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The Israeli military is taking foreign press on "tours" of sites where Israelis were killed. Israeli media reported that only international outlets have been allowed on these govt-sponsored tours, no local media has even been allowed to approach. /1
At the same time, no foreign press are being allowed into Gaza. And so, audiences in the West are being fed constant images of their favorite reporters cowering on the ground to take cover from rockets being fired from Gaza. /2
It's why we're seeing countless reports like this one, where journalists are regurgitating lines & talking points fed to them by the Israeli army about decapitated Israeli babies. Claims that are going unchecked, and unverified /3
By taking only foreign press into these sites & feeding them info, Israel is again taking control of the narrative on the international stage. Western journalists are more than happy to play along, failing to do basic due diligence in conveying these stories to their audiences /4
And by not allowing local, Hebrew-speaking media into certain areas, Israel is shielding itself from the criticisms and growing frustrations of a population that could easily eventually turn on the govt for failing to protect them /5
It's a win-win situation for Israel. It gets to put out to the world the images that it wants (dead Israelis), while limiting what it doesn't want the world to see or hear (real life Gazans as human beings), and preventing its own people from the truth of its colossal failure/END
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