Is not entirely correct to our United Nations investigation has concluded, israel violated the right to life of, ill just say the gentlest shooting of alaska she was killed last year by is really forces for reporting on raids in the occupied westbank. She advertising has more on the findings presented to the Un General Assembly. This is just the latest investigation to conclude, that is ray, the forces are responsible for the killing of elders 0 drum listerine. Ok. This mike is ready to governments. Insistence of no conclusion is possible. We conclude on the evidence we found and on reasonable grounds that these of ab Security Forces used the so false without justification on the International Human rights law. And intentionally or recklessly violated shooting will actually is right to life view and independent International Commission of inquiry on the occupied palestinian territory presented its investigation. Industry is coming to the Un General Assembly as part of its regular report on the radio patient. The inquiry presents a detailed timeline of the events surrounding shooting steps from her arrival of the janine refuge account to cover and is really operation to these really strongly opening fire without warning on hire and others clearly mount as john lives and shots continuing to be filed as reference are made to move her life and his ability from the scene. The enquiries conclusions are clear, the area was come before she was showed that when the palestinians in the area, there was no exchange of gunfire for any woman from his rarely Security Forces. He is right, these angels of the bodies of those they were shooting shepherd, hands, the elders era, the United Nations. And the news continues here and ill just say that after the listening post, stay with us. And we understand the differences between subconscious across the lounge. You take it out here to bring you the news and current to fast the t challenges there in 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 lar, at least in theory, on this special edition of the listening post, we looked at the role they are really plan 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 strides, repeated and the blame game is played. 5 post office is to keep the context for confusion and finger pointing which followed up on me of the Baptist Hospital in garza, 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, the id for it said this is the warning to you. You need to evacuate. So i got your stuff and patients with for hospital and it was on is arguably impossible. Is the hospital manager said only him got as a, with a warning be given by shells. And of course this is happening in a context where the Israeli Military is dropped 6000 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, there is a, 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 challenges, the risk of the need to get them 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 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 uses between to come off oper arabic language specialists, however, have dismissed that recording is facing the script, the accents, terminology, and syntax all seem off. The voices dont seem to be exhaust amidst 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 fox 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 military has denied a dire involved. They were not at fault in virtually every single case. That is proven to be alive if any gen, unless per use the military or government is saying is true in war, they should get the hit 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 yours 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 these 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 for mazda the heads was baby story, which proved to be as real as iraqi w. M. D. s were post and 11. She never really thought that i would see who has confirmed pictures of the terrace behavior of children. And that was based on 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 involves 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 slide. This look a whole bunch of push the phone should quote, the state of from us the name of the profession of dead zone for decades is where the politicians and news outlets have decent. Humanized power steering, normalize their epic plans. Now they are amplifying calls for extermination. Came on, the interest people should still be made, you know, they will need know how you see any military comments even entertainments like this thing routinely calling for genocide involves 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 reason, as historians have repeatedly reminded these rates, genocides dont just turn. There was a path in nazi germany in the 19 sir andrew wanda, in the 19 ninetys. They were preceded by politicians using the mass media to d, humanize the enemy, and get audiences on site to protect or the ground for some of the ugliest act 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 everything that was at 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 societies 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 you saw has the, youre just a nice any of the same people to test was the main stream Media Outlets in the us are also showing. They are covered with reporting that revolves around his reels perspective. Its 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 newscast. 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 velshi have 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 or form of apartheid is laughable. Their absence from the air waves, 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 said, 90 percent of goals and i have no access to clean drinking water. The you inspected the general cold in hell on us. How much more hellish is it going to get in the coming days . And partially because of the lack of nuance then, 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 that got us here in the 1st place. What ive heard from journalist friends covering this war, theyre experiencing editors, really mazda link there correspondence that present yours, and really talking about how they shouldnt be discussing the context. And the new ones behind the attacks gains the through citizens. That is not, you know, something that will be acceptable to the public every couple of minutes as of right, the main shop. 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 fight. 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 as benz pro palestinian pro. Similar demonstrations had been outlawed in germany with some cities doing the same with vigils for the gardens cubes. And officials in the hills are sending inspectors interests 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 is 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. If 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 isnt 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, houses, 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 and policy. The long before the attack on the news organizations come up significantly under reporting the programs on the west platforming convicted races gore now part of the israels far right. Definitely. So normally im not gonna sit there, eat the, my been reset, normalized, resulting from apartment a palestinian civilian war crimes, but ive seen one child killed every 15 minutes, sometimes breaking news supper. Roger, the information, the endless sleep of conjecture and recrimination can actually be distracted because the central to the story of the pounding of gods is the backstory. And when so little of the coverage offers that con, decades of ethnic trends, occupation, and the mass killing of palestinians happening in slow motion. Is it any wonder that so many people checking their news feeds are now i missed the phone by what they see. My phone has been ringing off the hook from journalists who 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 for 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 ones 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 arm are even more responsive than that. So i mean, they dont seem to see a man in fox movies calling because the escalation 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 seeds. 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 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. Its level 4 with content on types of magic content and that is all circulating, unfortunately, with little one 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 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 these 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 increasing. How must 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. But however, 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 during the switch, 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 this 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 as stating there and waiver and commitment to upholding ukrainians. Riots 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 deposition and 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 genocide will vengeance and collective punishment and drowning out those advocating for a cease fire even a de 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, a thought provoking on. 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 the best thing to do since these days, or is it just a different full . I think the democracy in the process basically entities do you see that the fraction is already starting the g 7 in the us on one side, china and the brakes on the other. I think there is a huge piece of that to happen via the stores on talk to how does air as the war on guns that escalate to 0 is correspondence on the ground. They have to make a decision between patients safe and who to nest. This damage was caused by one of the rockets 5 from gaza there on us other houses for them. So itd be 9 policy and hospitals with them. But just by the is really occupation forces. This is just the beginning. Stay with us for the latest developments on oh, to 05432 more upfront takes on the big issue. This isnt a one off you. Something about a systemic issue here. Black labs dont really matter in the police world unflinching questions. Theres war with lawanda, imminent rigorous debate. People are dying because of lots of medical treatments, challenging conventional with the fact that people are starting to get angry about this is in itself a sign of progress. Join me more for me on hills upfront one out 0. The the, the unrelenting is really strikes and guys are overwhelmed. Hospitals already running out of fuel and medical supplies, the robots, and this is all just a light from dell hom, also coming up scenes of destruction. More than 5 and a half fathers and palestinians to be killed since the bombardment began on october. The 2nd and those upon the deck scale justified the collective punishment of