military.
His coverage over the past year has been praised by colleagues at CBS News, which recently found itself embroiled in controversy for reprimanding morning show host Tony Dokoupil for his critical interview of anti-Israel author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Al-Ghoul’s objectivity was called into question after his anti-Israel social media posts were revealed in a report by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), a pro-Israel media watchdog.
In a Facebook post from May 2022, the veteran reporter allegedly wrote: “34 years of news coverage can be summed up: Are Jews people like us?”, according to the report released last week.
Another allegedly disturbing post came on October 7, 2018, the day a Palestinian killed two Israeli parents near Tel Aviv, when Al-Ghoul wrote: “The West Bank embraces Gaza, blessed are the hands,” according to CAMERA. .
The report also cited another 2018 Facebook post by Al-Ghoul, saying “America and Israel are headed for their downfall, but when?”
Al-Ghoul is also alleged to have “liked” several anti-Semitic posts.
He hailed one Facebook user, who posted: “No way they do [Jews] count as humans, these are monsters in human bodies,” CAMERA reports.
Jonah Cohen, CAMERA’s communications director, told The Post that Al-Ghoul’s comments are “deeply troubling.”
He also questioned CBS News’ “commitment to ethical journalism and responsible reporting.”
CBS News did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
A CBS News reporter, however, praised Al-Ghoul a day after the first anniversary of Hamas’ cross-border attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and took 250 hostages.
Emmet Lyons wrote that Al-Ghoul “is an incredibly brave man and a fantastic reporter,” in a post on X.
Al-Ghoul’s son Fares, who claims to work as a cameraman for CBS on his Instagram account, also has a history of glorifying terrorism against the Jewish state.
“The bombardment of a city of Tel Aviv with resistance rockets… God is the greatest,” Fares Marwan Al-Ghoul posted on Facebook in November 2012, CAMERA found.
Later that month, the son reportedly wrote: “Allah is the greatest, bus time [sic] The blast has returned, O world, Allah is great.”
CBS denied that Fares was its employee in a statement to National Review.
The network has faced several firestorms recently. Earlier this month, Dokoupil was publicly reprimanded by CBS News president Wendy McMahon and her lieutenant Adrienne Roark during a staff meeting about Coates’ cooking.
Dokoupil had told the author that his book, which devoted a significant part to the Holy Land, could be found “in an extremist’s backpack”.
The CBS News source said the interview was biased and did not meet the network’s editorial standards.
The network also allegedly instructed employees in late August not to refer to Jerusalem as part of Israel.
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