{"id":278473,"date":"2024-10-28T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=278473"},"modified":"2024-10-25T04:05:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T03:05:12","slug":"israel-continues-its-war-on-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/10\/israel-continues-its-war-on-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Continues Its War on Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_278476\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/israel-idf-journalism-palestine-terror.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278476\" class=\"wp-image-278476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/israel-idf-journalism-palestine-terror.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/israel-idf-journalism-palestine-terror.webp 1023w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/israel-idf-journalism-palestine-terror-300x157.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/israel-idf-journalism-palestine-terror-768x402.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-278476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlin Johnstone<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>Israel hates truth, which is why it kills journalists at every opportunity and blocks them from entering Gaza. This is because truth tends to have a marked anti-Israel bias.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>24 Oct 2024 <\/em>&#8211; An Israeli airstrike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/israeli-strike-beirut-suburbs-destroys-office-used-by-al-mayadeen-broadcaster-2024-10-23\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">destroyed the press office<\/a> of the Lebanese news broadcaster Al Mayadeen on Wednesday night, continuing Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/articles\/report-historic-levels-of-journalists-killed-in-gaza\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">historically unprecedented<\/a> military assault on the press.<\/p>\n<p>Also in continuation of Israel\u2019s war on journalism, the IDF has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/bJn3O\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published the names<\/a> of six Al Jazeera reporters who it claims are actually members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, citing as evidence documents which it claims Israeli forces found in Gaza. These allegations would mark these journalists as legitimate military targets.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/10\/23\/al-jazeera-decries-unfounded-israeli-claims-about-its-gaza-journalists\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denounced these claims<\/a> as unfounded, saying in a statement, \u201cThe Network views these fabricated accusations as a blatant attempt to silence the few remaining journalists in the region, thereby obscuring the harsh realities of the war from audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FranceskAlbs\/status\/1849232008880263651\" >https:\/\/x.com\/FranceskAlbs\/status\/1849232008880263651<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1849232008880263651&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2024%2F10%2F24%2Fisrael-continues-its-war-on-journalism%2F&amp;sessionId=d65328eb3f9f20f518ff12c5630689f17303fcf9&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1849232008880263651\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>There is of course no reason to ever believe any claim Israel makes about anything whatsoever absent mountains of independently verifiable evidence, after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/article\/2024\/may\/02\/israel-gaza-lies-western-backers\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mountains of lies<\/a> it has churned out over the last year. The fact that western news outlets are treating these allegations as plausible is evidence of their propagandistic nature.<\/p>\n<p>Israel claims everyone it wants to kill is Hamas. The journalists are Hamas, the hospitals are Hamas, the UN is Hamas, the aid trucks are Hamas, the schools are Hamas, the mosques are Hamas, the water infrastructure is Hamas, the civilian homes are all Hamas, and Hamas is hiding behind every woman and child in Gaza. The only exception to this rule is in Lebanon, in which case everyone Israel wants to kill is Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/israel-hates-truth\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel hates truth<\/a>, which is why it kills journalists at every opportunity and blocks them from entering Gaza. This is because truth tends to have a marked anti-Israel bias.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Antiwarcom\/status\/1848795390365339938\" >https:\/\/x.com\/Antiwarcom\/status\/1848795390365339938<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1848795390365339938&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2024%2F10%2F24%2Fisrael-continues-its-war-on-journalism%2F&amp;sessionId=d65328eb3f9f20f518ff12c5630689f17303fcf9&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1848795390365339938\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>We saw this illustrated recently when Israel announced that there\u2019s a secret Hezbollah bunker underneath a hospital in Beirut, so the press simply <a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2024\/10\/22\/journalists-find-no-evidence-of-israeli-claim-that-hezbollah-money-stash-is-under-beirut-hospital\/#gsc.tab=0\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent a bunch of reporters<\/a> to go investigate because Israel can\u2019t block the press from entering Lebanon like it can in Gaza. Even western outlets like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/videos\/c9818n8v7d8o\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the BBC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/video\/middle-east-beirut-hospital-evacuated-as-israel-claims-hezbollah-is-using-it-to-store-cash-13238840\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sky News<\/a> entered the hospital and interviewed medical staff, reporting that they found no trace of evidence supporting Israel\u2019s claims and that the hospital staff all denied the existence of any Hezbollah bunker on the premises. And you may be sure those outlets would have eagerly reported any sign of Hezbollah if they were given the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal institutions need to function in the dark. They cannot function in the light of visibility and critical journalism and inconvenient video footage. That\u2019s why the mafia murders witnesses. That\u2019s why the inner workings of the US war machine are shrouded in government secrecy. That\u2019s why Julian Assange spent five years in a maximum security prison. And that\u2019s why Israel does everything it can to kill and obstruct journalists who tell the truth about its crimes.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. <em>Contact: <\/em><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/TRANSCEND\/T%20M%20S\/TO%20POST\/A%20BYLINES\/admin@caitlinjohnstone.com\">admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com.au\/2024\/10\/24\/israel-continues-its-war-on-journalism\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>Join the<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><i><b> <\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>BDS-BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, SANCTIONS <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>campaign<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> to protest the Israeli barbaric <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>genocide<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> in Gaza, illegal occupation of the Palestine nation\u2019s territory, the apartheid wall, its inhuman and degrading treatment of the Palestinian people, and the many thousands of Palestinian men, women, elderly and children arbitrarily locked up and tortured in Israeli prisons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>DON&#8217;T BUY<\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>PRODUCTS WHOSE<\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>BARCODE<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b> STARTS WITH<\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>729<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, which indicates that it is produced in Israel. <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>DO YOUR PART! MAKE A DIFFERENCE!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>7 2 9:<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b> BOYCOTT FOR JUSTICE! <\/b><\/span><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 Oct 2024 &#8211; Israel hates truth, which is why it kills journalists at every opportunity and blocks them from entering Gaza. 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