An in-depth comparison of The New York Times coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine vs. Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza shows how the Times dutifully launders the news to fit the U.S. government’s agenda.
Israel worries that Iran might retaliate for Israel’s unprovoked attack on Tehran by striking a military target near an Israeli population center – but it’s fine for Israel to go after Hamas fighters in populated areas.
The narrative has finally begun to shift on Palestine. Voices have grown increasingly louder demanding that Palestinians have a right to defend themselves.
The man in the famous photo, Ibrahim Salem, spent eight months in Israeli detention, where rape, electrocution and beatings were routine
Two stories of Israeli sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners (trigger warning), and the sadistic reason why they do it
Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul was assassinated by Israel in the line of duty as he covered the commemoration of Ismail Haniyeh. He and another journalist who was a part of his team were in a clearly identifiable press vehicle when a missile directly hit them. It killed both reporters and a young boy walking by.
The Israeli prime minister has chosen this moment to mount a go-for-broke attempt to bring the U.S. into some kind of once-and-for-all conflict that would leave Israel supreme in the region.
The deaths of Palestinian journalists, disabled persons, and political leaders are shrugged off; truths about Palestinian innocence are withheld. No wonder Palestinians are still dying.
The short answer: Israel should have done what it always should have done: right the wrongs of the past and make peace.
Israeli prisons, in which every Palestinian inmate is intentionally condemned to severe, relentless pain and suffering, operate as de-facto torture camps. Report by B’Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights in the Occupied Territories.