Yet another risible propaganda video falls apart almost as soon as it’s published – but ‘mainstream’ media parrot lies without checking
Israel’s appalling – and woefully inept – propaganda has been exposed again after the Israeli military showed reporters around what it claimed was a ‘Hamas tunnel’ under the Gaza HQ of UN aid agency UNRWA.
A video published by Fox News of the tour revealed green boxes on the walls of the supposed ‘tunnel’ – but as former diplomat Craig Murray pointed out, the boxes are not supposed ‘terror’ equipment. Instead, they are solar power converters kept in a cellar to keep them cool as they process energy from solar panels above – and the wires leading from them into the UNRWA building were there to send the converted electricity up into the HQ, as you’d expect:
Despite the ease of checking what the IDF claimed – and the IDF’s long record of ridiculous lies and smears – the so-called ‘mainstream’ media have tamely parroted the lie:
Israel’s attempts at propaganda have routinely been exposed almost as soon as they were uttered – from claims that five hundred refugees sheltering at the Al Ahli hospital were killed by a Hamas rocket, to lurid atrocity propaganda about beheaded babies and severed breasts, to the burned bodies supposedly murdered by Hamas in the 7 October raid that were killed by Israeli military missiles, shells and bullets, and everything in between.
Just as routinely, western governments and media continue to regurgitate the lies without fact-checking, or just as likely in full knowledge that they are lies – and stubbornly ignore even the Israeli military’s admission that it killed ‘immense’ numbers of Israelis during the Hamas raid, despite this being freely discussed by Israeli media.
Israel has long wanted the end of UNRWA for the organisation’s support for Palestinians’ right of return to lands stolen from them. The arrogance that seems to underpin the lazy shoddiness of Israel’s propaganda attempts shows no sign of abating.
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The torag behind the mass rapes story was recently quoted as saying he doesn’t look for evidence that could stand up in court, rather he provides in information from numerous sources that paint a picture
That’s the state of our so called Free Press, bought and paid for by Oligarchs
Storyboarding a ‘Narrative’ – whereas facts are important and un-tell the Narrative’s lies. They hate it if we think for ourselves and see their storyboards and Narratives as the empty propaganda they are. Facts, facts, facts. Thanks Skwawkbox.
https://off-guardian.org/2024/02/08/no-hamas-is-not-committed-to-the-obliteration-of-israel/
Pure Harpin Bend stuff. Is there a college somewhere that trains these ‘journalists ‘?
“A Dutch court has ordered the government to halt the delivery of parts for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel in its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
The verdict, delivered by an appeals court on Monday, said there is a “clear risk” that the parts the Netherlands is exporting are being used in “serious violations of international humanitarian law”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/12/court-orders-netherlands-to-halt-delivery-of-fighter-jet-parts-to-israel
The Dutch Courts have also ruled that
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” falls under freedom of expression and is not punishable by law. The court’s verdict represents a victory for the Palestinian movement in general, and in the Netherlands specifically. Expressions for Palestinian liberation cannot simply be labeled as anti-Semitism and thereby criminalized or subjected to persecution.
https://samidoun.net/2023/08/victory-for-palestine-in-dutch-court-from-the-river-to-the-sea-palestine-will-be-free/
67 Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike, last night. For the release of 2 israeli hostages.
…That the israeli forces didn’t shoot on sight.
Wasn’t explained what the target was that killed these sixty-seven. Nor if it was in the proximity of the hostages. Nor has it been said whether these two were held in a hamas tunnel when they were released.
And these two released hostages didn’t look emaciated, nor did they look like they’d suffered beatings. Nor did they look particularly traumatised, as you’d expect (sunken eye sockets, pallid skin, nervous disposition etc…
In fact, there was no outward or obvious appearance of them being in any way maltreated.
Although we may well hear differently once they’ve been debriefed.
Jist watching ch4 report…
The airstrikes were ‘cover’ for the operation to rescue the hostages, apparently. So 67 people were murdered needlessly to distract from the Israeli goal of releasing two hostages.
And of course, the israelis then destroyed the house where the hostages were being held…So of course, well be told they were being held in an underground tunnel, just like all the others are, so they reckon.
If their IS a god, hopefully them zionist will get theirs.
Toffee – It has been reported by several news outlets that the hostages are in good health. The hostages were being held in a 2nd floor flat.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-rescues-2-hostages-from-south-gazas-rafah-in-daring-nighttime-operation/
Oh…A second floor flat, eh?
That’s NOT an underground stronghold
That’s NOT in a tunnel network.
That’s NOT in amongst a load of tents, sheltering refugees.
No. It’s a SECOND-FLOOR FLAT.
SO WHAT THE FUCKING ABSOLUTE FUCK ARE THE UTTER FUCKING RODENTS DOING, BOMBING A FUCKING REFUGEE CAMP AND MURDERING CIVILIANS WHEN THEY KNOW/KNEW WHERE THESE HOSTAGES ARE/WERE?
HANG NETANYAHU AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS MURDERING, ZEALOT CABAL.
Toffee – “Israel’s military said airstrikes had coincided with the raid to allow its forces to be extracted.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-strikes-rafah-refugee-camp-22-killed-local-health-officials-say-2024-02-12/
And we’re always hearing how the idf want civilians out the way so they can
have a fair fight with Hamas
Because that godawful, lying rat fucker eylon levy just made that very claim just a few minutes ago to KG-M on ch4 news.
But KG-M didn’t ask how many Hamas fighters were among the 67 killed in the airstrike, in order to get the real purpose of it and show people just what them murdering vermin are about.
Although I suppose they were ALL Hamas…Seeing as they’ve already said there are NO innocents in Gaza.
God stiffen each and every last bastard one of them.
BREAKING:
LABOUR PARTY SUPPORT WITHDRAWN FOR AZHAR ALI IN ROCHDALE BY-ELECTION…
Oh dear. Might be worth voting for now.
😁
“New information” my bum crack!
It’s a face-saver. They know that Starmer, Reeves, Streeting and the rest of the Biden-supporting Skidmarks don’t resonate in Rochdale (or many places).
Either way, George Galloway will be disappointed.
Is that because of the man’s A/S? How long has he been an antisemite kept it well hidden. Gosh, even unto the by election.
It’s a face-saver.
Keef’s got plenty of other faces…All of which are (in)dignitas candidates.
https://skwawkbox.org/2024/02/12/c4-announces-labour-dumping-ali-in-rochdale-by-election-with-picture-of-corbyn/
Wasn’t just ch4, skwawky. The ever-impartial BBC did the same in a report on Sunday night (or was it on one of the politics shows on Sunday morning…or even both? Either way, they made a point of shoehorning-in the term antisemitism when showing the clip).
Genocide in Numbers
128 days of the war.
2,438 massacres.
35,176 martyred and missing.
28,176 martyrs whose bodies have reached the hospitals.
12,300 child martyrs.
8,400 women martyrs.
340 medical worker martyrs.
46 civil defense martyrs.
124 journalist martyrs.
7,000 missing; 70% of them are children and women.
67,784 wounded.
11,000 wounded in need of travel for life-saving and critical treatment.
10,000 cancer patients at risk of death.
700,000 Gazans infected with infectious diseases as a result of displacement.
8,000 cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement.
60,000 pregnant women are at risk due to lack of access to health care.
350,000 chronic patients are at risk due to lack of administration of medications.
99 arrests of health workers.
10 arrests of journalists whose names are known.
2 million displaced in the Gaza Strip.
142 government headquarters destroyed by the occupation.
100 schools and universities completely destroyed by the occupation.
295 schools and universities partially destroyed by the occupation.
184 mosques completely destroyed by the occupation.
266 mosques partially destroyed by the occupation.
3 churches targeted and destroyed by the occupation.
70,000 residential units completely destroyed by the occupation.
290,000 residential units partially destroyed by the occupation.
66,000 tons of explosives dropped by the occupation on Gaza.
30 hospitals taken out of service by the occupation.
53 health centers taken out of service by the occupation.
150 health centers partially destroyed by the occupation.
123 ambulances completely destroyed by the occupation.
200 archaeological and heritage sites destroyed by the occupation.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/genocide-in-numbers-this-is-what-israel-has-done-to-gaza/
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits.”
– Matthew 7:15-16, [King James Version]
And yet it has taken the best part of four months whilst this has been taking place for the raging Zionist Herr Starmer and his junta to be dragged kicking and screaming to the reluctantly taken position of accepting the need for a ceasefire whilst at the same time anyone who criticises or calls out Israel’s genocidal actions and fascist policies for what they are within the LP is disowned. Even at the expense of losing a by-election.
Who actually believes anything this wolf in sheep’s clothing says? Apart from the terminally gullible and outright liars who spend their days publicly promoting him and his War Criminal ilk whilst desperately virtue signalling by pretending to disown the consequences of the aiding and abetting of genocide which is the position of the Starmer LP actions.
As Caitlin Johnson observes…….
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/02/13/ignore-what-western-officials-say-about-israel-watch-their-actions-instead/
……”Western officials keep babbling about how “concerned” they are about what’s happening in Gaza without actually doing anything. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, British Labour leader Keir Starmer, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly have all been making use of the word “concern” with regard to Gaza so as to be seen as publicly fretting about Israel’s actions without actually presenting any concrete opposition to them.
The correct response to all this lip service to the stated values of the liberal international order is to ignore their words and watch their actions. This is good advice for government policy on Israel and Gaza, and it’s good advice for all other government policy too.
Words can be used to spin narratives and manage perception in ways that concrete actions cannot. Disregard the narrative spin and the public statements and watch the concrete, physical movements of money, weapons and resources. That’s how you penetrate through the distortions of the propaganda matrix and distinguish fact from empty word stories.
Ignore their official public statements and the unofficial public statements they feed the press; watch their actions instead. Disregard what they say and watch what they do. That will show you their true position. That will tell you who they are*.”
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And ditto in the case of their cheerleaders on and across not just the Corporate Media but also social media.
No one with a functioning brain and a moral compass is buying this bullshit. Posting the details of an atrocity scorecard in no way makes up for or absolves the very concrete demonstrated actions of daily continuing to publicly show unstinting support for those like the Starmer LP who have made no secret of what side of this fascist behavior they and their version of the LP stand.
“A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.”
– William J.H. Boetcker
*as well as what they are
“Posting the details of an atrocity scorecard in no way makes up for or absolves the very concrete demonstrated actions of daily continuing to publicly show unstinting support for those like the Starmer LP who have made no secret of what side of this fascist behavior they and their version of the LP stand.”
Awww, but Daaaaaave??!!
…He DID say he was pleased that Ian Byrne defeated his trigger ballot. 😕
The South African Government said that it had submitted an urgent request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Israel’s intention to expand its military offensive in the densely overcrowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.
In a statement published on Tuesday, the government said it asked the Court “to consider whether the decision announced by Israel to extend its military operations in Rafah, which is the last refuge for surviving people in Gaza, requires that the Court uses its power to prevent further imminent breach of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza.”
follow the link and read the complete article
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-offensive-in-rafah-south-africa-submits-urgent-request-to-icj/