Ibrahim Al-Mousawi, the head of the Parliamentary Media and Communications Committee, commented on France 24's dismissal of several employees on charges of "anti-Semitism," deeming the channel's action as raising legitimate and logical questions about the essence of the media profession, which is based on freedom of expression and speaking the truth to reveal reality and achieve justice and peace. In a statement, he noted that "this action by the channel, in addition to being condemned and disapproved, places it under scrutiny regarding its actual commitment to honest and free speech and its respect for people's right to know the truth and to express it openly."
Al-Mousawi clarified that the issue of anti-Semitism, as it stands as a vague slogan, needs to be redefined in the dictionaries of law and ethical practice in the profession, as it has become an easy, pliable tool used to intimidate any journalist, academic, or free thinker who offers even the slightest criticism of Israel's serious attacks and violations of human rights. He reiterated his condemnation of the channel's decision and called on it to "reconsider its editorial media policy, which lacks an essential pillar of credibility, stop intimidating its employees, and immediately reinstate those who were dismissed if it truly cares about truth and justice."
He affirmed that "Palestine today, as a cause of people and land, is a fundamental humanitarian issue, and solidarity with it is the least that any free person who believes in dignity and freedom can do, as it is a moral humanitarian solidarity that transcends all political, religious, sectarian, and ethnic considerations, given that the entity of the occupying and usurping enemy has exceeded, through its daily crimes, all the atrocities and tragedies witnessed by humanity."
