In a statement, the channel said it wanted to file a complaint against this journalist, Joëlle Maroun, who is not one of its employees but is employed by an external production company.
Three other Arabic-speaking journalists accused of messages hostile to Israel received a "call to order", according to the statement, which was first broadcast internally and then posted on the channel's website. This depends on France Médias Monde, a public structure responsible for the external audiovisual of the France.
These decisions were taken following an internal investigation into the case of these four Arabic-speaking journalists, Joëlle Maroun, Laila Odeh (Jerusalem correspondent), Dina Abi Saab (Geneva correspondent) and Sharif Bibi.
France 24 had announced Sunday their suspension "as a precautionary measure" pending the results of this audit.
These four journalists had previously been implicated by the American NGO CAMERA, taken over by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, for old publications on social networks.
According to CAMERA, which reproduced screenshots, Joëlle Maroun proclaimed in old messages: "It is up to every Palestinian to kill a Jew, and the case is closed" or "Get up, Mr. Hitler, stand up, there are people who must be burned".
Other messages unearthed by the NGO and signed by the other three journalists took sides against Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
'Intolerable messages'
"Following the audit that authenticated the publications, France 24 notified the production company that employs Joëlle Maroun in Lebanon that the channel is ending all collaboration with this journalist," she said.
In question: "intolerable messages posted on his personal accounts, at the antipodes of the values defended by the antennas of the international channel and criminally reprehensible", according to France 24, which has antennas in French, English, Arabic and Spanish.
She assures that she "will also file a complaint" against the journalist, "for the damage to her reputation and the professionalism of the editorial staff".
Regarding the three journalists targeted by a "call to order", "some of their messages posted on social networks appear to be positions incompatible with the duty of impartiality contained in the group's code of ethics and in particular in the principles governing personal accounts", according to the channel.
"The personal use of social networks must strictly respect this ethical framework and these journalists are expected to adhere to it clearly. Their collaborations with France 24 can continue within this framework," she added.
Finally, "joint work will be undertaken by the management and journalists' societies" of France Médias Monde, "to deepen the principles of the charter that govern the use of employees' personal accounts on social networks".
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