Why aren’t Palestinians believed?
JVL Introduction
Why, asks Yara Hawari, is a regime – recognised under international law as the occupying power and recognised as imposing a regime of apartheid on those it controls – trusted when it reports on the atrocities it is responsible for?
Why are Palestinians, reporting on their own experience of the relentless bombardment they are subjected to, instinctively distrusted by our media?
Hawari explains:
“The Israeli regime continues to dehumanise Palestinians as part of its tactic to sow seeds of doubt on their testimonies and to justify the atrocities it is committing.”
This article was originally published by the Guardian on Mon 13 Nov 2023. Read the original here.
When Palestinians tell the world what is happening to them, why are they met with disbelief?
The Palestinian viewpoint is credible and vital as Israel continues to unleash carnage on Gaza
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Even the BBC uses sentences that are purposely framed to make them positive for Israel and negative for Palestine.
I often Tweet, “HELLO BBC, why are you silent on this or that” or for example, on its 6 O’Clock News a few days ago, it showed a video of the basement of a Hospital that had been bombed, of the apparent Hamas Command Centre, the rooms were clean, no dust, no debris, no cracks in walls or any signs of damage, along the top of a unit were a number of objects that an Israeli soldier was pointing out, including a grenade, across the floor ‘neatly’ laid out rows of items that made it look like a group of terrorists would have had stored. I posted a Tweet pointing out that it looked like a poor set up, in a clean environment, yet the hospital showed all the signs of being bombed. The very next day, they put another video of an apparent Hamas Control Centre, which they made sure looked like it was in the basement of a bombed building, again with plenty of items to ‘prove’ it belonged to a group of terrorists!!
I cannot be the only person that is seeing through the BBS’s part In Influencing the Publics knowledge of what is supposed to be happening. This is a major part of why people don’t trust the Palestinians and it needs calling out.