The Australian slapped for ‘black-hearted Arabs’ article

The Press Council has ruled an opinion piece published in The Australian in January that used the terms “gorillas of Gaza” and “black-hearted Arabs” has breached its standards of practice.

The opinion piece by Alan Howe was published in News Corp masthead The Australian on January 17, titled ‘Palestinians are complicit in the horror of Hamas’. It commented on Israel’s youngest hostage Kfir Bibas and the extent of Gaza’s civilian population’s support for Hamas.

The introduction reads: “Kfir Bibas was just 262 days old when the gorillas of Gaza called. If he has been kept alive by these black-hearted Arabs, then God help him. If he has been murdered by Gazans, then God help them.”