In December 2023, The New York Occasions revealed an explosive article – now extensively discredited – that detailed Hamas’s agenda to weaponise rape and sexual violence on October 7. We reveal the controversies surrounding the article together with the broader challenge of Western media shops’ pro-Israeli/anti-Palestinian bias.
Lead contributors:
Ali Abunimah – Director, Digital Intifada
Chris Hedges – Former Center East Bureau Chief, The New York Occasions
Yumna Patel – Palestine Information Director, Mondoweiss
On our radar:
After they gained an award on the Berlinale movie pageant, the response to a speech by filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra has grow to be the newest instance of Germany’s poisonous debate on Gaza. Meenakshi Ravi stories.
Genocide in Gaza by means of the eyes of Israeli troopers
For months, Israeli troopers in Gaza have been documenting their very own struggle crimes in opposition to Palestinians and sharing them on social media.
The Listening Put up collected and reviewed a whole bunch of things. We requested three specialists on human rights and torture to look at the fabric.
That includes:
Basil Farraj – Assistant Professor, Birzeit College
Lisa Hajjar – Professor of Sociology, UC Santa Barbara
Sarah Leah Whitson – Government Director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Producers: Tariq Nafi and Elettra Scrivo
With due to: Younis Tiwari and Tali Shapiro
