Politico Boss Reportedly Demands Allegiance to Israel From Editorial Staff [View all]

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Politico Boss Reportedly Demands Allegiance to Israel From Editorial Staff

The publication’s parent company, Axel Springer, considers Israel’s right to exist one of its “essential” values.

By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT
Published April 29, 2026

The CEO for the parent company of Politico reportedly told editorial staff at the outlet this week that they should wholly embrace the company’s corporate “values,” which include support for Israel, or find work elsewhere, new reporting reveals.

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The meeting came after Politico staffers sent a letter on Friday to their new editor-in-chief and former Politico executive, Jonathan Greenberger, expressing concerns over Döpfner’s “repeated use of POLITICO to promote his political agenda.”

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When asked by a reporter how they, as journalists, could provide evidence of Iran being an “aggressor” seeking nuclear weapons, he said that they don’t have to prove things that are “so obvious, so proven for many times,” though even U.S. intelligence sources have found no evidence that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon.

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