{"id":2079407,"date":"2023-10-25T18:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-struggle-with-evidence-that-hamas-is-a-bunch-of-anti-semitic-baby-killing-rapists\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T18:31:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:31:56","slug":"media-struggle-with-evidence-that-hamas-is-a-bunch-of-anti-semitic-baby-killing-rapists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-struggle-with-evidence-that-hamas-is-a-bunch-of-anti-semitic-baby-killing-rapists\/","title":{"rendered":"Media grapple with evidence of Hamas&#8217; anti-Semitism and violence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-struggle-with-evidence-that-hamas-is-a-bunch-of-anti-semitic-baby-killing-rapists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2079407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Media\u200d Skepticism and Hamas&#8217;s Atrocities: Unveiling the Truth<\/h2>\n<p>For those who were not convinced by Hamas&#8217;s gleeful massacre of more than 1,400 Israelis on Oct. \u20627, further evidence emerged in recent days that the Islamist \u200bterrorist death cult is evil. The mainstream \u200bmedia, however, continued to voice skepticism.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 remains unclear why so many journalists give anti-Semitic baby killers equal if not better coverage than their own government and its closest ally in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<h3>The evidence:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Israel felt compelled on Monday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/idf-shows-foreign-press-raw-hamas-bodycam-videos-of-murder-torture-decapitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screen<\/a> a 43-minute video for foreign journalists documenting Hamas terrorists&#8217; bloody Oct. 7 rampage through the country. Leading news outlets have <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/babies-beheaded-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quibbled<\/a> that specific acts of barbarity by the terrorists had not been conclusively documented by publicly available materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now,\u200b unfortunately,\u200b and I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m \u200dsaying\u2063 this, and I can&#8217;t believe that we as a country are having to do this,&#8221; \u200cIsrael government spokesman\u2064 Eylon Levy said in announcing the screening. &#8220;As we work to defeat\u2062 the terror organization that brutalized our people, we\u200b are witnessing a \u2063Holocaust-denial-like \u2064phenomenon evolving in real\u2064 time as people are casting doubt on \u200cthe\u2062 magnitude of the atrocities that Hamas committed against our\u2063 people and, in fact, recorded in\u2062 order to \u200cglorify that violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The reaction:<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200dsome 200 journalists who attended the screening were reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/israel-holds-screening-for-foreign-press-that-show-hamas-atrocities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left in tears<\/a>. But, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/daily-briefing-oct-24-day-18-of-war-2-hostages-freed-foreign-press-sees-atrocities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> a <em>Times of Israel<\/em> reporter who was in attendance, the first two questions\u200d Israeli\u200c officials received afterward were \u2063about why the video did not feature rape or beheadings of \u200cbabies. Instead, the video only showed a woman who had clearly been\u200d raped moments\u200b earlier, beheaded adults, and murdered babies.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent \u2062coverage of\u2063 the screening had similar vibes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-video-of-hamas-terror-attacks-war-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, \u2062Oct.\u2062 25: &#8220;Israel Releases Graphic Video of Hamas \u2062Terror Attacks as Part \u2063of &#8216;Narrative Battle&#8217; Over War in Gaza&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As images of the \u200cdevastation in\u200d Gaza\u2014including Palestinian women and children \u200ddisplaced, maimed,\u200b killed, or \u2063weeping for\u2064 their loved ones\u2014have filled the airwaves \u2064and social media, Israeli authorities have become keenly\u2063 aware that the sympathy their country received after \u200dthe Oct. 7 attacks has been waning as international condemnation grows\u2014a \u2064shift that Hamas appears ready to exploit. &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/fact-checking\/2023\/hamas-behaded-babies-israel-unconfirmed-reports-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poynter<\/a>, Oct. \u206424: &#8220;How Media Outlets and\u2062 Politicians Amplified Uncorroborated \u2063Reports of\u2064 Beheaded\u200c Babies in \u2064Israel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Footage of death\u200b and destruction in Israel and Gaza is plentiful, disturbing and all too\u200c real. At the same time, misinformation about the war has thrived. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed\u2062 violence is \u200bhorrible enough. So \u2064why did a weakly sourced claim \u200cabout \u200d40 beheaded babies\u2063 travel far and wide? Experts on disinformation and the Middle East pinpointed the emotional response elicited by violence \u2064against children, along with a lack of\u2062 confirmation from \u2063official sources.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/23\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-attack-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York \u200cTimes<\/em><\/a>, Oct. 23: &#8220;Israel Shares Raw Footage of the Oct. 7 Attacks&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Israeli military showed the compilation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-natsec-official-evidence-for-theory-that-pandemic-came-from-lab-far-outweighs-natural-outbreak\/\" title=\"Ex-NatSec Official: Evidence For Theory That Pandemic Came From Lab \u2018Far Outweighs\u2019 Natural Outbreak\">foreign reporters<\/a> on a day when Israel continued to bombard Gaza with \u200cheavy airstrikes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We Do Not Know if\u200c Israeli Babies Were \u2064Beheaded by Hamas Militants in Kfar Aza  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMebhBvmIi\">https:\/\/t.co\/BMebhBvmIi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 snopes.com (@snopes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snopes\/status\/1716638446406484353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The evidence:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>U.S. intelligence agencies\u200b on Tuesday upgraded their confidence\u2063 that Islamic Jihad, a Hamas-affiliated Palestinian terrorist group, was \u2064responsible for an Oct. 17\u2064 explosion\u2064 at \u200da Gaza hospital. News outlets published analyses that reached the same \u2064conclusion\u2014contradicting their <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/here-are-the-media-outlets-that-uncritically-regurgitated-hamas-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier reporting<\/a> that uncritically repeated Hamas&#8217;s claim that Israel bombed \u200bthe hospital.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reaction: The media struggled to embrace their own findings, stressing that ultimately the truth is elusive and anyway Israel \u200bis morally culpable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/24\/us\/politics\/intel-rocket-gaza-hospital-blast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, Oct. 24: &#8220;US Cites \u2062\u2018High Confidence\u2019 That\u2063 Palestinian Rocket Caused Hospital Blast&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ukraine-crisis-is-a-wake-up-call-for-taiwan-and-japan\/\" title=\"The Ukraine Crisis Is A Wake-up Call For Taiwan And Japan\">intelligence agencies released<\/a> no new imagery or other new evidence to\u2064 make their case. Instead, they said their strengthened assessment came \u2062from Israeli intercepts of \u200dPalestinian armed groups \u2064and publicly available video. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.\u200d intelligence analysis of\u200b the Al Jazeera video is \u200bat \u200bodds with a\u200b <em>New York Times<\/em> investigation, which found that the projectile shown in that\u2064 video and others was launched from Israel and exploded well away \u2063from the \u200dhospital. A spokesman for the \u200cOffice of the Director of National Intelligence said the <em>Times<\/em> and intelligence agencies had different interpretations of the video.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/22\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-hospital-evidence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New\u200b York Times<\/a><\/em>,\u2063 Oct. 22: &#8220;Hamas Fails to Make Case That Israel Struck Hospital&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For Palestinians, the debate over who is responsible for the hospital blast \u2062obscures\u200d a\u2062 broader context\u2062 in which \u2062Israeli strikes have devastated\u200c whole\u2064 neighborhoods, displaced hundreds of thousands of Gazans, and killed thousands of others.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/21\/middleeast\/cnn-investigates-forensic-analysis-gaza-hospital-blast\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, Oct. 22: &#8220;CNN Investigates: Forensic Analysis of\u200b Images and Videos Suggests Rocket Caused Gaza Hospital Blast, Not Israeli\u2062 Airstrike&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Israel has presented two contrasting narratives on which \u2063direction the alleged Hamas rocket flew in from. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Until an independent investigation is allowed on the\u2063 ground\u2064 and evidence collected from\u200b the site the prospect of determining who was behind \u200bthe blast is remote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-hospital-rocket-gaza-e0fa550faa4678f024797b72132452e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, Oct. 21: &#8220;AP\u2064 Visual Analysis: Rocket From Gaza Appeared To Go Astray, Likely Caused Deadly Hospital Explosion&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Outside experts said it\u2019s not possible to rule out with absolute certainty that the rocket\u200d launches \u2062occurring near the hospital and the\u200b timing\u2062 of the explosion seconds later \u200bare just a coincidence.\u200b However, they also noted there is no evidence\u2063 to support that scenario.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When the media were not applying extreme scrutiny to evidence of Hamas&#8217;s savagery and\u2063 duplicitousness, they were repeating the\u200b bloodthirsty savages&#8217;\u200d propaganda about releasing 4\u2014out of more than 200\u2014hostages.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The two American hostages have been handed over to the \u2062Red Cross and are &#8216;on their way out&#8221; after\u2064 being \u200breleased on &#8216;humanitarian grounds&#8221; because the mother is in poor\u2062 health. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g5WqGqejfH\">https:\/\/t.co\/g5WqGqejfH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1715422897911595427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN gushes over the conditions that Hamas had prepared for hostages:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These tunnels have ventilation&#8230;air \u2064conditioning&#8230;there was shampoo, \u2063there was antibiotics&#8230;there were medics&#8230;that means they had\u200d TAMPONS and things!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CrMPt56u1x\">pic.twitter.com\/CrMPt56u1x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1716819251280179224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lifshitz said her captors seemed prepared for \u2062hostages and\u2062 had clean rooms with mattresses \u2064on the ground. They were told not to talk about \u200bpolitics.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b hostages\u200c were treated well, she said, and received medication and regular visits\u2064 from a doctor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wwTh7JHTSw\">https:\/\/t.co\/wwTh7JHTSw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1716786493132251610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Israeli special forces media described discovering the body of a 14- \u200bor 15-year-old girl who had been brutally raped \u2064in her bed by a \u2064Hamas terrorist.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0fWARNING: DISTURBING\u26a0\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Israeli special forces paramedic describes the aftermath of the brutal rape and execution of Israeli girls in Be\u2019eri during the October 7 \u200dMassacre. <\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/republic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@republic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8eusG3dqp\">pic.twitter.com\/a8eusG3dqp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eylon \u2063Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EylonALevy\/status\/1717109976420741504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what ways does the\u2062 media amplify uncorroborated reports and contribute \u2063to the\u2063 spread of misinformation regarding the conflict between Israel and Hamas<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Uote><\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s security forces released on Monday a 43-minute \u2063video \u2064documenting the \u2064atrocities\u2063 committed by\u2063 Hamas terrorists during their rampage on Oct. 7. The video shows graphic scenes of violence, including the\u200b beheading \u200bof\u200c adults and the murder of babies. However, some\u200b media outlets have raised doubts about the authenticity of the footage, claiming that\u2064 specific acts of barbarity have not been conclusively documented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The media \u200cskepticism:<\/h3>\n<p>It is deeply troubling to witness the skepticism displayed \u2063by certain journalists when presented with undeniable evidence\u2062 of Hamas&#8217;s atrocities. Instead of condemning the terrorist organization and standing \u200bin solidarity with the \u200bvictims,\u2062 they choose\u2062 to \u200ccast doubt on\u200d the magnitude of the violence perpetrated by Hamas. This raises questions about their priorities\u200b and motivations.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s \u2062government spokesman Eylon\u200b Levy aptly described the situation as a &#8220;Holocaust-denial-like\u2064 phenomenon.&#8221; The \u200bdoubts cast on \u200cthe atrocities committed by Hamas not only \u200cundermine the suffering endured by Israelis but also \u2063dishonor the memory of \u2063the victims.<\/p>\n<h3>The reaction\u200c to the \u200devidence:<\/h3>\n<p>The screening of the video for foreign \u2064journalists left many in \u200btears. It was a harrowing experience that provided a grim reality check on the brutalities committed \u2064by \u2062Hamas. Yet, instead of focusing on the undeniable\u200b horrors documented in the video, some journalists questioned its contents. They inquired why the video did not feature rape or beheadings of\u2063 babies, as if the \u200dexisting evidence was not shocking enough.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent media coverage of the screening exhibited a\u200b similar tone. Reports seemed more interested in framing the release of the video as part of a &#8220;narrative battle&#8221;\u2062 between \u200dIsrael and \u200dHamas rather\u2063 than addressing the heinous acts portrayed in the footage.<\/p>\n<h3>Media amplification \u200bof uncorroborated reports:<\/h3>\n<p>Misinformation and unverified claims have plagued the coverage \u2064of the conflict between Israel \u200band Hamas. The media&#8217;s eagerness to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-struggle-with-evidence-that-hamas-is-a-bunch-of-anti-semitic-baby-killing-rapists\/\" title=\"Media grapple with evidence of Hamas' anti-Semitism and violence.\">share weakly sourced stories<\/a>,\u200b such as the alleged beheading of 40 babies, reveals a concerning trend. The emotional response elicited by violence against children often leads to the spread \u2063of \u200cunverified information. This irresponsible reporting only \u2062adds to the frenzy surrounding the conflict and undermines efforts\u2063 to establish the truth.<\/p>\n<p>It is the duty of journalists to verify their sources and present\u200b accurate information to the public.\u200b By amplifying uncorroborated reports,\u2063 they contribute to\u200d the confusion and perpetuate the cycle of misinformation.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion:<\/h3>\n<p>The evidence presented by Israel&#8217;s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fear-grips-christian-villages-after-suspected-islamists-assassinate-mayor-slaughter-christians\/\" title=\"Christian villages in the grip of fear after suspected Islamists assassinate mayor and slaughter Christians.\">security \u2064forces<\/a> \u200cregarding Hamas&#8217;s atrocities cannot be ignored. The skepticism displayed by\u2063 certain journalists is disheartening and raises questions about \u200ctheir journalistic integrity. It \u2063is crucial for the media to \u2062prioritize truth and accuracy in their reporting, especially\u2063 when dealing with sensitive and volatile subjects such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The victims\u200b of\u200b Hamas&#8217;s violence deserve justice, and the truth must \u200dprevail\u200c over sensationalism and misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For skeptics of Hamas&#8217;s brutal attack on over 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7, recent evidence further exposes the evil nature of this Islamist terrorist group. 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