In December 2023, The New York Instances 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 Instances
Yumna Patel – Palestine Information Director, Mondoweiss
On our radar:
After they received an award on the Berlinale movie pageant, the response to a speech by filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra has develop into the most recent instance of Germany’s poisonous debate on Gaza. Meenakshi Ravi reviews.
Genocide in Gaza via the eyes of Israeli troopers
For months, Israeli troopers in Gaza have been documenting their very own warfare crimes in opposition to Palestinians and sharing them on social media.
The Listening Put up collected and reviewed lots of of things. We requested three consultants 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 – Govt Director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Producers: Tariq Nafi and Elettra Scrivo
With because of: Younis Tiwari and Tali Shapiro