Al Jazeera Anchorwoman Calls Arab Terrorist Who Stabbed Israeli ‘My Hero’ on Facebook

[shira]

A Qatar-based Al Jazeera anchorwoman recently posted a video on Facebook of a stabbing attack in Israel, lauding the Palestinian assailant, Israeli news website nrg reported on Sunday.

“Bless you, my hero,” wrote Khadija Benguenna alongside uploaded security-camera footage of a young Arab stabbing an Israeli Border Policeman in Nahariya on Friday, referred to by Benguenna as “northern Palestine.”

By Saturday night, Benguenna, who is of French-Algerian origin, had deleted her comment but not the video, which garnered close to 70,000 “likes.”

The footage shows a 16-year-old Arab from a village in the Galilee stabbing a 37-year-old Border Police officer in the upper back before the two struggle with one another. The officer eventually breaks free and runs off camera as the attacker pursues him, while still holding a knife.

The officer was lightly-to-moderately wounded in the attack. The terrorist was arrested shortly thereafter and is being interrogated.

http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/11/29/al-jazeera-anchorwoman-calls-arab-terrorist-who-stabbed-israeli-my-hero-on-facebook/

[6chars]

1. Mental note - Al Jazeera

Her employer has not indicated any disapproval to this point.

[King_David]

2. Why is she still working?

Maybe because the victim was a Jew ?

[King_David]

3. An apology will definitely not be sufficient...

She needs to be unemployed and unemployable....

[grossproffit]

5. She'll probably get a raise.

[grossproffit]

4. Al Jazeera is nothing more than propaganda. I can't believe anyone reads/watches that filth.

[shira]

6. It's only the Jews they hate, so it's all okay.

[Little Tich]

7. Is there a better source for this?

The OP is from Algemeiner, which got the story from NRG News. I checked with Google and found the same story in the World Tribune (http://www.worldtribune.com/al-jazeera-anchorwoman-calls-attacker-who-stabbed-israeli-my-hero-on-facebook/). There were a few articles about her in French on other matters, but nothing that stood out.

As I'm not sure the story is legit, I can't comment on it, unfortunately.

[oberliner]

8. The story comes from Maariv

Which is one of the three major newspapers in Israel. (NRG is Maariv Online). They have a screenshot of the Facebook page in question on the Maariv website (which is linked to in the article posted here). Very interesting process you have for determining which stories are legit and which ones aren't.

[Little Tich]

10. I don't trust Maariv, they're too "fluffy".

I didn't find any previous transgressions either - usually there's a pattern, and I didn't find any. If she did what the OP is accusing her of it will be reported in other more reliable sources anyway. Khadija Benguenna isn't totally unknown, and comments like that could get her fired.

I'm just picky when it comes to sources, sorry.

[leftynyc]

11. You think they made up the

facebook post? Have we heard a denial? We'll let you know when the NY Times reports the story - after everyone already knows about it.

[Little Tich]

14. I'm not gullible, that's all... n/t

[shira]

12. You didn't trust the UNRWA Facebook incitement posts despite all the screenshots....

And despite the fact UNRWA was busted and admitted there was a problem.

You finally accepted reality even though the mainstream press never reported on it.

Why was that?

[Little Tich]

13. Not only was it reported later in MSM, I did see some of the posts myself.

I'm not dumb enough to deny what's obviously true. In this case, I'm just not convinced yet. A supposed picdump doesn't really convince me in the age of Photoshop...

[shira]

15. It was never reported later in MSM. I wish it was...

But if you think so, please provide a link or two.

It was reported in the Jewish Press - but not the mainstream one.

[Little Tich]

16. Hmm, you might be right.

I searched on Google, and I couldn't find any reports about the sackings in MSM.

There are OP's about it in this forum, but they're from the Jerusalem Post:

UNRWA employees suspended for inciting violence against Israelis on Facebook (FBaggins, Sat Oct 24, 2015)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134116196

UNRWA employees suspended for inciting violence against Israelis on Facebo (Shira, Tue Nov 3, 2015)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134117367

I don't really know what this means...

[shira]

17. It's related to the thread regarding the headlines on terror vs. Israelis....

Portraying terrorist murderers of Jews as victims. Jews defending themselves as terrorists.

The MSM has a Jew problem.

Point is, try being objective - cross reference sources, compare, look at the evidence from both sides. Don't assume that just because one side doesn't report it, it cannot be true.

[ericson00]

9. can they just rename themselves Al-Jihadzero?

its worse than Fox, by 1000 miles. Al Jazeera advances an anti-American, anti-Israel, pro-jihad and jihad-sympathizing/apologizing agenda. Worse, in Arabic they're unabashed; in English, they pander to some on the far-left, and then justify everything with "colonial imperialism."