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I Fixed the New York Times' Pro-Israel Headlines on Gaza

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Written by ASSAL RAD | Zeteo ASSAL RAD | Zeteo
Published: 19 July 2024 19 July 2024

When a poll in March showed that only about half of Americans could correctly answer that more Palestinians had been killed in the war on Gaza than Israelis, many of those who have been following the conflict were stunned. After all, the gap between Israeli and Palestinian deaths is enormous. By early March, Israel’s war on Gaza had killed more than 31,000 Palestinians.

Perhaps, however, it’s not all that surprising, given the coverage of the war by U.S. mainstream media, which appears to be going to great lengths to help absolve Israel of its crimes and dehumanize Palestinians.  

The New York Times has been particularly egregious in removing Israel’s criminal responsibility from the broader story. In April, the Intercept reported a Times memo leak in which the paper’s reporters were instructed to avoid words and phrases like “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” “occupied territory,” and “Palestine,” according to the Intercept.

To see the memo’s impact, you only have to look at the NYT’s headlines – something I’ve been doing since the war began. I've also been ‘fixing’ them so that they reflect the reality on the ground rather than covering it up.  

 

Read more at: https://zeteo.com/p/new-york-times-whitewashing-israel-genocide-gaza?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

 

Israel’s settlement policies break international law, court finds

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Written by Associated Press on The Guardian Associated Press on The Guardian
Published: 19 July 2024 19 July 2024

The top United Nations court has ruled that Israel’s settlement policies and use of natural resources in the occupied Palestinian territories violate international law.

The international court of justice said “the transfer by Israel of settlers to the West Bank and Jerusalem as well as Israel’s maintenance of their presence, is contrary to article 49 of the fourth geneva convention”.

 

The panel of 15 judges from around the world also said the use of natural resources was “inconsistent” with its obligations under international law as an occupying power.

Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/19/israels-settlement-policies-break-international-law-court-finds

Exclusive: Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war

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Written by Lee Fang and Jack Poulson | The Guardian Lee Fang and Jack Poulson | The Guardian
Published: 24 June 2024 24 June 2024

As the Gaza war rages, Israeli funds target US college campuses and push to redefine antisemitism in US law

“There’s a fixation on policing American discourse on the US-Israel relationship, even college campus discourse, from Israel, going all the way up to Prime Minister Netanyahu,” said Eli Clifton, a senior adviser at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. “One struggles to find a parallel in terms of a foreign country’s influence over American political debate.”

None of the groups identified in this story’s reporting have registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (Fara). This law requires groups receiving funds or direction from foreign countries to provide public disclosures to the US Department of Justice.

“There’s a built-in assumption that there’s nothing at all weird about viewing the US as sort of an open field for Israel to operate in, that there are no limitations,” said Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/24/israel-fund-us-university-protest-gaza-antisemitism

Unitarian Universalists call for an end to the war in Gaza and an end to US Complicity

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Written by Curt Bell Curt Bell
Published: 24 June 2024 24 June 2024

 

On Saturday June 22, 75% of the delegates to  the UUA General Assembly voted for a permanent ceasefire, an end to US military support for Israel, and to support the American Friends Service Committee Apartheid Free Communities campaign. The Resolution, known as an Action of Immediate Witness in the UU denomination,  was endorsed by 400 organizations and individuals. 
 
 
Here is the text of the resolution: https://uupalestineaction.org/resolution/ 
 
Here is the list of endorsers: https://uupalestineaction.org/endorsements/ 
 
This is a big moment for the UUA and follows on years of work by member of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East (https://www.uujme.org/ )

 

A major pro-Israel group spent big to influence one Oregon congressional race

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Written by Dirk VanderHart (OPB) Dirk VanderHart (OPB)
Published: 22 June 2024 22 June 2024

Filings show a political action committee tied to AIPAC spent $1.3 million on attacks against former Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal in May while giving $1 million to a group supporting her opponent.

The nation’s most prominent pro-Israel group spent big last month to influence the race to replace outgoing Oregon U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer.

New filings show a political action committee affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, donated $1.3 million in May to a group that spent more than $3.2 million waging attacks on one of three central candidates in that race: former Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal.

The group also poured $1 million into a separate group that lavished more than $2 million in support on Maxine Dexter, the physician and state lawmaker who ultimately won the race.

Those efforts, combined with a surge in fundraising from donors with ties to AIPAC, provided a major boost to Dexter. She is now all but assured a seat in Congress next year as the Democratic nominee in the deep blue Portland district.

The $1.3 million contribution was reported on Thursday by an AIPAC-affiliated political action committee called the United Democracy Project. The money went to Voters for Responsive Government, an out-of-state PAC that surfaced in April, that has offered no reasons for its interest in the Oregon primary.

Read more at:

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/06/20/major-pro-israel-group-donation-oregon-3rd-district-congress-primary-dexter-jayapal/

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