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“The point is to distract from the fact that there is no moral case to defend what Israel was doing.”
The discovery of mass graves in Gaza “horrified” the UN rights chief. But it has yet to prompt so strong a reaction from US news outlets.
Media’s challenge is to frame the “plausible” genocide in a way that will not undermine long-term US/Israeli domination of Palestine.
Colleges’ official responses to protests are gutting the notion that elite higher education entails respect for the free expression of ideas.
With the encouragement of the state, universities are taking draconian steps to silence debate about US-backed violence in the Middle East.
A New York Times memo seemed designed to dampen criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza and to reinforce the Israeli narrative of the conflict.
Since October 7, leading papers have overwhelmingly applied the term “brutal” to violence committed by Palestinians rather than by Israelis.
The New York Times offered no rebuttal from any international law scholar to the US claim that the ceasefire resolution was “nonbinding.”
Janine Jackson interviewed IPS’s Phyllis Bennis about the Gaza ceasefire resolution for the March 29, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Reuters reported on March 22 that the United Nations Security Council had rejected a resolution, proposed by the US, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and […]
A senior UN human rights official says there is a “plausible” case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, a war crime.
The Murdoch empire professed outrage at the idea of an American official intervening in the politics of another country.
Investigative reporters and social media users have become adept at recognizing pro-Israeli contortions and patterns of language.
Establishment media in the US were slow to cover South Africa’s charge—initially providing the public with thin to no reporting on the case.
As Israel wages an unprecedented war on Palestinian civilians, the New York Times’ newsletter blames everyone but Israel for the carnage.
An ethnic voting bloc in Dearborn might “claim” not to be a Fifth Column—but for the Wall Street Journal, they are at best unwitting stooges.
Israel’s official list showed only one infant was killed in the October 7 attack. But most US news media ignored that evidence.
“There’s a sense of frustration that everything they’re doing to try to compel the US to take a more balanced approach is failing.”
“This has really real implications for…the people living in Palestine, but also for how the issue is presented and understood in even just factual reporting.”
Despite the large size and international reach of the event, a global day of protest against the Israeli genocide in Gaza was completely ignored by the New York Times.
While Hamas-led attackers were responsible for many civilian deaths, Israeli reports indicate the IDF killed civilians in multiple cases.
