Robert Inlakesh

Robert Inlakesh is a political analyst, journalist and documentary filmmaker currently based in London, UK. He has reported from and lived in the occupied Palestinian territories and hosts the show ‘Palestine Files’. Director of ‘Steal of the Century: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe’. Follow him on Twitter @falasteen47

Pro-ISIS Accounts Surge on Meta After Assad’s Ouster

Following years of aggressive content removal, Meta’s platforms now host a growing wave of ISIS-linked posts in the aftermath of Assad’s overthrow.

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By Robert Inlakesh
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Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria, fears of a renewed ISIS insurgency have intensified. MintPress News has uncovered that, despite Meta’s previously strict policies on banning terrorism-related content, ISIS-linked accounts have been posting freely on its platforms. Although Meta previously removed 26 million pieces of

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Peace with Israel Tops the Agenda for Syria’s New Leaders

The HTS-led government in Damascus is making normalization with Israel a cornerstone of its agenda and conflict with Iran a strategic priority.

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By Robert Inlakesh
Syria Israel Peace Feature photo

It is not just isolated voices advocating for normalization; the new Syrian government and its backers appear determined to establish ties with Israel, even as Israel continues its occupation of Syrian territory and the bombardment of what remains of its infrastructure. While apologists attempt to justify Damascus’s Israel-friendly comments, the

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Systemic Rape Allegations Against Israel Meet a Deafening Silence

As harrowing new accounts of systemic sexual abuse by Israeli soldiers come to light, the media shifts its focus to amplify Israel’s latest claims against Hamas instead.

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By Robert Inlakesh
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A flood of devastating new testimonies documenting the systemic sexual abuse of Palestinian men and women by Israeli soldiers has surfaced in recent weeks. Yet, as these harrowing accounts gain traction amongst human rights groups and international organizations, Western media has conspicuously turned its focus elsewhere—amplifying Israel’s poorly

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BBC Exposé: Israeli Lobby and Government Collaborate in Free Speech Crackdown

BBC findings show pro-Palestinian content is being suppressed as Israeli-linked organizations work with governments and tech giants.

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By Robert Inlakesh
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Israeli lobbyists, organizations, and former intelligence operatives are actively working behind the scenes to suppress free speech, stifle debate at academic institutions, ban advocacy groups, and curtail the right to assembly. This coordinated effort has intensified during the ongoing Gaza war, with substantial complicity from Western governments

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A Saudi Atheist and a Web of Lies: The Distortion of the Magdeburg Attack

False claims and Islamophobic rhetoric turned a tragic event into a propaganda tool for pro-Israel influencers.

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By Robert Inlakesh
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In a calculated effort to stoke anti-Muslim hysteria, pro-Israeli right-wing social media accounts distorted the facts surrounding a tragic car-ramming attack on a German Christmas parade. This manipulation aligns with a broader trend of reviving post-9/11 Islamophobia to advance imperialist war narratives that ultimately benefit Israel. When

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Suitcases of Qatari Cash: Unpacking Israel’s Role in ‘Funding Hamas’

Robert Inlalkesh takes a deep dive into Israel’s role in facilitating aid to Gaza and whether it served to bolster Hamas’s power.

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By Robert Inlakesh
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You might have heard that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been propping up Hamas in Gaza… but is there more to the story? Some argue that Netanyahu has an 'alliance' or at least an interdependency with Hamas to serve his own goals, but is that really true? In the first two parts of this series, we explored whether Israel helped

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Staged Again? CNN’s Syrian Prisoner Story Adds to Its History of Fabrications

A fact-check exposes the latest in a series of misleading CNN reports, revealing how the netwrok’s dramatic inaccuracies repeatedly align with US government narratives.

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By Robert Inlakesh
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A CNN report claiming to show one of its journalists freeing a Syrian detainee from a secret prison has been debunked as false. Far from an isolated incident, this report aligns with a broader pattern of fabricated news stories crafted to serve as cinematic propaganda in support of regime change. On December 12, CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward

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