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Friday, October 20, 2023

Hamas Has A History of Threatening Those Who Report The Truth From Gaza (Daled Amos)

By Daled AmosThese days, along with the rush to condemn Israel in its war to eliminate the Hamas terrorist threat, there are instances of retractions and deletions of hasty anti-Israel posts. One of the more unusual and unexpected examples is Ilhan Omar backtracking on her accusation that Israel bombed a hospital:While Omar has reacted to pressure, Tlaib is still at it.Another...

Palestinian journalists are being attacked daily - by Palestinians. World media and NGOs actively SUPPRESS this information.

Here is a list of attacks on journalists by Hamas, the PA and Palestinian protesters in just the past two weeks by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA).August 1:The Palestinian General Intelligence Service had kidnapped the freelance journalist SAMI SAEED ALSAAI (43 years old) at around 12:00PM yesterday, Monday, in Nablus, and took him to...

Islamic Jihad threatens reporters who take photos of terrorists

The Al Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad - Jenin Brigade today issued a warning, and a not so veiled threat, to any media that reports things it doesn't like:In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful* Notice issued by the Jenin Battalion - Military Media *Media brothers, institutions and individuals,We note to you that it is forbidden to carry out any media activity...

Kuwaiti journalist who has denounced Hezbollah is barred from entering Lebanon

From Arab News:There was uproar in Lebanon on Thursday after Kuwaiti media writer and producer Fajer Al-Saeed was prevented from entering the country.Al-Saeed was stopped at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on Wednesday evening, with Lebanon’s General Security rejecting a request from Kuwaiti Embassy officials to allow her to spend the night there before leaving...

Palestinian NGOs cynically use World Press Freedom Day to falsely accuse Israel of jailing journalists

Palestinian prisoner rights NGOs are using today's World Press Freedom Day to call for Israel to release 16 "journalists' who are in prison. They claim that these journalists were arrested to curtail freedom of speech: "The occupation authorities are pursuing a number of policies to restrict freedom of opinion and expression and impose more censorship and control on...

Freedom of the Press, Palestinian style

This morning, ahead of a planned press conference at the Watan Media Network in Ramallah, Palestinian security services in plainclothes stormed in and shut it down.According to Watan, the security forces, some of whom were armed, tried to expel a number of journalists who were present to cover the press conference. They also attacked Watan employees when they objected...

Qatar World Cup proves that Arab support for Palestinians is nothing but hate for Israel

Palestinian media is very happy at videos of football fans in Qatar who insult Israeli reporters.But one writer sees that Qatar and the other Gulf countries only pretend to support Palestinians. This article shows that Palestinians see the difference between real support for Palestinians and the Arab version of virtue signaling.Hosting the World Cup Qatar cost the Gulf states...

08/11 Links Pt1: The ‘Fix’ Is In: How Hitler-Praising Palestinians Are Warping Gaza Conflict Coverage; Progressives for jihad; A look back at the first disastrous ‘Two-State Solution

From Ian: Honest Reporting: The ‘Fix’ Is In: How Hitler-Praising Palestinians Are Warping Gaza Conflict Coverage New York Times’ Fady Hanona Urges Missile Attacks on Israel Out of the eight articles produced by The New York Times during the three-day PIJ-initiated conflict, six credit Fady Hanona as having contributed from Gaza City (see here, here, here, here, here, and...

Lapid's speech

Here is the text of Yair Lapid's first speech as new Israeli prime minister. It is a good one.I want to start by thanking the 13th Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Naftali Bennett. For your decency, for your friendship and for leading the government this past year to economic and security achievements not seen here for years. A special thank you for allowing the citizens...

Palestinian media ignoring HRW report that PA, Hamas engage in torture

Human Rights Watch issued a press release describing how Hamas and the Palestinian Authority engage in torturing prisoners that haven't been charged with any crime.As of this writing, I cannot find a single Palestinian news site covering this story.Israeli Arab sites have the story. Pan Arab news sites have it. But Palestinian media - nothing.Usually, Hamas media would highlight...

Palestinians near the rock bottom of press freedom. Why is no one talking about this?

On May 3, Reporters Without Borders released their annual rankings of World Press Freedom.No one seems to have noticed that the abysmal record of the freedom of media in the Palestinian territories plummeted even further.In the 2021 rankings, "Palestine" came in as #132 out of 180 with a score of 56.82.In 2022, it fell to #170 with a score of 28.98.Here are the countries that...

Root causes of media bias against Israel

Tonight, Dr. Richard Landes spoke at Rutgers University. He is the author of The Augean Stables blog, The Second Draft blog documenting media manipulation by Palestinian Arabs and their supporters, and the driving force behind the Understanding the Goldstone Report blog. Somehow, he also manages to be a professor of history at Boston University and the author of numerous books and articles on topics I cannot begin to understand. His topics...