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(AP) — A German-Israeli soldier has taken legal action against The Guardian and several German publications for falsely identifying him as an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) sniper involved in civilian killings in Gaza.
The soldier, referred to as G., was wrongly named and pictured in reports stemming from a 2025 article that described the actions of a sniper team. G.’s lawyer, Joachim Nikolaus Steinhoefel, said G. was not present during the incidents and that the articles were based on a misleadingly edited interview.
After signing a cease-and-desist with The Guardian, G. also sought an injunction in German courts to prevent further publication of false claims about him. German outlets Der Spiegel, ZDF, and Abendzeitung had already circulated his identity widely, leading to social media threats and accusations of war crimes.
“The evidence used to accuse him was unreliable and manipulated,” Steinhoefel told The Jerusalem Post. “Publishing his name and photo exposed him to almost irreversible danger.” The court has issued an interim injunction against Abendzeitung to stop further defamatory reporting.
We should be suing each and every media outlet and individual and organization who make the false claim of “genocide” against Israel. Each one of them. This is not a freedom of speech issue. When you issue falsehoods as a journalist you are violating your own code of ethics. When an individual spews false genocidal hatred of Israel we have a right to sue for defamation and damages to our reputations. Freedom of speech means you have the right to NOT invite bigots to speak. When there are no longer any moral red lines of clarity, we are lost in a bottomless quagmire of moral depravity.
Ginette Weiner
A strange but not surprising comment, considering the source, when since October, 1923, Israel has refused to allow Western journalists to enter Gaza, a critical fact, that most of the Western media, because of pressure from their respective Jewish lobbies, have been too timid to disclose. But your post has certainly earned your Magen David as another Jew for Genocide.