By Henry Martin For MailonlinePublished: 13:50 EDT, 23 May 2021 | Updated: 16:37 EDT, 23 May 2021A BBC journalist who tweeted '#HitlerWasRight' seven years ago has sparked an investigation after the post was unearthed. Tala Halawa had claimed 'Israel is more Nazi than Hitler' and told the Israeli Defence Force to 'go to hell' in an online post dated July 20, 2014, before she was a digital reporter at the BBC. Halawa, whose Twitter biography identifies her as located in Ramallah, Palestine, had used the hashtag '#PrayForGaza', along with '#HitlerWasRight' in the tweet. A screenshot of the historic post was today uploaded online by the Honest Reporting Twitter account, which describes itself as promoting 'fairness and accuracy in media coverage of Israel'. A BBC Spokesperson told MailOnline: 'These tweets predate the individual's employment with the BBC but we are nevertheless taking this very seriously and are investigating.'
