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Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war
Lee Fang and Jack Poulson, The Guardian, Mon 24 Jun 2024
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“We can no longer accept the statement that Israel is taking ‘all precautions’ — this…
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The meme enrages Israel supporters because Israel apologia depends on mountains of verbiage to spin…
Protesters disrupt Wisconsin Democratic convention
Call for defunding Gaza war Erin McGroarty, The Cap Times, Jun 8, 2024 Protests calling…
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Israel’s International Isolation and Drift Towards Authoritarianism Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History…
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Check the pattern: 1. We haven’t heard reports of deaths, we’ll check into it;2. The…
Six Tropes to Look Out for That Distort Israel/Palestine Coverage
LARA-NOUR WALTON, FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING, AUGUST 22, 2023 Do Palestinians deserve to be…
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Mohammed El-Kurd, Double Down News, Apr 22, 2024 Slogans are not genocide. Genocide is killing…
2024.04.18: Israel Has Formed a Task Force to Carry Out Covert Campaigns at US Universities
William I. Robinson , TRUTHOUT, March 23, 2024
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., at a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on…
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How Israeli TV news joined the Gaza war effort Tectonic shifts in Israeli broadcasting have…
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DEMOCRACY NOW!, MARCH 06, 2024
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NY Times “investigation” of mass rape by Hamas falls apart
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 9 January 2024
Islamophobia Will Poison This Country
Alex Skopic and Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs, 07 February 2024
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NETANYAHU’S WAR ON TRUTH
Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept, February 7, 2024
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Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 4 Feb 2024
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A state that is on trial for genocide in the court of the United Nations…
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Mohamad Elmasry, Middle East Eye, 27 December 2023
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On the contrary, it’s targeting the “human shields” themselves. NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, DEC 27, 2023 Media…
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How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and…
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