US media on Israel-Gaza: What’s lacking?
1 year, 4 months ago

US media on Israel-Gaza: What’s lacking?

Al Jazeera  

Amidst the din of war, is US coverage of Israel-Gaza as good as it needs to be? Plus, in India – on TV and online, overwhelming support for Israel’s war. We look at what media in the United States is missing in Israel’s war on Gaza – and why it matters. Contributors: Noura Erakat – Associate Professor, Rutgers University Abdallah Fayyad – Journalist; Former Member, Boston Globe Editorial Board Alex Kane – Senior Reporter, Jewish Currents Jack Mirkinson – Acting Senior Editor, The Nation On our radar: The vast majority of mainstream outlets in the US are corporate-owned. Contributors: Azad Essa – Author, Hostile Homelands; Journalist, Middle East Eye Pooja Chaudhuri – Researcher and Trainer, Bellingcat Swasti Rao – Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

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Al Jazeera condemns Israel’s killing of journalist Hossam Shabat in Gaza
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3 days, 10 hours ago

Al Jazeera condemns Israel’s killing of journalist Hossam Shabat in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Below is Al Jazeera Media Network’s statement on the killing of Hossam Shabat. Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ assassination of Hossam Shabat, Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent, who was brutally killed today, in an air strike targeting his car in Jabalia. Hossam joined the Network’s journalists and correspondents killed during the ongoing war on Gaza, including …

The livestream from Gaza’s killing fields resumes
6 days, 10 hours ago

The livestream from Gaza’s killing fields resumes

Al Jazeera  

The ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump in January barely lived up to its name. The last remnants of hope were shattered as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched one of the deadliest bombing campaigns since the genocide began – followed by a ground invasion. Contributors: Dalal Iriqat – Associate professor, Arab American University Palestine Haggai Matar – Executive director, +972 …

A reporter returns home to Gaza following Israel-Hamas ceasefire : Up First from NPR : NPR
1 week, 5 days ago

A reporter returns home to Gaza following Israel-Hamas ceasefire : Up First from NPR : NPR

NPR  

After 15 months of displacement, a Palestinian reporter finally returns home Enlarge this image toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR Anas Baba/NPR Anas Baba is NPR's eyes and ears on the ground in Gaza. He's also one of the only Palestinian journalists working full time for an American news organization in Gaza. Enlarge this image toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR Anas Baba/NPR Enlarge …

‘Hell Plan’: Israel’s scheme for Gaza
2 weeks, 6 days ago

‘Hell Plan’: Israel’s scheme for Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Seven weeks into the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel openly resumes its war crimes in Gaza – blocking humanitarian aid – with the tacit support of the international mainstream media. Lead contributors: Daniel Levy – President, US/Middle East Project Saree Makdisi – Professor of English and comparative literature, UCLA Samira Mohyeddin – Founder, On the Line Media Mouin Rabbani – Co-editor, …

Counter-terror police called in to assess complaints about BBC Gaza documentary
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Counter-terror police called in to assess complaints about BBC Gaza documentary

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The BBC said independent production company Hoyo Films, which made the documentary, told the …

BBC News comes under scanner over pro-Hamas propaganda documentary on Gaza, apologises after being exposed: Details
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1 month ago

BBC News comes under scanner over pro-Hamas propaganda documentary on Gaza, apologises after being exposed: Details

Op India  

On Thursday, the British Broadcasting Corporation News issued a statement, distancing itself from an anti-Semitic, propaganda-laden documentary on Gaza. It came under fire for featuring Abdullah Al-Yazouri, the son of a Hamas terrorist and omitting references to ‘Jihad’ and ‘Jews’ Almost 10 days after airing the documentary, a BBC spokesperson stated, “It has identified serious flaws in the making of …

BBC pulls Gaza documentary from iPlayer after Hamas link revealed
1 month ago

BBC pulls Gaza documentary from iPlayer after Hamas link revealed

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A BBC documentary focusing on Gaza has been removed from …

How the U.S. hid truths about the Gaza war
2 months, 1 week ago

How the U.S. hid truths about the Gaza war

Salon  

This article is adapted from the afterword in the paperback edition of Norman Solomon’s latest book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine and was first published by MediaNorth. A few days before the end of 2024, the independent magazine +972 reported that “Israeli army forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital compound in Beit …

Silence on Israel’s massacres of journalists is dangerous to all
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Silence on Israel’s massacres of journalists is dangerous to all

Al Jazeera  

A December 26 press statement by the Israeli army attempted to justify a war crime. It unabashedly admitted that the military incinerated five Palestinian journalists in a clearly marked press vehicle outside al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip. The Israeli army statement claimed that the five Palestinians were “operatives posing as journalists” and that they disseminated …

Photos: More than 60 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Photos: More than 60 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Medical sources told Al Jazeera on Thursday that Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip had killed at least 63 Palestinians. Gaza’s Government Media Office gave a higher number, saying that 71 had been killed, including the head of the enclave’s police force and his deputy, after Israeli military forces carried out 34 air strikes over the previous 24 hours. Israeli …

NYT ‘investigates’ genocide, uncovers nothing but ‘loosened standards’
2 months, 4 weeks ago

NYT ‘investigates’ genocide, uncovers nothing but ‘loosened standards’

Al Jazeera  

According to the US paper of record, Israel never intended to ‘erase the Gaza Strip from the face of Earth’ – it simply ‘weakened its system of safeguards meant to protect civilians’. The word “genocide” appears exactly once in the article – and only as an allegation that Israel denies: “Israel, which has been accused of genocide in a case …

A snapshot of a year spent reporting and living through war, from NPR's producer in Gaza
2 months, 4 weeks ago

A snapshot of a year spent reporting and living through war, from NPR's producer in Gaza

NPR  

A snapshot of a year spent reporting and living through war, from NPR's producer in Gaza NPR's producer in Gaza, Anas Baba, reflects on his year of reporting on the war and living through it. DANIEL ESTRIN, HOST: If you've been following NPR's reporting on Gaza this year, there's a name you hear all the time - Anas Baba. Anas …

Israel kills five Palestinian journalists in attack on media van
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3 months ago

Israel kills five Palestinian journalists in attack on media van

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli genocide has killed at least 38 more Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including five journalists. Gaza’s Ministry of Health on Thursday said the overall death toll in the Palestinian enclave since October last year stood at 45,399, while more than 107,000 have been wounded. On Thursday morning, Israel hit a broadcast van parked close to …

Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war: Gaza journalists standing with resilience amid killings and destruction
3 months, 1 week ago

Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war: Gaza journalists standing with resilience amid killings and destruction

The Hindu  

What does a Palestinian journalist’s day look like, apart from the daily challenges of a news-gathering process? Bashir was choked with tears and said in anguish, “We are victims on live TV.” According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, as of December 17, 2024, 141 journalists and media workers have been killed in Palestine’s Gaza and West Bank since the …

Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza
3 months, 1 week ago

Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

CPJ says the Israeli military ‘continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists’. The Committee to Protect Journalists has denounced Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the past week as the Israeli military intensifies its bombardment of the besieged territory. “Israel is responsible for two-thirds of those deaths and yet continues …

Media groups condemn Israel over Gaza journalist ‘massacre’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Media groups condemn Israel over Gaza journalist ‘massacre’

Al Jazeera  

Two separate reports from media freedom organisations that analysed the deaths of reporters worldwide this year found Israel carried out a “massacre” of journalists in Gaza, an accusation denied by the Israeli government. An annual report published by Reporters Without Borders on Thursday found the Israeli army killed 18 journalists – two in Lebanon and 16 in Gaza – as …

Israel doubles down on its critics
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel doubles down on its critics

Al Jazeera  

Be it ICC arrest warrants or media criticism, Israel is pushing back hard. Faced with an arrest warrant from the ICC, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – and much of the Israeli media – reflexively dismissed the move as anti-Semitic. Contributors: Omer Bartov – Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Brown University Diana Buttu – Human Rights Lawyer & Analyst Dana …

Israel Boycotts Haaretz Newspaper, Raising Press Freedom Concerns
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel Boycotts Haaretz Newspaper, Raising Press Freedom Concerns

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 28, 2024 19:25 IST - 5 MINS READ On November 24, Israel’s far-right Cabinet voted unanimously to sanction Haaretz, the nation’s oldest newspaper. Nahum Barnea, a prominent commentator in the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, wrote that “while dozens of missiles fired by Hezbollah, the organization we already defeated, filled the skies overhead and millions of worried Israelis rushed …

Media bias, inaccuracy and the violence in Amsterdam
4 months, 1 week ago

Media bias, inaccuracy and the violence in Amsterdam

Al Jazeera  

What one night of violence revealed about the western media’s failings on Israel and Palestine. In the wake of an ugly eruption of violence on the streets of Amsterdam, the media coverage of the story has been put under the microscope with editors scrambling to revise headlines, rework narratives, and reframe video content. Contributors: Dana Mills – Writer, Local Call …

The Gaza genocide may not be in the news, but it hasn’t stopped
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Gaza genocide may not be in the news, but it hasn’t stopped

Al Jazeera  

“All the world is a stage,” Shakespeare wrote. In recent weeks, the genocide has taken yet another wicked turn, with the Israeli army implementing what the Israeli media have called the “General’s Plan” – or the ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza. According to a recent UN report, Israel has engaged in a “concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system”, including …

BBC newsroom is 'out of control' and its 'biased' coverage of Gaza war is contributing to 'Jewish people feel unsafe' in Britain, former director claims
4 months, 3 weeks ago

BBC newsroom is 'out of control' and its 'biased' coverage of Gaza war is contributing to 'Jewish people feel unsafe' in Britain, former director claims

Daily Mail  

The BBC's newsroom is 'out of control' and 'biased' in its coverage of the Israel-Gaza war, its former director of television has claimed. Mr Cohen said the BBC's reporting had anti-Israeli overtones which were contributing to a feeling of unsafety amongst the Jewish community in Britain, The Telegraph reported. The BBC 's newsroom is 'out of control' and 'biased' in …

Al Jazeera War Crimes: A Call for International Action
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Al Jazeera War Crimes: A Call for International Action

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera, a prominent news network, has demanded protection for its journalists in Gaza. The network has been targeted and killed by Israeli forces, including Al Jazeera journalists, since the start of the Israeli assault in October 2023. Al Jazeera has condemned the systematic targeting of journalists and called for their immediate protection. The network also highlighted the restrictions on …

Israel's Tight Censorship and Targeting of Journalists in Gaza Raise Global Concerns
5 months, 1 week ago

Israel's Tight Censorship and Targeting of Journalists in Gaza Raise Global Concerns

Associated Press  

U.N. expert warns of a more severe threat to freedom of expression in Gaza than in any recent conflict. Irene Khan, the U.N. independent investigator on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, highlighted attacks on the media and the targeted killings and arbitrary detention of dozens of journalists in Gaza. She also criticized the discrimination and double standards …

Freedom of expression threatened more seriously in Gaza than in any recent conflict, UN expert says
5 months, 1 week ago

Freedom of expression threatened more seriously in Gaza than in any recent conflict, UN expert says

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The U.N. special rapporteur also pointed to “the silencing and sidelining of …

Why is Israel intensifying its crackdown on media coverage?
6 months ago

Why is Israel intensifying its crackdown on media coverage?

Al Jazeera  

Israel is expanding curbs on media freedom, with the Al Jazeera Media Network a main target. The Al Jazeera Media Network has again been targeted, this time in the occupied West Bank, with its offices closed down by armed and masked soldiers and its operations suspended for 45 days. A controversial media law, passed in April, means action can be …

The Take: Shooting back from Palestine – the power of the image
6 months ago

The Take: Shooting back from Palestine – the power of the image

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians reclaim the narrative using social media to capture the war’s reality and shift global perceptions of Gaza. Their powerful images are exposing the horrors of conflict and leading people to turn to new media sources for information and redefine narratives. In this episode: Badie Ali, co-founder of Watermelon Pictures Episode credits: This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Marcos …

Young Palestinian journalist who reported on Gaza’s destruction now continues education in Lebanon
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Young Palestinian journalist who reported on Gaza’s destruction now continues education in Lebanon

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A young Palestinian journalist whose coverage of the widespread destruction and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip went viral now watches the war from afar in Lebanon. “You’re a journalist and a Palestinian human witnessing it,” Alaqad told the AP, sitting in the patio of one of those cafes, wearing a black and white traditional keffiyeh scarf. “Instead …

Gaza and the death of Western journalism
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Gaza and the death of Western journalism

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more journalists than any other conflict in recent memory – so why is the Western media still silent? Even when Western news outlets have reported on Palestinian journalists killed since the start of the current war, coverage has tended to give Israel the benefit of the doubt, often framing the killings as unintentional casualties …

Five journalists killed as Israel steps up bombardment across Gaza
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Five journalists killed as Israel steps up bombardment across Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Journalist couple Amjad Jahjouh and Wafa Abu Dabaan and their children were killed in a strike on the Nuseirat camp. At least five journalists were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified. On Saturday, Gaza’s Government Media Office said separate Israeli strikes killed three …

The hype backfires: India’s surprise vote result
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The hype backfires: India’s surprise vote result

Al Jazeera  

The surprise election result in India leaves the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi missing a chunk of voter support and at the helm of a tricky coalition. Will this new configuration loosen the screws on Indian media and give them space to reinvest in journalism rather than the sycophancy that dominated the airwaves so much of the time this …

US ‘strongly condemns’ Palestinian journalist attack in Israel
9 months, 3 weeks ago

US ‘strongly condemns’ Palestinian journalist attack in Israel

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at the department’s daily press briefing that …

Is Israel losing the information war on Gaza?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Is Israel losing the information war on Gaza?

Al Jazeera  

Marc Lamont Hill talks to documentary producer Sut Jhally about Israel’s information warfare strategy. As Israel’s attacks on Rafah spark public outrage, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war campaign is coming under fire despite continued support from the United States, raising questions about the efficacy of Israel’s public relations strategy. Sut Jhally’s 2016 documentary The Occupation of the American Mind exposes …

Watching the watchdogs: The US media and intergenerational fault lines
10 months ago

Watching the watchdogs: The US media and intergenerational fault lines

Al Jazeera  

The media is playing a central role in the clash between progressive youth and the political establishment in the US. This fault line reflects not only growing intergenerational tensions in US society, but also how the media approaches coverage of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. In fact, we must speak of three medias: the mainstream media that steadily loses advertising …

Modi’s media marathon
10 months ago

Modi’s media marathon

Al Jazeera  

As Narendra Modi fights for a third term in office, his media blitz is like nothing he has done before. With voter turnout in India’s elections unexpectedly low, traditionally interview-shy Prime Minister Narendra Modi is spending more time with journalists than ever before. Contributors: Abhik Deb – Reporter, Scroll.in Maya Mirchandani – Associate Professor, Ashoka University Pragya Tiwari – Writer …

Israel’s block of AP transmission shows how ambiguity in law could restrict war coverage
10 months ago

Israel’s block of AP transmission shows how ambiguity in law could restrict war coverage

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Israel’s shutdown and seizure of an Associated Press video camera that provided a live glimpse into Gaza alarmed many journalists, who worried Tuesday about wider implications for coverage of a war largely fought out of the world’s sight to begin with. “Israel’s move to restrict AP’s work today is extremely concerning and a clear attack on press …

World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists
10 months, 3 weeks ago

World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists

Al Jazeera  

As the war in Gaza becomes the deadliest conflict for journalists, Al Jazeera looks at press freedom in the past year. “World Press Freedom Day was established to celebrate the value of truth and to protect the people who work courageously to uncover it.” Deadliest period for journalists in Gaza More than 100 journalists and media workers, the vast majority …

Palestinian journalists covering Gaza war win UNESCO press freedom prize
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian journalists covering Gaza war win UNESCO press freedom prize

Al Jazeera  

UN agency’s chief calls award a tribute to courage of journalists facing ‘difficult and dangerous’ conditions in Gaza. What it means to be a Palestinian reporter in Gaza All Palestinian journalists covering Israel’s war on Gaza have been awarded UNESCO’s world press freedom prize, the United Nations cultural agency has said. “As humanity, we have a huge debt to their …

Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — After weeks of nonstop coverage of destruction and death in the Gaza Strip, media across the wider Middle East have latched onto the demonstrations roiling American university campuses over the Israel-Hamas war. Israel’s public broadcaster Kan repeatedly aired images of the U.S. protests on Wednesday, and some have called on Israel to open its doors to Jewish academics …

‘Shame on you’: Pro-Palestine protest at White House correspondents’ dinner
11 months ago

‘Shame on you’: Pro-Palestine protest at White House correspondents’ dinner

Al Jazeera  

The US president offers a toast to ‘press freedom and democracy’ around the world but fails to mention the killings of many Palestinian journalists since October. Activists in the United States demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza have rallied outside a hotel hosting the annual White House correspondent’s dinner, condemning President Joe Biden for his support of the …

The relentless focus on Gaza
11 months, 1 week ago

The relentless focus on Gaza

NPR  

The relentless focus on Gaza NPR Public Editor examines claims of bias in NPR's story choices Enlarge this image toggle caption NPR NPR It's been six months since Hamas attacked Israel and Israel responded with war. He doesn't specify what he means by "Israel doing something bad," but it's a safe assumption that he is talking about the daily coverage …

Israel war news: What Israelis see on TV every night is much different than the rest of the world.
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel war news: What Israelis see on TV every night is much different than the rest of the world.

Slate  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be moving ahead with his pledge to ban Al Jazeera following the recent passage of a new law in the Israeli Knesset. The law, approved in a landslide 71–10 vote, grants officials the authority to shut down foreign news networks suspected of causing “harm to the state’s security.” “Al Jazeera harmed Israel’s security, …

Watching the watchdogs: Israel’s attacks on journalists are backfiring
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Watching the watchdogs: Israel’s attacks on journalists are backfiring

Al Jazeera  

For the past six months, Israel has put a lot of effort into covering up its genocidal crimes in Gaza. It is generating greater global attention and media coverage of the assassinations of Palestinian journalists along with demands for Israeli political and legal accountability, which increased after the International Court of Justice proclaimed that Israel is “plausibly” carrying out genocidal …

Journalism leaders express support for media covering the Israel-Hamas war, ask for more protection
1 year ago

Journalism leaders express support for media covering the Israel-Hamas war, ask for more protection

New Indian Express  

NEW YORK: Three dozen leaders at news organizations around the world have signed a letter expressing solidarity with journalists in Gaza, calling for their safety and freedom to report in the war zone. The letter, released Thursday, was spearheaded by the Committee to Protect Journalists, which said at least 89 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Hamas …

Dozens Of High-Profile Journalists Urge ‘Unfettered’ Access To Gaza Strip
1 year ago

Dozens Of High-Profile Journalists Urge ‘Unfettered’ Access To Gaza Strip

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dozens of high-profile news anchors and correspondents from around the world wrote to the Israeli and Egyptian governments Wednesday, urging them to grant “unfettered” access to the Gaza Strip in order to report on the ongoing war there. “We urge the Governments of Israel and Egypt to allow free and unfettered access to Gaza for all foreign …

International journalists call on Israel and Egypt for access to Gaza
1 year, 1 month ago

International journalists call on Israel and Egypt for access to Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Journalists urge governments to allow them into the enclave through the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza. More than 50 international broadcast journalists have signed an open letter to Egyptian and Israeli authorities to call for “free and unfettered access to Gaza for all foreign media”. Correspondents and presenters from the main broadcasting outlets in the United States and United Kingdom, …

Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ
1 year, 1 month ago

Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ

Al Jazeera  

Committee to Protect Journalists says of the 99 journalists killed globally last year, 72 were Palestinians. “In December 2023, CPJ reported that more journalists were killed in the first three months of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year,” the organisation said. On February 7, the New York-based press freedom organisation …

Watching the Watchdogs: Israel’s legacy of media deception stumbles
1 year, 1 month ago

Watching the Watchdogs: Israel’s legacy of media deception stumbles

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s deception campaign against UNRWA does not seem to be working as expected. On January 26, in a landmark preliminary ruling on South Africa’s genocide charge against Israel, the International Court of Justice found it “plausible” that Israel is committing acts that violate the Genocide Convention; and demanded that it take “immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of …

Shooting war: Gaza’s visual storytellers under ‘blatant’ attack
1 year, 1 month ago

Shooting war: Gaza’s visual storytellers under ‘blatant’ attack

Al Jazeera  

Yaser Murtaja and Roshdi Sarraj were friends who shared a love of making films about life in Gaza. They’ve captured aerial views of rubble-strewn moonscapes and freezing tent camps; wide angle images of the people of Gaza leaving their homes behind, of countless bodies in mass graves and of crowds jostling for food with pans held aloft; mid-shots of premature …

Western coverage of Gaza: A textbook case of coloniser’s journalism
1 year, 1 month ago

Western coverage of Gaza: A textbook case of coloniser’s journalism

Al Jazeera  

If you have been following Western media to try to make sense of the heartbreaking images and stories coming out of Gaza during Israel’s invasion, you are bound to be disappointed. Since the beginning of the latest Israeli assault on the besieged Palestinian enclave – which is proving to be one of the swiftest ethnic cleansing efforts in history – …

Israel’s media mostly keep Gaza’s human toll out of sight
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel’s media mostly keep Gaza’s human toll out of sight

LA Times  

As dawn breaks over the Mediterranean, surfers paddle out, scanning the pink horizon for waves. For many Israelis, their sense of the military campaign in Gaza “is not attached to human faces and human stories and the death toll and hunger and thirst,” said journalist Haggai Matar, whose online magazine +972 is one of the few Israeli news outlets highlighting …

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