Victor S

Actions speak louder than words.

[Josep Borrell Fontelles @JosepBorrellF]

An alleged war criminal wanted by the international justice proposes for the Nobel Peace Prize his largest supplier of weapons, and with which he is causing the greatest ethnic cleansing in the region since the end of World War II.

[Paul Williams @freemonotheist]

So naughty, this food.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

In years to come, students in university departments around the world will be studying the propaganda embedded in this headline.

As someone who regularly lectures in sociology, journalism and media studies, I could teach an entire lesson on the title alone.

For example:

1. Treating the 4 Israeli soldiers as more important than the 23 Palestinian children (by leading the story with their deaths and just chucking in the others at the end) implies their lives are of higher value.

2. Infantilizing active duty soldiers as "teenagers" while not emphasizing the age of the schoolkids, despite many of them being demonstrably younger.

3. The classic use of the passive voice: Israelis are "killed" while Palestinians merely "die".

4. Putting scare quotes around "23 die" subtly undermines the credibility of that claim. Maybe no one died, and the Palestinians are just lying?

5. Using the word "attack" for Hezbollah actions, but choosing a more neutral, clinical word like "strike" for Israeli aggression.

6. Allowing Israeli sources to dictate the framing of the story ("Israel names teenage soldiers") etc.

7. Actually naming the Israeli soldiers, but not doing the same for the far greater number of Palestinians, again sends the message to the reader that Palestinian lives don't matter nearly as much, if at all.

It's truly incredible how much propaganda has been packed into 16 words. We are swimming in an ocean of propaganda. That's why it is crucial to deconstruct it and critically assess everything you read, see and hear.

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

There is no safe place for children in Gaza.

This shameful violence against children must end now.

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory:

#Israel has perpetrated a concerted policy to destroy #Gaza’s healthcare system as part of a broader assault on Gaza, committing war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination.

https://t.co/qROB23h6zz

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Clearly a targeted, careful, anti-terror operation

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Exactly. This.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Remember when the Israelis accused Hamas of stealing all the aid from the UN?

It’s always projection with them.

#everyaccusationisaconfession

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Shame on the Biden administration. Shame.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

US funding of Israeli #Genocide is ballooning as the Israeli army uses ever more lethal bombs. The ones used yesterday in the #AlTabinSchool massacre sliced bodies to the point of making them unrecognizable. They are now identified by weight: 70kg bag = 1 adult. Revolting.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Over 100 people killed, mostly women and children. At a school. Massacred.

How is there no arms embargo on Israel? How do the people who express horror and revulsion when Putin and Assad do this sit silently by as Netanyahu does it?

Don’t look away:

[mikel ayestaran @mikelayestaran]

Son capaces de asesinar a Haniye de manera precisa a miles de kilómetros, pero en #Gaza no cuenta la precisión, cuenta el número de muertos y la destrucción

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

At this moment, approx. 10,000 Palestinians are undergoing severe physical and psychological abuse in Israeli torture camps.
This must stop NOW.

Read more in our latest report, “Welcome to Hell” >> https://t.co/SPny7qZS2t

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Beyond parody

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This is what people were protesting, and heckling about, at Harris’ rally tonight. This is what the U.S. government is helping to pay for. Right now.

Don’t look away.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Don’t look away

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

Since October 7th, Israel has instated a systemic policy of abusing and torturing thousands of Palestinians in its custody.
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[mikel ayestaran @mikelayestaran]

Entre otras cosas, #Netanyahu pasará a la historia por ser el primer ministro que:
- Dividió a #Israel
- Arrasó #Gaza
- Abandonó a los rehenes en manos de #Hamas
- Hizo todo lo posible por provocar una gran guerra con #Iran
(y mientras los casos por corrupción abiertos...)

[Miqdaad Versi @miqdaad]

Whenever we hear about such Israeli assaults on Palestinians, let's always remember

- Israel *can* target using precision weapons but chooses not to
- Israel *claims* there are safe areas and shelters but then bombs them
- Israel *pretends* it doesn't target schools but it does