Press Violations Explode to 180 in May Alone as Israel Cracks Down to Buff Its Image

“The more that Israel is exposed internationally for its human rights violations in Palestine, the more it becomes desperate in its attempt to crack down on journalists and the media in general.” — Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Jessica Buxbaum
By Jessica Buxbaum
Israel Press Freedom Feature photo

OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM — Despite wearing a press vest and holding a government press card, Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Givara Budeiri was violently assaulted and arrested by Israeli police on June 5. Budeiri was covering a demonstration in the Occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah when Israeli forces attacked and then

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Combating Israel’s Flimsy “Human Shield” Rhetoric

Israeli “human shield” rhetoric is — at its best — a marketing scheme misrepresenting reality and — at its worst — an excuse for exterminating the Palestinian population.

Ramona Wadi
By Ramona Wadi
Israel Palestiniane

Discourse regarding Hamas’ alleged use of Palestinian civilians as human shields remains widespread, as Israel strives to contain increasing international condemnation and outrage over the atrocities of Operation Protective Edge. Of course, the context of “international” must be defined in order to accommodate different and diverging narratives.

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VIDEO: How the Term ‘Human Shield’ is Used to Justify State Sponsored Massacres

Nations around the world including Israel are using the term “human shields” to justify civilian deaths, but how is this term just a propaganda tool to ethnically cleanse a population?

Abby Martin
By Abby Martin
Palestinians mourn over the lifeless bodies of four boys

RT host of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin, breaks through the propaganda rhetoric of ‘Human Shields’, calling out instances such as the second Iraq War and the current conflict in Gaza where the term has been used to demonize the entire demographics and populations subjected to being overthrown.

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