{"id":279850,"date":"2024-11-11T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=279850"},"modified":"2024-11-11T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T13:20:01","slug":"obliterating-context-obliterates-the-truth-israel-detains-9400-hostages-hamas-detains-111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/11\/obliterating-context-obliterates-the-truth-israel-detains-9400-hostages-hamas-detains-111\/","title":{"rendered":"Obliterating Context Obliterates the Truth&#8211;Israel Detains 9,400 Hostages, Hamas Detains 111"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_279851\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gaza-detainees-israel-palestine-genocide.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-279851\" class=\"wp-image-279851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gaza-detainees-israel-palestine-genocide.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gaza-detainees-israel-palestine-genocide.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gaza-detainees-israel-palestine-genocide-300x154.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-279851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palestinian hostages detained by Zionist Israeli forces. Global Research Nov 2024<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>3 Nov 2024 &#8211; <em>Western mainstream messaging has fabricated the Big Lie that somehow the Western-supported Zionist holocaust of Palestinian civilians is justified because Apartheid Israel is a victim and Hamas has Israeli hostages.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not surprisingly, this propaganda is yet another example of \u201cIsrael\u2019s accusations being its confessions\u201d, another example of Empire\u2019s proxy (Apartheid Israel) projecting its own criminality onto its prey (Palestinian civilians).<\/p>\n<p>Consider this data from Western sources.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Associated Press (7\/31\/24) and the Wall Street Journal (7\/25\/24) Israel detains 9,400 hostages while Hamas detains 111 hostages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-27542 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hostages-Held-297x300.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hostages-Held-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hostages-Held-416x420.png 416w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hostages-Held-696x703.png 696w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hostages-Held-640x647.png 640w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hostages-Held.png 749w\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, data from the Israeli Prison Service, identifies 3,661 administrative detainees (Palestinian hostages) versus 132 hostages held by Hamas. (1)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-27543 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS-300x236.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS-1024x804.png 1024w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS-535x420.png 535w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS-696x547.png 696w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS-1068x839.png 1068w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS-640x503.png 640w, https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IPS.png 1212w\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The obliteration of context in these matters of war and peace is confirmed by Exeter University PHD candidate Zarefah Baroud who notes that,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cSince far before October 7th, since 1967 to be exact, Israel has arrested and detained over 800,000 Palestinians, about 20% of the total Palestinian population in the occupied territories, and 40% of all Palestinian men.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Those who weren\u2019t detained administratively were charged in the sham that is the Israeli military court system, which produces a conviction rate of 99.7%. For the occupation, imprisonment has always served as a primary tactic in the thwarting of resistance. \u201d (2)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v5istve\/?pub=4\" width=\"690\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Western mainstream\u2019s obliteration of context deforms reality and serves to advance the current Western-supported Zionist holocaust against Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Stephen Semler, \u201cIsrael is holding more hostages than Hamas.\u201d CHINADAILY, 27 April, 2024. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadailyhk.com\/hk\/article\/581982?fbclid=IwY2xjawGUho1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRmCpAQAhqf-Lulp_piXqNAoS9U0wYPFQcqHQ16MToRi3oO7CiCvfk4UOQ_aem_wEHpOd7FgA79su5cnjz0jA\" >Israel is holding more hostages than Hamas<\/a>) Accessed 03 November, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Zarefah Baroud, \u201cWhat About Palestinian Hostages?\u201d RUMBLE. ( <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v5l1z0n-what-about-palestinian-hostages.html\" >What about Palestinian hostages???<\/a> ) Accessed 03 November, 2024. Transcript here: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/palestinian-hostages-disappeared-by-western-holocaust-supporting-mainstream\/\" >Palestinian Hostages \u201cDisappeared\u201d By Western Holocaust-Supporting Mainstream \u2013 Mark Taliano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Mark Taliano combines years of research with on-the-ground observations to present an informed and well-documented analysis that refutes the mainstream media narratives on Syria and the Middle East.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Research Assistance by Basma Qaddour<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marktanliano.net\/zionist-hostages-obliterating-context-obliterates-the-truth\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; marktanliano.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 Nov 2024 &#8211; Western mainstream messaging has fabricated the Big Lie that somehow the Western-supported Zionist holocaust of Palestinian civilians is justified because Apartheid Israel is a victim and Hamas has Israeli hostages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":279851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[3287,1161,417,554,1854,101,100,87,865,1029,3339,487,742,88,2097,767,2571,427,818,880,99,413,539,124,70,965,481,1025,174,886],"class_list":["post-279850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-anti-zionism","tag-arms-industry","tag-bullying","tag-children","tag-crimes-against-humanity","tag-cultural-violence","tag-direct-violence","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-hamas","tag-hezbollah","tag-human-rights","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-middle-east","tag-official-lies-and-narratives","tag-palestine","tag-proxy-war","tag-state-terrorism","tag-structural-violence","tag-syria","tag-unicef","tag-united-nations","tag-usa","tag-war-crimes","tag-warfare","tag-west-bank","tag-yemen","tag-zionism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279852,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279850\/revisions\/279852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}