BBC investigating one of its journalists who wrote: ‘Hitler was right’

THE BBC is investigating one of its journalists who wrote: “Hitler was right.”

Palestinian affairs specialist Tala Halawa has been covering the recent conflict in Gaza.

In 2014 she tweeted that “Israel is more Nazi than Hitler” and told the Israeli Defence Force to “go to hell”.

Her historic post was uploaded online by the Honest Reporting Twitter media monitoring group.

The group posted: “Halawa directly influences and creates content watched by many millions around the world. In what world can someone like this work for a professional news outlet?”

BBC said the tweets pre-dated her joining, adding: “Nevertheless we are taking this very seriously and investigating.”