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#AntiPalestinianMcCartyIsm

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Gladwyn d’Souza

TikTok has agreed “off-the-record” to enacting the same ban… as was adopted by Meta on July 9 Meta’s recent policy change, which was championed by CyberWell, bans many critical uses of the term ‘Zionist’ – a reference to those who call for an independent state in the Middle East which privileges Jews over other ethnic groups… CyberWell’s leadership includes several former high-level Israeli security officials

open.substack.com/pub/leefang/

Lee Fang · TikTok to Ban Some Criticisms of Zionism Following Pressure from NGO Backed by Former Israeli Intelligence Officials By Lee Fang
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Hesen Jabr, a nurse at NYU Hospital, was receiving a service award when she voiced support for Palestine. She was fired the next day. Here she speaks and reads an open letter to the cowardly American Nurses Association, which has remained silent.

youtube.com/watch?v=MxOxhvhhZI

From open.substack.com/pub/alicerot

YouTubeStand With HesenBy Dave Lippman
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Gladwyn d’Souza

Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch wrote that "as a veteran journalist, I know there are a lot of award-winning reporters who would kill to get their byline in the NYT. But a filmmaker with ZERO experience shows up and gets on the front page covering the world's most controversial story? Something here is not right."
The Times—like other U.S. dailies—has long been accused of anti-Palestinian bias, criticism that has ramped up in response to the paper's coverage of Israel's four-month attack on .

commondreams.org/news/anat-sch

Common Dreams · NYT 'Reviewing' Israeli Reporter Who Liked Gaza 'Slaughterhouse' Post"This is honestly veering on journalistic malpractice and The New York Times owes its readers an explanation," said one editor.
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Gladwyn d’Souza

Particularly rewarding is that the Palestine Chronicle is the top search result for the phrase ‘Palestinian Resistance News’. This is particularly important because social media companies have imposed severe restrictions on any news related to Palestinian Resistance, in all of its forms, whether in or anywhere else in Palestine. 

palestinechronicle.com/defeati

Palestine Chronicle · Defeating Censorship - How Palestine Chronicle Climbed the Google Ladder to Reach MillionsDespite constant restrictions imposed on The Palestine Chronicle, we have managed to make it to the top ranking on various Google pages. 
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Ricky for Council Estate Media on Substack-
David Miller’s victory is a victory for every person who is trying to do the right thing and stop this genocide. It’s also a victory for every person who is trying to help the public understand the driving force behind the genocide is an ideology that tells Zionists they have a right to build an ethnostate on someone else’s land, treat the native population as less than human, and kill them while taking more of their land with a sense of entitlement that is so out of proportion, they think land-grabbing counts as self-defence and anyone who disagrees is racist. It is perverse and deeply disturbing that this warped ideology has been adopted by so many of our politicians.




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open.substack.com/pub/councile

Miller had been fired for comments such as describing members of pro-Israel university groups as “political pawns being used by a violent, racist, foreign regime engaged in ethnic cleansing.”
Bristol University investigated and found the comments were not unlawful but fired Miller anyway. Ironically, the same university now recognises this is a polarising issue and is calling for “understanding” and “sensitivity”. Shame they never showed understanding and sensitivity towards Palestinians or their supporters in 2021. It’s weird how understanding and sensitivity only ever extend towards people who support ethnic cleansing, isn’t it?


Council Estate Media · British court verdict confirms that anti-Zionism is not anti-SemitismBy Ricky
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Gladwyn d’Souza

In the last few days The Wall Street Journal has also published editorial board pieces with demented headlines like “Chicago Votes for Hamas” after the Chicago City Council voted to support a ceasefire in Gaza, and “The U.N.’s War on Israel” about the since-discredited narrative that some UNRWA staff are known to have participated in the October 7 attack.
And I must say it sure is an interesting coincidence how all this mass media demonizing and dehumanizing of Muslim populations is happening at the exact same time the western empire is raining military explosives upon nations full of Muslims. It’s almost like the western press are trying to manufacture consent for the military aggressions of western governments. It’s almost like they always have.




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UK Prof. Miller successfully claimed discrimination based on his philosophical belief that Zionism is inherently racist, imperialist, and colonial, a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010, alongside a finding of unfair dismissal. This judgment establishes for the first time ever that anti-Zionist beliefs are protected in the workplace.

rllaw.co.uk/rahman-lowe-secure

Rahman Lowe Solicitors · Rahman Lowe Secures Landmark Victory in Employment Case for Professor David Miller Against Bristol UniversityRahman Lowe Secures Landmark Victory in Employment Law Case for Professor Miller
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newarab.com/opinion/gaza-has-r

The second is an indirect assault on language, amidst heightened attempts to silence and punish Palestinians and pro-Palestinians, including censorship on digital platforms. Despite global calls for a ceasefire and an end to Israeli occupation, censorship and oppression persist.
Present-day silencing of the Palestinian struggle is a form of language policing, an extension of colonial tactics to govern the colonised during their fight for liberation. Recognising these connections underscores language's significance when discussing the oppressor-oppressed relationship, highlighting the importance of resisting language policing in calls for .

The New Arab · Gaza has revived colonial tactics of silencing dissentWhether its censorship, intimidation or distortion, resisting language policing is key for liberation in Palestine and beyond, writes Lujain Al-Meligy.
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ncac.org/news/echoes-of-mccart

CIMAM, noted the “unprecedented international censorship of artists and curators who have expressed their political views and support for the Palestinian people.”
UN human rights experts have also expressed alarm at the worldwide wave of attacks, reprisals, criminalization, and sanctions against those who publicly express solidarity with the victims of the ongoing conflict: “Calls for an end to the violence and attacks in Gaza, or for a humanitarian ceasefire, or criticism of Israeli government’s policies and actions, have in too many contexts been misleadingly equated with support for terrorism or antisemitism. This stifles free expression, including artistic expression, and creates an atmosphere of fear to participate in public life.”
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/20

National Coalition Against Censorship · Echoes of McCarthy: Criticizing Israel and Charges of Antisemitism - National Coalition Against CensorshipJust two months before the long-planned February opening of Samia Halaby’s art retrospective, Indiana University (IU) abruptly canceled the show, citing vague concerns “about guaranteeing the integrity of the exhibit.” But the concerns had nothing to do with Halaby’s colorful abstractions. The last time abstract works were controversial in the United States was during the McCarthy era, when Congressman George Dondero slammed all modern art as communist destruction, saying that “Abstractionism aims to destroy by the creation of brainstorms.” In 2024, we are a long way from Dondero’s aesthetic parochialism, but the McCarthyite political playbook seems to have been dusted off quite successfully.
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middleeastmonitor.com/20240125

The Intercept reported that after 7 October civil rights groups noticed a spike in federal law enforcement agents questioning Palestinians and increasing surveillance of mosques. Multiple accounts of Palestinians contacted without any prior suspicion of wrongdoing were reported to Arab civil rights groups. Federal agents also reportedly met with mosque leadership to ask about potential “troublemakers.”
Advocates condemn these incidents as discriminatory targeting that contributes to heightened fear and vulnerability among Arab and Muslim communities. They argue such overt suspicion based solely on ethnicity or faith recalls post-9/11 crackdowns and violates constitutional freedoms.

Middle East Monitor · Rights group report spike in FBI interrogation of pro-Palestine activistsBy Middle East Monitor
#Gaza#WestIsAidingAndAbettingAGenocide#GenocideJoeKnows
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newarab.com/opinion/reuters-is


After scrutinising a selection of news stories about Israel’s war on , it became clear that the structuring, ways of representing facts, use of sources and discursive practices demonstrate that Reuters’ coverage is clearly aligned with Israeli messaging.
"The extraordinary conflation of Palestinian and Israeli fatalities shamelessly belies the devastating price paid in Palestinian lives"

The New Arab · For Reuters, the Israeli narrative always comes firstAnna Saif analyses Reuters' Gaza coverage to reveal a bias towards the Israeli narrative, and a decontextualisation and dehumanisation of Palestinian suffering.
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apnews.com/article/israel-pale

: After the 1967 Mideast war, the Israeli government cracked down on displays of the Palestinian flag in and the West Bank. In Ramallah in 1980, the military shut down a gallery run by three artists because they showed political art and works in the colors of the Palestinian flag — red, green, black and white…
In protest, people began to wave the fruit in public.
“There are stories of young men who defiantly walked the streets with slices of the fruit, risking arrest from Israeli soldiers,” Jerusalem-born author Mahdi Sabbagh wrote. “When I see a , I think of the unbreakable spirit of our people.”

AP News · How the watermelon became a global sign of Palestinian solidarityBy ANNA FURMAN
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commondreams.org/news/australi

: Lattouf, a Lebanese-Australian journalist who was working in a short-term contract position for an ABC morning radio program, was terminated shortly after she shared a December 18 Human Rights Watch Instagram post accusing the Israeli government of "using starvation of civilians as a weapon of war in "—an accusation that ABC covered at the time.

Common Dreams · 'Disturbing': Australian Journalist Fired After Push by Pro-Israel Lobbyists"This could have a chilling effect on the ability of Australian journalists to share human rights content from reputable organizations which is deeply troubling," said one Human Rights Watch campaigner.
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democracynow.org/2024/1/9/bree

In this case with Joe Biden, you know, he is clearly trying to make an appeal not just to Black voters, but really trying to fend off criticism that he is , that he is sponsoring a . And that criticism is completely well founded, because he is sponsoring a genocide, and genocide is the most extreme form of racial violence that there is. And so, to use the pulpit at Emanuel AME in this manner, to make it a prop, essentially, for Joe Biden’s reelection bid, to me, is the greatest assault on truth. I know Joe Biden stood there in the pulpit and said that there is an assault on truth that’s happening right now. Joe Biden is, in many ways, leading that assault. And I know that he’s running against Donald Trump, who we know is also a serial liar, but Donald Trump is not the one who is currently in office right now. It is Joe Biden.


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