Israel has been bombing refugees in 'safe zones'
Or at least questioning the referral to “decapitated babies” in that tweet and theseSome people will be along shortly to say that bringing attention to this atrocity is anti-Semitic as you didn't also condemn Hamas in the post.
I agree.Or at least questioning the referral to “decapitated babies” in that tweet and these
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Khaled Beydoun on Instagram: "The Rafah Tent Massacre 5 Beheaded Babies. Their heads severed and bodies burned. Their fathers holding up their headless bodies. For the whole world to see. There are no more red lines. Babies’ bodies split in tw
591K likes, 6,088 comments - khaledbeydoun on May 26, 2024: "The Rafah Tent Massacre 5 Beheaded Babies. Their heads severed and bodies burned. Their fathers holding up their headless bodies. For the whole world to see. There are no more red lines. Babies’ bodies split in two before they...www.instagram.com
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Omar Suleiman on Instagram: "Israel’s response to the ICJ’s ruling? Absolute carnage and beheaded children caused by several 2,000 lb bombs dropped on civilians and UN compounds in Rafah. Every accusation is a confession. حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل"
90K likes, 1,351 comments - imamomarsuleiman on May 26, 2024: "Israel’s response to the ICJ’s ruling? Absolute carnage and beheaded children caused by several 2,000 lb bombs dropped on civilians and UN compounds in Rafah. Every accusation is a confession. حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل". www.instagram.com
The news, at least what is managing to get out of the Israeli news embargoed area of Rafah, is horrific but hyperbolic insta messages of descriptions that refer to ”decapitated babies” need to be fact checked by independent sources - there is a possibility that ‘reports’/descriptions of “headless babies” is pro-Hamas propaganda deliberately trying to draw parallels with their barbaric massacre on 7/10 and designed to stir up hatred amongst the innocent civilians of Gaza against Israel - as if the complete destruction of life saving infrastructure, incessant bombing, mass killing of children and enforced starvation were not enough to radicalise the next generation.
Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Rafah hospital closes due to Israeli bombs
One of city’s two hospitals shut down after Israeli attack kills two medical staff, one day after tent camp massacre.www.aljazeera.com
Israeli settlers are amongst the craziest of the crazyThe horror just goes on and on
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‘Exterminate the beasts’: How Israeli settlers took revenge for a murder in the West Bank
Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage last month, inciting and co-ordinating attacks on WhatsApp.www.bbc.co.uk
I agree with you that propaganda - on both sides - is terrible. The fact is though, that pro-Israeli propaganda is swallowed whole and immediately regurgitated by US, UK and most of the Western governments and media, and serve to justify the ongoing actions in Gaza. Up until the last couple of weeks, atrocities committed by Israel have been largely downplayed and aren't immediately condemned, but are given the benefit of context. Maybe things are finally turning?Or at least questioning the referral to “decapitated babies” in that tweet and these
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Khaled Beydoun on Instagram: "The Rafah Tent Massacre 5 Beheaded Babies. Their heads severed and bodies burned. Their fathers holding up their headless bodies. For the whole world to see. There are no more red lines. Babies’ bodies split in tw
591K likes, 6,088 comments - khaledbeydoun on May 26, 2024: "The Rafah Tent Massacre 5 Beheaded Babies. Their heads severed and bodies burned. Their fathers holding up their headless bodies. For the whole world to see. There are no more red lines. Babies’ bodies split in two before they...www.instagram.com
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Omar Suleiman on Instagram: "Israel’s response to the ICJ’s ruling? Absolute carnage and beheaded children caused by several 2,000 lb bombs dropped on civilians and UN compounds in Rafah. Every accusation is a confession. حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل"
90K likes, 1,351 comments - imamomarsuleiman on May 26, 2024: "Israel’s response to the ICJ’s ruling? Absolute carnage and beheaded children caused by several 2,000 lb bombs dropped on civilians and UN compounds in Rafah. Every accusation is a confession. حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل". www.instagram.com
The news, at least what is managing to get out of the Israeli news embargoed area of Rafah, is horrific but hyperbolic insta messages of descriptions that refer to ”decapitated babies” need to be fact checked by independent sources - there is a possibility that ‘reports’/descriptions of “headless babies” is pro-Hamas propaganda deliberately trying to draw parallels with their barbaric massacre on 7/10 and designed to stir up hatred amongst the innocent civilians of Gaza against Israel - as if the complete destruction of life saving infrastructure, incessant bombing, mass killing of children and enforced starvation were not enough to radicalise the next generation.
Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Rafah hospital closes due to Israeli bombs
One of city’s two hospitals shut down after Israeli attack kills two medical staff, one day after tent camp massacre.www.aljazeera.com
I agree with you that propaganda - on both sides - is terrible. The fact is though, that pro-Israeli propaganda is swallowed whole and immediately regurgitated by US, UK and most of the Western governments and media, and serve to justify the ongoing actions in Gaza. Up until the last couple of weeks, atrocities committed by Israel have been largely downplayed and aren't immediately condemned, but are given the benefit of context. Maybe things are finally turning?
Also - what happens when a bomb lands on a bunch of people living in tents? Do they remain intact or are their limbs and even heads detached from their bodies? Here's an article written by Caitlin Johnstone that addresses this question:
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We Don't Think Hard Enough About What Bombs Are And What They Do
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):www.caitlinjohnst.one
I am not suggesting that the IDF are deliberately beheading anyone and I don't believe Bassem Youssef is either. All I am saying - and that the Caitlin Johnstone article suggests - is that decapitation can happen when you drop bombs on people. That the decapitation occurs without the deliberate wielding of a sword, but can happen when someone presses a button in an aircraft or remotely operates a drone doesn't make it OK.I’m not getting into an argument who‘s propaganga is more or less trust worthy.
Neither are - The poster of your X post is hardly unbiased (whataboutery doesn’t change that) and obviously, as I have pointed out unceasingly, nor is the information provided by the IDF.
I am not suggested that children, babies were not missing limbs after the attack but to describe it as “decapitation” is deliberately inflammatory- “decapitation” means in common parlance, deliberately beheading someone with a machete/sword.
Show me a video/proof that the IDF are slicing the heads off children then I would accept the term “decapitation” otherwise it is just unnecessary hyperbole (in the least) or deliberate dog whistling propaganda.
You need to remember neither Hamas nor Israel has a vested interest in the complete truth.
I find what Netanyahu is doing to Gazans completely and utterly abhorrent but I am not going to let myself be drawn into Hamas’s (or those that support them) use of social media to spread propaganda either.
Re the news reports - there is a reason the Israeli government and the IDF don't allow reporters into Gaza - because they don't want the real evidence of genocide and war crimes by the IDF getting out.Or at least questioning the referral to “decapitated babies” in that tweet and these
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Khaled Beydoun on Instagram: "The Rafah Tent Massacre 5 Beheaded Babies. Their heads severed and bodies burned. Their fathers holding up their headless bodies. For the whole world to see. There are no more red lines. Babies’ bodies split in tw
591K likes, 6,088 comments - khaledbeydoun on May 26, 2024: "The Rafah Tent Massacre 5 Beheaded Babies. Their heads severed and bodies burned. Their fathers holding up their headless bodies. For the whole world to see. There are no more red lines. Babies’ bodies split in two before they...www.instagram.com
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Omar Suleiman on Instagram: "Israel’s response to the ICJ’s ruling? Absolute carnage and beheaded children caused by several 2,000 lb bombs dropped on civilians and UN compounds in Rafah. Every accusation is a confession. حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل"
90K likes, 1,351 comments - imamomarsuleiman on May 26, 2024: "Israel’s response to the ICJ’s ruling? Absolute carnage and beheaded children caused by several 2,000 lb bombs dropped on civilians and UN compounds in Rafah. Every accusation is a confession. حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل". www.instagram.com
The news, at least what is managing to get out of the Israeli news embargoed area of Rafah, is horrific but hyperbolic insta messages of descriptions that refer to ”decapitated babies” need to be fact checked by independent sources - there is a possibility that ‘reports’/descriptions of “headless babies” is pro-Hamas propaganda deliberately trying to draw parallels with their barbaric massacre on 7/10 and designed to stir up hatred amongst the innocent civilians of Gaza against Israel - as if the complete destruction of life saving infrastructure, incessant bombing, mass killing of children and enforced starvation were not enough to radicalise the next generation.
Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Rafah hospital closes due to Israeli bombs
One of city’s two hospitals shut down after Israeli attack kills two medical staff, one day after tent camp massacre.www.aljazeera.com
The Hove constituency election is going to be interesting.
Peter Kyle, a vice chair of the Labour Friends of Israel, and an independent pro Palestinian rights candidate. I think he will still win but she’s going to take votes off him and will reduce his majority. With the latest developments in Gaza, I will not be voting for him.
I am not suggesting that the IDF are deliberately beheading anyone and I don't believe Bassem Youssef is either. All I am saying - and that the Caitlin Johnstone article suggests - is that decapitation can happen when you drop bombs on people. That the decapitation occurs without the deliberate wielding of a sword, but can happen when someone presses a button in an aircraft or remotely operates a drone doesn't make it OK.
Due to the lack of a news media presence, all we have to make a judgement on these events is video evidence from either Gazan citizens, Gazan/Al Jazeera journalists or statements issued by the IDF. Sometimes we get to see drone footage either broadcast by the IDF, or captured drone footage broadcast by Gazans themselves. The media tend to steer clear of video evidence by Gazans / non-Western journalists, unless it forms part of an evidence-based report, for example, the BBC Verify article on the Aid Convoy attack on the 28th February. In this particular case, the BBC found that the video evidence was compelling and that the Israeli forces were responsible for the killing of at least 112 people seeking aid, while Mark Regev, the Israeli spokesman flat out denied Israeli involvement. Another BBC Verify report also debunks Israeli statements covering up the killing of the World Central Kitchen aid workers at the beginning of April.
My point is that the sophisticated, state-manufactured propaganda from one side outweighs and gets vastly more coverage in the media than the propaganda from the other. I haven't yet seen anyone from Hamas on the BBC/Sky etc, but those from the Israeli side are constantly given an airing - and their statements are, with a few notable exceptions, treated with the greatest respect by broadcasters. And in respect of both the propaganda war and that of the battlefield, it's very much a tale of David and Goliath. However unlike in the Bible, Israel is cast as the latter however much they would like to be seen to be the former.
Re the news reports - there is a reason the Israeli government and the IDF don't allow reporters into Gaza - because they don't want the real evidence of genocide and war crimes by the IDF getting out.
Same here. Tanushka MarahThe Hove constituency election is going to be interesting.
Peter Kyle, a vice chair of the Labour Friends of Israel, and an independent pro Palestinian rights candidate. I think he will still win but she’s going to take votes off him and will reduce his majority. With the latest developments in Gaza, I will not be voting for him.