{"id":57980,"date":"2021-05-22T06:57:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T11:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=57980"},"modified":"2021-05-22T06:57:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T11:57:38","slug":"why-israel-blows-up-media-offices-targets-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=57980","title":{"rendered":"Why Israel Blows Up Media Offices &#038; Targets Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2021\/05\/20\/why-israel-blows-up-media-offices-targets-journalists\/\">Why Israel Blows Up Media Offices &amp; Targets Journalists<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Rather than reduce the cruelty, the Israeli government keeps trying to reduce accurate news coverage, writes Norman Solomon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-63361\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Palestine_May_11_NYC_51175811133-1-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Palestine_May_11_NYC_51175811133-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Palestine_May_11_NYC_51175811133-1-500x438.jpg 500w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Palestine_May_11_NYC_51175811133-1-1000x877.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Palestine_May_11_NYC_51175811133-1-768x673.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Palestine_May_11_NYC_51175811133-1-1536x1347.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Palestine_May_11_NYC_51175811133-1-2048x1796.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Palestine_May_11_NYC_51175811133-1-160x140.jpg 160w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1021\" height=\"895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63361\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-63361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palestinian solidarity demonstration in New York City on May 11. (Andrew Ratto, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>I<\/strong>srael\u2019s missile attack on media offices in Gaza City last weekend was successful. A gratifying\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-middle-east-business-israel-palestinian-conflict-f595d0ea0a7e21a4e4974ae55e00024d\">response<\/a>\u00a0came quickly from the head of The Associated Press, which had a bureau in the building for 15 years: \u201cThe world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For people who care about truth, that\u2019s outrageous. For the Israeli government, that\u2019s terrific.<\/p>\n<p>The AP president, Gary Pruitt, said \u201cwe are shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP\u2019s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s ample reason to be horrified. But not shocked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1393617076552704004&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconsortiumnews.com%2F2021%2F05%2F20%2Fwhy-israel-blows-up-media-offices-targets-journalists%2F&amp;sessionId=dd3e98b08838fe6a57df130787f7499d6ff08c3e&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1393617076552704004\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military began\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/05\/18\/israel-gaza-idf-ap-media-attack-journalism\/\">threatening<\/a>\u00a0and targeting journalists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1985\/03\/23\/world\/israel-defends-action-involving-cbs.html\">several decades ago<\/a>, in tandem with its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2003\/jul\/23\/israel\">longstanding<\/a>\u00a0cruel treatment of Palestinians. Rather than reduce the cruelty, the Israeli government keeps trying to reduce accurate news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The approach is a mix of deception and brutality. Blow up the cameras so the world won\u2019t see as many pictures of the atrocities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1393636516195414016&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconsortiumnews.com%2F2021%2F05%2F20%2Fwhy-israel-blows-up-media-offices-targets-journalists%2F&amp;sessionId=dd3e98b08838fe6a57df130787f7499d6ff08c3e&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1393636516195414016\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Of course, there\u2019s no need to interfere with journalists documenting the also awful \u2014 while relatively few \u2014 deaths of Israelis due to rockets fired by Hamas. In recent days the Israeli government has spotlighted such visuals, some of them grimly authentic, others\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/14\/technology\/israel-palestine-misinformation-lies-social-media.html\">fake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The suffering in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is tragically real on both sides, while vastly asymmetrical. During the last 10 days, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57142627\">reported<\/a> by the BBC, 219 people have been killed in Gaza. In Israel, the number was 10. In Gaza, at least 63 of the dead\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57142627\">were children<\/a>. In Israel, two.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Israel Blows Up Media Offices &amp; Targets Journalists Rather than reduce the cruelty, the Israeli government keeps trying to reduce accurate news coverage, writes Norman Solomon. Palestinian solidarity demonstration in New York City on May 11. (Andrew Ratto, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons) Israel\u2019s missile attack on media offices in Gaza City last weekend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[6963,6116,1049,462,522,14545,15099,1048],"class_list":["post-57980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","tag-consortium-news","tag-gaza","tag-israel","tag-journalism","tag-middle-east","tag-narrative-control","tag-norman-solomon","tag-palestine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57981,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57980\/revisions\/57981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}