The children’s news program attempted to explain the Gaza-Israel conflict. Hamas’ terror is trivialized and sometimes even justified.
Wednesday morning’s “ZIB Zack Mini” unleashed a social media shitstorm against ORF. Because the program tried to explain the war between Israel and Hamas. The article suggests a neutral view, but it is completely one-sided. The central points of the conflict are ignored – for example, the fact that Hamas denies Israel’s right to exist. Hamas’ terror is thus trivialized or even justified.
At the beginning of the program, it is possible to see presenter Fanny Stampf in front of the border wall with Gaza. “This wall here is one of the many reasons why the Israeli military and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas are fighting each other,” she said in her introduction. “Because behind the wall is the Gaza Strip.” People are not allowed to leave it without permission, “which is why some people call Gaza an open-air prison.” a surprise” because the situation in Gaza is difficult for many.
The article then states that the majority of people in Gaza live in poverty, many of them children. In 2007, “the radical terrorist group Hamas took power in Gaza,” and since then Gaza has become even more isolated as Israel has built a blockade around it. Additionally, Israel controls food delivery. “And because the situation is so desperate for many, some believe that the terrorist group Hamas is the only one that can help them,” the article says.
Stapf further explains that “because the situation is so difficult” it is being talked about around the world. The second article in “ZIB Zack Mini” is about who the allies of Israel and Hamas are: “Iran is of the opinion that people in Gaza who believe in the religion of Islam are being oppressed by Israel”, it says in this . Israel is supported by the US because “the US government is of the opinion that Hamas is to blame for the fact that there is now a war”. How many people died.
“ZIB Zack Mini” is no longer available in “Redação”.
A storm of outrage erupted on social media Wednesday night. The article can no longer be found on ORF.at’s “Newsoom” video page, but is still available on TVthek. “It is completely incomprehensible to me that such a one-sided report can be broadcast on ORF,” wrote Daniel Kosak, deputy chief of staff to Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP), on Twitter. “Really very wrong,” said “Falter” editor-in-chief Florian Klenk. Former “Wienerin” editor-in-chief Syvlia Steinitz addressed ORF general director Roland Weißmann directly: “This factually incorrect and dangerously biased article is still available online and in the ORF TV library. How many children’s heads do you want to poison with this?” he asked. ORF has not yet responded to the criticism.
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