{"id":2097070,"date":"2023-11-13T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-worst-israels-enemies-get-away-with-murder-and-human-shields-and-genocide\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T11:03:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:03:54","slug":"media-worst-israels-enemies-get-away-with-murder-and-human-shields-and-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-worst-israels-enemies-get-away-with-murder-and-human-shields-and-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Worst: Israel&#8217;s Enemies Get Away With Murder\u2014And Human Shields and Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-worst-israels-enemies-get-away-with-murder-and-human-shields-and-genocide%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=2097070&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>Happy Sunday. Let&#8217;s check in \u2062on the media this past \u200cweek.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This is fine<\/strong>:\u2063 Not long ago, news outlets were warning\u2064 about the rise of white supremacy via the &#8220;OK&#8221; hand gesture. But, amid surging anti-Semitism, those \u2062same \u2064outlets downplayed Rep. Rashida \u2063Tlaib\u2019s (D., Mich.) promotion of the trending slogan &#8220;From \u2064the river to the sea, Palestine with \u2063be free.&#8221; Headlines referred to Tlaib&#8217;s endorsement of \u200bthe destruction of the Jewish state \u2062as her &#8220;Israel comments&#8221; or \u2064&#8221;Pro-Palestinian\u200c comments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>CNN, Nov. 8: &#8220;House Passes Resolution To Censure \u2064Tlaib Over Israel \u200cComments&#8221;:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The\u200d House passed a GOP-led resolution on Tuesday to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over comments critical\u2064 of Israel and in \u200bsupport of Palestinians amid Israel\u2019s war against Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>New York Times, Nov. 8: &#8220;House\u200b Censures \u200cRashida Tlaib,\u2063 Citing \u2018River to the Sea\u2019 Slogan&#8221;:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The House voted\u2063 on Tuesday to censure Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat \u200bof\u200b Michigan,\u2062 formally rebuking the sole Palestinian American in Congress\u200b for her statements regarding the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>ABC\u200b News, \u2062Nov. 7: &#8220;Rep. Rashida Tlaib Censured by House Over \u2064Israel Comments&#8221;:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The House of Representatives\u2062 voted\u200c to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday night, despite her\u2063 emotionally defending\u200d herself, \u200das\u2063 Republicans and some members of her own party voted for a resolution that claimed she had been\u2063 &#8220;promoting false \u2064narratives regarding the October \u200c7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction\u2064 of the state of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Associated Press,\u200b Nov. 6: &#8220;Rashida\u2064 Tlaib Defends Pro-Palestinian \u2062Video\u2062 as Rift Among Michigan Democrats Widens\u2062 Over War&#8221;:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib \u200cof Michigan has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-debate-the-value-of-debates-without-trump-as-he-dominates-race\/\" title=\"Republicans question the worth of debates sans Trump as he continues to dominate the race.\">received\u2063 widespread criticism<\/a> for a video \u200cshe posted over the weekend \u2064that was deemed offensive to the\u200c Jewish community by some, but she\u2064 said her critics should \u2064focus less on the words she used than on saving \u200ccivilian lives in the \u200cMiddle East. The Anti-Defamation League\u200d and other \u2064Jewish groups have criticized the &#8220;from the river to the sea,&#8221; chant as a call to dismantle the state of Israel. Many Palestinian activists say they are not\u200b calling for the destruction of Israel, but\u200b for freedom\u2064 of \u200bmovement and equal rights\u200b and protections for Palestinians throughout the land.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Axios, Nov. 6: &#8220;Tlaib Sparks Democratic\u2064 Backlash With Defense of\u200c Palestinian Chant&#8221;:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The backdrop: The full phrase\u2014&#8221;From the \u2064river to the \u2062sea, Palestine will be free&#8221;\u2014has long been associated \u2063with Palestinian resistance and\u2064 calls\u200b for self-determination.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Business Insider, Nov. 6: \u200d&#8221;&#8216;From\u200d the \u200bRiver to the Sea&#8217;: What To\u200c Know About the Pro-Palestinians\u2064 Slogan That&#8217;s Roiling American Politics&#8221;:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The phrase&#8217;s \u200danti-Israel origins and ongoing use by Israel&#8217;s enemies make it offensive to many Jews.<\/li>\n<li>But it&#8217;s \u2062widely\u200b used among Palestinians to call\u2064 for equality in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>NBC News, Nov. 5: \u2062&#8221;Democrats Criticize Rep. Rashida Tlaib for Her Pro-Palestinian Comments&#8221;:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib is facing backlash \u200dfrom\u2063 some of \u2062her fellow Democrats, including in her home \u200dstate of Michigan, over her recent remarks about Palestinians amid \u2062the ongoing\u200c war between Israel and\u200c Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New York Magazine&#8217;s Eric Levitz\u2014who\u200c recently apologized for saying\u2064 that Hamas terrorists beheaded Jewish babies, because maybe the heads fell off post-slaughter\u2014explained that Tlaib could simply be \u2063calling for the Palestinians\u2062 to advance Israeli\u200b democracy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If the discourse about the Israel-Hamas war is plagued \u200dby\u2064 antisemitism, it \u200cis also stunted by dubious allegations of bigotry. Of these, the most contentious might be the slogan &#8220;From the river to \u200cthe sea, \u200dPalestine \u200cwill be free.&#8221; And this chant is unquestionably anti-Zionist:\u2064 To make\u200d the \u2064entire territory \u200bbetween the Jordan River and the Mediterranean \u2063Sea into &#8220;Palestine,&#8221; one\u2064 must\u200c eliminate the State of Israel. In the ADL\u2019s reading, this implies nothing less than the forced &#8220;removal of Jews from their ancestral homeland,&#8221; and it \u200dis \u200dsurely true that\u2062 some Hamas militants and sympathizers use \u2063the \u200cphrase to mean\u2063 precisely this. But not all \u2063visions for\u2063 a liberated Palestine &#8220;from the river to the sea&#8221; entail\u2064 ethnic cleansing. Many progressive Palestinians advocate for Israel\u2019s displacement by a single, binational state in which all Jews and Arabs enjoy full democratic rights.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nearly \u200btwo-dozen House Democrats joined most Republicans in voting \u200cto censure Tlaib \u2062for &#8220;promoting false narratives regarding the\u2064 October 7, \u200c2023,\u2062 Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for\u200b the destruction of \u2063the state of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is racist:<\/strong> The Washington Post retracted a political cartoon mocking Hamas&#8217;s use of &#8220;human shields&#8221; in its\u200c war with Israel. Some readers had complained that the image\u2064 was racist, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-board-shut-out-academics-on-ap-african-american-studies-changes-emails-reveal\/\" title=\"College Board shut out academics on AP African American Studies changes, emails reveal\">internal emails published<\/a> by the Washington Free Beacon show that the \u2064Post \u2064had also faced backlash from its\u200c woke staff.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064cartoonist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Ramirez, told\u200d the Free Beacon that opinions editor David Shipley hand-picked the cartoon\u2062 before removing it under pressure. Ramirez called the\u2064 move &#8220;a blow against\u200c \u2026 the freedom of speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the intellectually indolent try to defend the \u200bindefensible,\u2064 they always seem to \u2064resort\u200d to playing the \u2063race card,&#8221; Ramirez said. &#8220;They&#8217;re trying\u200d to claim that this\u200b caricature is a \u200dracial exercise, when in\u200b its specificity, it\u200d is \u200cGhazi Hamad,\u200d who is a senior Hamas official, who went\u2063 on Lebanese television\u200d praising the \u2063brutal Oct. 7 attack and\u200d systematic slaughter of women, children, and men and pledged \u2064to do it over and over again until the annihilation of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Somebody \u200ddid something:<\/strong> A pro-Palestinian activist killed a Jewish man \u200dat a Los Angeles-area \u200dprotest.\u200d But, as the Free Beacon&#8217;s Jessica Costescu reported, you\u2064 wouldn\u2019t know\u200b that from the initial coverage:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>CNN in its original story on the killing\u200d omitted \u200cthe fact that Kessler \u2064is Jewish, even \u200das it referenced \u2062in \u200cthe piece a statement from a Jewish group\u200d in Los Angeles that referred \u200cto Kessler \u200bas a &#8220;Jewish man \u2062who was struck in \u2062the head \u200cby\u200c a\u2062 megaphone wielded by a pro-Palestinian protester.&#8221; CNN also cited in the piece a Gazan death \u2062toll that came from &#8220;sources in the\u2062 Hamas-controlled enclave.&#8221;\u200c &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Time, \u2063meanwhile,\u2063 wrote\u2064 that Kessler died\u2063 &#8220;after getting into a confrontation during dueling protests over the Israel-Hamas \u2064war.&#8221; The magazine said Kessler died &#8220;a day after he was struck&#8221; without\u200d mentioning who struck \u2064the \u2064Jewish man. \u200cTime \u2063also \u2062said Kessler &#8220;was involved in a &#8216;physical altercation&#8217; with one or more counter-protesters,&#8221; during which he &#8220;fell backward and struck his head on the ground.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The New York \u200bTimes similarly referred to the events that led to Kessler&#8217;s killing as an &#8220;altercation at dueling protests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some outlets, like NBC News, later \u200cupdated their\u200c reporting to describe what actually happened.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, when\u200c a\u2063 Muslim man claimed he was attacked days\u200b earlier, the media jumped straight to hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Post, Nov. 6: &#8220;Hit-And-Run Injuring Muslim\u2062 Stanford Student Sparks \u200dHate-Crime Probe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CNN, Nov. 5: &#8220;Muslim \u200cStudent Struck in Stanford Hit-And-Run Calls For Love,\u2062 Compassion, From Hospital Bed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News, Nov. 4: &#8220;Hit-And-Run Which Injured Stanford Arab-Muslim Student Investigated \u2062as Possible Hate Crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impeachment watch:<\/strong> House\u200c Republicans\u200c subpoenaed\u2063 Joe Biden&#8217;s family \u200cmembers,\u2062 prompting news outlets to \u2064once again insist there is no\u200b evidence the president did anything wrong.<\/p>\n<p>New York Times, Nov. 8: &#8220;House Republicans Subpoena Biden\u2019s Son and\u2063 Brother in Impeachment Inquiry&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Representative James R. Comer,\u2064 Republican \u200dof Kentucky and \u2063the chairman of the Oversight Committee, authorized the subpoenas\u200b of President Biden\u2019s family members &#8230; despite no \u200devidence that the president had committed high crimes or misdemeanors. Republicans have toiled for months to try to find support for \u2064their\u2062 allegations that Mr. Biden corruptly profited from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-worst-israels-enemies-get-away-with-murder-and-human-shields-and-genocide\/\" title=\"Media Worst: Israel's Enemies Get Away With Murder\u2014And Human Shields and Genocide\">family members\u2019 overseas business dealings<\/a> and accepted \u200bbribes. But \u2062to date, they have failed \u2062to deliver proof to back up their\u2064 boldest \u200bclaims.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Associated Press, Nov. 8: &#8220;House Republicans Subpoena Hunter and James Biden as \u200dTheir Impeachment Inquiry Ramps Back Up&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So far,\u200b [Republicans] have failed to uncover evidence directly implicating the president in any wrongdoing.\u200b &#8230; While questions have\u2064 arisen about the ethics surrounding the \u2063Biden \u2063family\u2019s international business,\u2063 no evidence has\u200c emerged \u2062to prove that Joe Biden, in his \u2064current or previous office, abused his role or accepted bribes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NBC News,\u2062 Nov. 8: &#8220;House Subpoenas James And Hunter Biden in GOP-Led Probe of The \u2063President&#8217;s Family&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Comer has accused \u2063the Biden family of engaging\u200d in &#8220;shady business practices,&#8221; but has yet to demonstrate how \u2062the transactions specifically\u2064 show any concrete evidence of wrongdoing or \u2062influence peddling by Biden himself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>USA Today, Nov. 8: &#8220;Newly Issued Subpoenas\u2014Including to Hunter Biden\u2014Ramp up Biden Impeachment Inquiry&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>House Republicans say Joe Biden financially benefited from his family\u2019s overseas\u2064 business \u2062affairs. Though investigators have shown that the president\u2019s\u200c family, namely Hunter Biden, made millions from foreign\u2063 dealings, Republicans \u200bhave yet to produce substantial \u2063evidence proving Joe Biden reaped personal benefits\u2063 from those affairs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A subpoena \u200bis meant to gather evidence,\u2064 as \u2064the media understood back when Democrats\u2062 were working to impeach Donald\u200c Trump. But\u2063 Republicans already have plenty of proof that Biden behaved corruptly. The Free Beacon reported back \u200din September:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>To review the news: \u200cArcher told the House Oversight Committee under oath on Monday that\u2064 Joe\u200b Biden talked to his son&#8217;s \u2062foreign business partners \u200ball the time\u2014rather than &#8220;never&#8221;\u200c as the White House had repeatedly claimed. Last week, a judge refused to &#8220;rubber stamp&#8221; the plea deal that would \u2064have given Hunter Biden sweeping immunity. Before\u2062 that, two IRS whistleblowers testified that the Justice \u200cDepartment \u2064protected Biden from being \u200ccharged with felonies in the case.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay safe out there, \u2064and see you next \u2062week.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can the dismantling of the state of Israel align with the principles of democracy and equality?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Advocate\u2064 for the dismantling of\u200c the state\u200d of\u2064 Israel. But, oppression and segregation should have no place in\u2063 a democratic society, and ending the Israeli occupation of the \u2062West Bank and the blockade of Gaza would be a crucial step\u2062 toward achieving equality and justice for all people living in the region.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Levitz&#8217;s argument misses the point entirely. The issue \u200bis not about promoting democracy, but about \u2064the use of a slogan that calls for the destruction of a nation. The slogan \u2064&#8221;From the river\u200c to\u2064 the sea, Palestine will\u200c be free&#8221; has long been associated with the eradication of Israel and the displacement of its Jewish population. \u2063It is not simply a call for equal rights and protections for Palestinians, as some activists claim.<\/p>\n<p>It is deeply concerning that news outlets are downplaying or mischaracterizing Tlaib&#8217;s endorsement of this slogan. It\u2063 is important for the media to accurately report on the statements made\u200b by elected officials and to hold them accountable for their words. By referring to Tlaib&#8217;s endorsement as mere &#8220;Israel comments&#8221; or &#8220;Pro-Palestinian comments,&#8221; these outlets are minimizing the significance and implications of her support for the destruction of a sovereign nation.<\/p>\n<p>The rise of white supremacy and antisemitism\u200b should not be ignored or downplayed, but neither should \u200cthe promotion of slogans that call for the destruction of a nation. It is\u200d crucial \u200bfor the media to maintain objectivity and to report on these issues with fairness and accuracy. The misleading characterization of Tlaib&#8217;s endorsement is a disservice to the public and undermines the integrity of journalism.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 consumers of \u200bmedia, \u2062it is important for us to \u2062be critical of the\u200d narratives presented to us and to seek out diverse perspectives. We must ensure that we\u2062 are receiving accurate and \u2063fair information, and that we are holding our \u2062elected officials \u2062and the media accountable for\u200b their words and actions. It is only through informed and engaged citizenship that we can work towards a more\u200d just and \u2064inclusive society.<\/p>\n<p>So, \u200cas we reflect upon the media coverage from this past week, let \u2063us be\u2063 mindful of \u200dthe importance of accurate reporting, \u200bfair representation, \u200dand the pursuit\u2064 of truth. Let us not allow bias,\u200b sensationalism, or political agendas to cloud our judgment, and let\u2064 us \u200ccontinue to \u200bstrive for a media landscape that upholds the principles of\u2062 journalism and serves the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Sunday, and\u200d may we \u200ball have a week filled with thoughtful reflection and \u2064constructive\u2062 dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Sunday. 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Rashida Tlaib\u2019s (D., Mich.) promotion of the trending slogan &#8220;From the river to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":2097071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2097070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2097071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}