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We landed on saturday, including a record and Record Number on one, but the red cross says 320 people it right to know, you know, in a single wouldnt bite the 7 islands, if the at last atlantic archipelago had become the main destination for micros trying to reach, but at least 1000 people have died, attempting the crossing from africa sofa. This year. The football is morning, one of its best known figures, probably charleston, who helped england to victory the world comp. In 1966 died on saturday at the age of 86, a. Charleston school to 49. 00 goes to the Mission National to reco that stood for many years. He spent 17 years playing for mentions united way. He noticed up 249 goals, and thats all for 1000000. The clock is just on 1430 gmc, thats 5 30 pm in gauze where a 2nd, the humanitarian come boy as into from the rest of the crossing. Well have more of that to the top of the a. Theyve got a website out to 0 dot com. The knowledge is within 2 weeks into israels war on god. So what the world is witnessing the cause for blood by israeli leaders, the racing of palestinian lives, the vast majority of the civilians, bears the hallmarks of an historic crime. And the warning signs of looming, genocide is really leaders aside. One person with a power to put a stop to this is the american President Joe Biden on his visit to israel this past week, bite and made clear that is not his intention. Standing alongside Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. He back to the escalation of full scale innovation and the media to have the ability, the responsibility to raise the alarm. At least in theory, on this special edition of the listening post, we looked at the role they are really playing these really journalists demanding more war crowds. The big tech platforms and european governments depressing voices of descent. And the western news outlets falling back into some old habits, just adding fuel to the fire. They are burying the context which after more than half a century of its really occupation, is burying the lease, the racial challenges for any reports and covering awards. Were news briggs quick straight to repeat it, and the blame game is played 5. Both offices is to keep the context even before confusion and finger pointing which followed the bombing of the Baptist Hospital in gaza. There was some valuable context on, on, and journalists dont have to go back to years to find just a matter of data. A few days before this hospital was attacked, stay was showing off the hospital. If it said this is a warning to you, you need to evacuate. So i got your stuff and patients with for hospital and it was on is arguably impossible because the hospital manager said only in gaza with a warning be given by shells. And of course, this is happening in a context where the Israeli Military is dropped 6000. 00 bombs on the gaza strip, more bombs, and were drop by the American Military over afghanistan for an entire year in a space that is 1800. 00 times smaller than afghanistan. Now that there is a surplus of supposition, theory, and allegations on who perpetrated the attack on the hospital. They are worth examining. In the immediate aftermath of the strike, there was a tweet from a social Media Advisor to Prime Minister. Nothing. Yeah. It was deleted within 2 hours. There was a map released by the is really are showing where it said palestinian fighters launched a rocket that misfired in mid air and hit the hospital. But the launch location on that map contradict an earlier is really state. The official is really narrative included. Some of the algae 0 is covered. The need to get from from the internet to do a switch over to the quick showing the project talk gets launch, its disintegration then crashing and exploding on in another video. What verified by other news sources you 0 with a screeching sound just before the hospital gets hit. That is not the sound of folding rock it makes. Then there was the recording of what israel says, use a phone call, it gives receptive between to come off oper arabic language, special i, however, have dismissed that recording is facing the script, the accents terminology and syntax all seem off. The voices dont seem to be goss, im. Its all of the confusion and the occasional mist direction is more context, which is indisputable. In the occupied territories, the fog of war is usually a fog of israels own making. When hes real originally operates in, the west bank will cause a civilian is killed, which happens pretty much every single day. Pretty much in every single case. These riley miller trees has denied the dire involved. They were not at fault in virtually every single case. That is proven to the law if any gen, unless per use the military or government is saying is true in war, they should get the head check. Because lying is part of the agenda is really military controls. The information environment. If they put out a couple of hand puppets talking to each other and said that this was, you know, secret conversations of palestinian militants, that would be no way to independently verify this. I would treat any information coming from the as really government, particularly given their history of misleading journalists with tons of skepticism us President Joe Biden, and brought none of that on his visit this week when he said he has a real spot based on what ive seen it appears it was done by the other team, which is notable, given that 6 months ago, biden would not give Benjamin Netanyahu the time of day refusing to meet with the as randy Prime Minister, biting reportedly disapproves of nothing yet from this efforts to got this realistic Justice System and allow parliament, and the most extreme is the government in the countrys history, to ignore decisions of the courts and impose their will on the country. But there he wasnt telling me side by side with that same governess, promising israel even more american, a weapon rate. One week after biden bought into and recited israels her mazda, the heads, baby story, which proved to be as real as iraqi w. M. D. s were post 911. She never really thought that i would see kind of confirmed pictures of the terrace behavior and children. And that was based on a fake news. And so, i mean, were all subjects to this fake news thats going around us. And we have to be very careful all of us. But when the leader of the most powerful country in the world says that its much more pump the if what were seeing in gods proves to be the early stages of genesis. Israels news media will end up with a lot on there. Finish and i know national villamore, another flight. This look a whole bunch of push the thought should quote, the state of come us. Thats really my thoughts as profession a dead zone see for decade is where the politicians and news outlets have dis, humanized power steering, normalize their efficacy plans. Now . They are amplifying calls or extermination. Came up, the interest people should know the police know how you see any military comments. Even entertainments like this thing routinely calling for genocide involves ok the so something ive done that had to pursue higher with them. Numerous is really journalists have echoed those calls in their post on social media. Those murderous messages are violations of International Law and for good. The reason, as historians have repeatedly reminds of his race, genocides dont just term. There was a patch in nazi germany in the 1930 andrew wanda in the 19 ninetys. They were preceded by politicians using the mass media to de humanize the enemy and get audiences on song to prepare the ground for some of the ugliest facts in human history. Instead of propaganda channels have always promoted, this kind of idea that its either that we attack them or we will be attacked and killed is really outlets say that the is ready, ministry and policy and on groups are equal in weight. And therefore, we can use this kind of force against them. And whats happened in the last few weeks unfortunately, is that battle is on crack. The every thing that was that a one or 2 level is now to 9. 10 level. So this should me, a little fly is innocence loosely, or its reminiscent of other complex and other genocides that have happened in the past. And that is trudy terrify. You have a Fragmented Society and what is glowing now . These railey society together is this retribution, i guess i would even say genocide over to retribution. And that is a very dangerous moment. And thats what ive been seeing on the as railey t. V show im, youve saw has the, you know, just a nice any of the seen people to very test was the main stream Media Outlets in the us are also showing. They are covered with reporting that revolves around hughes reels, perspective gets victim. I can only imagine how terrifying this has been for you in covering the industrial scale slaugh her in gaza. There is far less than the worst yet. Critics are being marginal. Palestinian commentators brought on to speak during live need is cast, say that those channels have failed to share the segments online as they normally do. A few days after the home also talk on is real m s n b c. Viewers noticed that 3 of the networks and most prominent host, many who saw him in most your deep and how the val, she had the shows taken off the m s. Nbc said the changes to its programming were coincidental. The results of a shift to more live coverage of the world. But there was not so much as a tweet from any of the 3 journalists sidelines which was uncharacteristic of them and quite covering all 3 of the hosts. Or most of that have been critical of is really the idea that its even remotely controversial to call what israel has imposed on palestinians a form of apartheid is laughable. Their absence from the airwaves even if temper deprives the networks, viewers of some informed points of view, different points. And what that does is it excludes a critical perspective from this. Com. As i say, 90 percent of goals and ive no access to clean drinking water. The un secretary general called him hell on us. How much more hellish is it going to get in the coming days . And partially because of the lack of nuance than and balanced takes in the aftermath of 911. 00. The calamity of the rock for happened the 1st place and the aftermath of the october 7th operation. Theres been a clamoring to actually deter and discouraged nuanced analysis. They want to kill the jews, just like the nazis period. I am tired of teasing the mice without nuanced explanation of the roots. Of this, we are going to return to the same situation, but theyve got us here in the 1st place. What ive heard from during this friends covering this war, theyre experiencing editors really mazda link. Theyre correspondence that presenter is and really talking about how they shouldnt be discussing the context. And the new ones behind the attacks gains the through citizens that, that is not, you know, something that will be acceptable to the public, every couple of minutes as a rocket being shot. So this is life that no one can deal with, and they may be right, that right now, certainly a lot of the American Public will not stomach a discussion on occupation and cj, that has led to this anger and violence. But that doesnt mean that as during this, we ignore that not try and explain to viewers where this comes from. Talking about the root causes. Its not about justifying it. Its a, its about trying to solve the voice of stuff in silence in the u. K. As well, report is the bbcs arabic language channels taken off the air investigate for the social media post. Political cartoonist, steve bell, had been with the Guardian Newspaper for 42 years until last week, his caricature, Benjamin Netanyahu self and selecting a scar, shaped like the gaza strip cock bell fine. It was censored by his editor deemed it anti semitic. The suppression of this thing extends into european streets and schools. France, whose president calls is the conflict between the terrorist and the country with Democratic Values has banned pro palestinian pro. Similar demonstrations have been outlawed in germany with some cities doing the same with vigils for the gardens cubes and officials in itll are sending inspectors interest to retail pro palestinian student protesters in case they are driven by racial age. People have the right to protest, you can practice and support a visa router, but a definitely also to palestine. Police have been beating a protest in france and germany and a lot of politicians when the media is saying now is not the time to progress tonight. Now isnt the time to try to raising Public Awareness is vital to Blood Pressure to try to fake, find some kind of see spirals and stuff of the violence. There is a sense somehow that at a sensitive moment, its not appropriate to support a particular cause. Then that is the beginning of a slide down towards, frankly, or 3rd period is over the past several years or so, you know, the, you know, a massive increase in solidarity with the palestinian struggle for liberation. And then weve also seen that on the streets of the people to solidarity with the house and in people. And this is evidence that has a growing chasm between Public Opinion on one side and official government policy long before the attack on the news organizations come on significantly under reporting the programs on the west platforming convicted races gore now part of the israels far right cover so normally im not gonna say to eat them up and we should normalize the resulting bombardment of palestinian civilian war crimes, but have seen one child killed every 15 minutes. Sometimes breaking news for roger, the information, the endless sleep of conjecture and recrimination can actually be distract because the central to the story of the pounding of gods is the backstory. And when so little of the coverage offers that comp decades of ethnic trends, occupation, and the mass killing of house to me is happening in slow motion. Is it any wonder that so many people checking their news feeds are now missed the phone . By what they see. My phone has been ringing off the hook from journalists. Want to understand, how did we get here . How did this happen . And its a bizarre reality to be living in because this violence did not start when is rileys began to be victims of this violence has been consistent against the Palestinian People for a long time. And if you look historically of what weve seen and wars where as well as bombarded gaza for days on and what happens, all the cameras go away, all the attention goes away and then we hit rewind on the same horse and do it all over again except each time the ending is more and more horrific, great jewish philosopher once said that, the further away you are from the trigger, the more responsible you are the guy that shoots the gun and pulls the trigger is a soldier in the field. But those that send them and those that are, are even more responsive. So, i mean, they dont seem to see a man in fox movies calling because it is collection. And i dont see the, the tauriel was a main stream media calling for the escalation. They are actually supporting the governments that are escalating the situation. Journalists and independent investigators have been locked out of the gaza strip palestinians. There are up against the internet and electricity block, making Online Access and news on the ground. Very difficult to come by. Social platforms have become a refuge for those able to get online to find and share information. However, in the last 2 weeks, weve also seen a wave of this information hate speech, as well as shadow banding and content take downs by social Media Companies. All of which are disproportionately affecting palestinians helping us to make sense of whats happening online is model well for tufty. Shes with the Digital Rights group access now model. Thank you for speaking with us today. Im happy to be here. Lets start with the total siege. The israelis have imposed on god. So youve monitored, youve documented how information blackouts are used in a time of war. How concerning is what were seeing in gaza right now. Palestinians in gaza are under a complete siege and there is of course and your complete information blackout during israels bombardment campaign of the gaza strip. And 2 of the 3 main telecommunications lines, or companies in the gaza strip have been bombarded and people are relying currently on only one line of communications with internet and telecommunications disruptions. And that means that people in gaza are not able to access information, not able to check on their loved ones. Theyre not able to seek live saving information and theyre cut off from the world. They have fewer and fewer opportunities to share and tell their stories. And to document human rights abuses and, and work crimes. Internet shutdowns provide a convenient cover for perpetrators of atrocities, of human rights abuses, to commit those in, in the dark at cover the trails of their crimes. And to impede or hinder any future possibility of accountability and, and justice. In the 1st half of this program, we examined some of the genocide on rhetoric thats been coming from is really officials and the other is really figures. How much of that language are you seeing being mirrored online . The cause for violence, the and verified claims. There is a barge of hate speech incitement to violence. Content that is dehumanizing or palestinians is level forward content on types of magic content and that is all circulating, unfortunately, with little more duration from social media on pennies. There of course many entrances from is rarely officials on social media that shows their clear intend on committing genocide, including for instance, most recently via Prime Minister and nothing. Yeah, hold on x. Formerly known as twitter, that this fight in this war is war between children of lightness and children, of darkness, between humanity and the law of, of, of jungle. And it raises the question about as to what extent social Media Companies are complicit in entertaining and housing and amplifying these genocidal rhetoric. So that are clearly in violation of International Humanitarian law and International Law in general. On that point, since from us as a tax on october 7th, weve seen this really government flood social media with ads, with graphic and provocative imagery. What are you seeing there on that side of things . And how willingly have these Online Platforms played host to is really government messaging is how masses attack on, on israel, on october 7th, these ready government has launched a social Media Campaign. I would say an aggressive social Media Campaign to shape the narrative and the conversation online. Weve seen a, for example, the is really ministry of foreign affairs, have run up to 86. 00 as on youtube, some of which shows indeed, graphic content, equation chemist, isis. And also showing the impacts of, of the attacks. And its clear that, you know, paid targeted advertisement has become a weapon of war. Governments that have the resources and the capacity to produce such material can use these platforms in order to spread war propaganda. And in this context to justify the collective punishment of palestinians and war crimes. And were, you know, crimes against humanity that we see unfolding before before our eyes. Palestinians are also saying that social Media Companies have been taking down their content, threatening to close their accounts. Some say theyre being shadow band out, right. Tell us what examples youre seeing and are these acts of censorship on these various platforms, affecting voices on both sides. Weve seen users accounts being shut down, including very notable users and journalists whose voices are very important. Theres also been our pin originally decisions made of when, when it comes to removing content. One Major Concerns that is repeatedly being reported is the so called shadow branding. And whereas companies dont really use that term, i wouldnt have fit myself. And ive seen many of the users reporting it that you know, their, their content is being demoted down, right . The engagement with this content is, is significantly reduced in comparison to other content, not related to paula fine. Unfortunately, we thought that in 2021 weve settled matters as in it was clear that the systematic and discriminatory approach to moderating policy new content has been exposed. There is no way for platforms the guy guys like users or Civil Society organizations that this is just the result of a technical glitch, which surprisingly we dont see in other crises. Like when russia invaded ukraine, we have seen actually proactive statements from different companies, uh, stating their unwavering commitment to upholding ukrainians rights of freedom of expression. Such commitment to human rights have not been extended to palestinians, the spite of what companies claim the users experience and the reality of what weve documenting states otherwise. Model for tester of access. Now thank you for speaking with us today here at the listening post. Thank you. If you havent been watching a special edition of our program, the 2nd episode in our continuing coverage of the war and the gaza strip. And this real one voice is on all kinds of news channels. And not just israels are calling for genocidal vengeance and collective punishment. And drowning out those advocating for a cease fire even at the escalation. We will continue to report on the consequences of that on the occupied and besieged palestinians of the gaza strip. Well see you next time here at the listening post. In depth analysis of the days headlines, israel says their objective is to completely eliminate home off, not just their capability informed opinion, large numbers of civilian Skills Including children, good cutting of electricity. This is a weird friend, frank assessments. Quite frankly, china is position is its not going to get involved in anything, militarily. Theyre going to continue to call for peace and talks inside story on how to 0, the thought provoking ons, but the patient doesnt have time to wait for the extremely unfortunate. But there are no quick wins and events or research hard hitting interviews. Do you feel like america is less than the age of these days, or is it just a different full . I think the demography of the process facing realities do you feel that the fraction is already starting the g 7 in the u. S. On one side, china and the brakes on the other . 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