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Peter Beinart defended Brad Lander’s West Bank olive-harvest stunt by comparing him to the Jews who went to Mississippi for Freedom Summer. The Palestinians Beinart champions did not respond to their circumstances with nonviolent marches. They responded with kidnappings, suicide

Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s own memorial film shows Muhammad Nabil al-Zaq adjusting a professional camera. Then it cuts to him training with a rifle, wearing Military Media insignia, and standing in armed formation. He identifies himself as “a son of the Al-Quds Brigades.” The

Brad Lander’s West Bank olive-harvesting publicity stunt. Palestinian flags at violent protests in France. Hamas banners at rallies marking the October 7 massacre. And a media narrative that increasingly treats Israeli society itself as the problem, regardless of who wins the

With Election Day approaching, Brad Lander chose to visit the West Bank to pick olives and accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing rather than campaign in his own district. He has opposed Iron Dome funding and advocated alliances with anti-Zionists, yet was still denounced as a

When @DavidEllison's Paramount closed its takeover of Warner Bros., it put HBO, DC, CNN, and CBS News under one company: @Skydance. @AJPlus built a video around a simple idea: one pro-Israel family now decides what America watches. It spread everywhere. The Murdochs own Fox

⚠️ A missile didn't just "land" in Majdal Shams. It was fired by a terrorist group and struck a civilian area. ⚠️ Hezbollah initially claimed responsibility for firing missiles at targets near Majdal Shams. It only denied its involvement once it realized that it had killed 12

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6/ ABC News Australia says Israel struck Syria “in support of the Druze,” and that “some see Israel as protectors.” It’s framed as Israel’s claim, and a matter of opinion. It leaves out why Druze might need protection. In July 2025, Syrian government forces entered Sweida. The

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7/ ABC News Australia is entitled to scrutinize Israeli military operations, settlements and government policy. But analysis should distinguish temporary military control from sovereignty, settlements from buffer zones, and security measures from permanent territorial claims.

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3/ The article says Israel’s security zones are “inside the borders of neighbouring sovereign nations.” True, but it barely grapples with why: Hezbollah used southern Lebanon as a launchpad, Hamas embedded itself throughout Gaza, and Iran-backed militias operated in Syria.

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4/ ABC News Australia then says Israel now “controls” at least 2,490 sq km across Syria, Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank. But that headline number lumps fundamentally different things together: wartime military positions, buffer zones, disputed territory and Israeli settlements.

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5/ Then comes the ideological insinuation. ABC News Australia invokes “extreme, religious elements” seeking a vast biblical Israel before claiming the “more mainstream view, including that held by the governing Likud Party,” extends to all of the West Bank “and perhaps also

1/ In a sprawling new feature, ABC News Australia recasts Israel’s defensive buffer zones, set up after a multi-front war launched by Hamas and widened by Hezbollah and Iran-backed forces, as a story about Israel “redrawing the map.” The bias starts right in the headline and

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2/ Then we have the opening paragraph - the horrific Hamas invasion, massacres, and mass kidnappings on Oct 7 are dispatched in a single matter-of-fact sentence, yet Israel’s defensive response is immediately branded a "ferocious and grinding war." Why is the language so

Dumb or dumber? A) Galway students boycotting Coca-Cola, whose West Bank franchise employs more than 1,000 Palestinians and supports over 10,000 local livelihoods. Or: B) @Independent_ie covering the boycott while apparently being unable to spell Israel. Activism this

American Jews and Israeli Jews share a history, an identity, and a future. But do they still understand each other? October 7 exposed a divide that had been growing for decades. On this episode of The Honest Take, Ben Chertoff sits down with author Daniel Gordis to discuss why