How to create a slander, Turkish style

In October, JTA reported:

Germany has pledged to include Israel in Europe’s deal for a future vaccine against the coronavirus, in keeping with Germany’s “special relationship” with Israel as a response to the Holocaust.

According to Hebrew-language media on Monday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Health Minister Jens Spahn made the commitment to Israel’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Israel’s Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff in conversations on October 11.

Yesterday, over six weeks later, Turkey's state-owned TRTWorld decided to publish the story - with a twist:

The Palestinian territory of Gaza, however, may not be so lucky. The virus in Israeli blockaded land which is also densely populated has reached a “catastrophic stage.”

Gaza was already suffering from a shortage of medical equipment after more than a decade of a deadly Israeli siege leaving hospitals without vital equipment needed to cope with a pandemic.

Pleas by Palestinian doctors in Gaza that the health system could collapse, have largely gone unheard and the Berlin-Tel Aviv deal only underscores that which makes no mention of Palestinians.

There have been no commitments made by Germany towards the Palestinians who are currently under an Israeli occupation which has its own historical reasons that can be closely linked to Germany’s actions.

This is simply state-sponsored slander in a news article. Israel does not bar medical equipment from Gaza. It also hints at the "Palestinians are the real victims of the Holocaust" meme that Israel haters like to say.

TRTWorld deliberately chose to exclude the widely-reported story that Israel has committed to provide millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Palestinians and in every deal Israel signs with pharmaceutical companies, they are including Palestinians in their purchases.

In other words, when Israel gets vaccines, Palestinians get vaccines. 

The reverse is not true. Palestinians will also get vaccines from the United Nations and international aid organizations.

Of course, this story got promoted by IfNotNow. Liars have to stick together.

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