Oh dear, @IrishTimes. You've bought Abbas's lie, hook line and sinker. These maps do NOT show the diminishing size of Palestinian territory, despite Abbas's misleading claims.
As @GettyImages' original caption notes, this is a mixture of maps - some real, some only ever plans.
Let's look at the maps one at a time:
The first makes out as if all the land was under "Palestinian" control before 1917. In reality, the land was under Ottoman control. Inhabitants - Jews, Muslims and Christians alike - were called Palestinian.
The second map is of the Peel Commission’s 1937 partition plan. It called for a Jewish state, an Arab state, and an international protectorate enveloping Jerusalem.
The plan was accepted by the Jewish leadership, but violently rejected by the Arab leadership.
Some 'compromise.'
The inclusion of this second map is highly misleading as it was only a plan, and never the reality on the ground.
The same goes for map no. 3, which is of the 1947 UN Partition Plan, a plan rejected by the Arabs and accepted by the Jews. It, too, never became reality.
Had the Palestinian Arabs actually *compromised* there could have been a two-state solution that looked like this.
Instead, Arab rioting against Jewish businesses led to attacks against Jewish civilians, and a war soon followed, with Jewish areas coming under siege, cut off from food and water.
Again, some 'compromise.'
Despite the Arabs' best efforts, the Jews were not defeated. As a result of being forced to fight, the frontiers of the State of Israel were significantly larger than those in the 1947 and 1937 plans the Arabs rejected. This crucial detail is not clear from the map series.
In map no. 4, the status quo between 1949 and 1967 is depicted. These were never "borders" as Israel's enemies refused to acknowledge Israel's existence. These were mere ceasefire lines, with the understanding that the Arab countries would eventually move to erase Israel.
It's interesting to note what ISN'T included in this series of maps: Israel managed to preempt the 1967 attack by its enemies and gained control of the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza - only to later return them to Arab control.
But this doesn't fit the narrative of 'Israel steadily taking more and more land while the Palestinians are ready to compromise' so these stages simply don't appear.
This isn't the first time these maps have surfaced in the media. Learn more about them in this HonestReporting piece from earlier in the year.
50,021 reported deaths in Gaza?
Data from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health doesn’t support the claim of genocide.
(Source: @Aizenberg55/X via data shared by the Gaza Ministry of Health/Telegram) 🧵
On March 24, 2025, the Hamas-run Ministry of Health published a full list of 50,021 reported deaths since October 7.
But when you analyze the names, ages, and genders… a very different picture emerges.
- 72% of deaths in the 13–55 age range are male
- The biggest spike is men aged 20–40, which is prime combatant age
- Female deaths are far fewer and evenly spread
This is not what indiscriminate targeting looks like. This is targeted, combatant-focused warfare.
How emotional manipulation is weaponized against Israel—and how the media keep falling for it.🧵
In this viral video, a baby lies motionless on a Gaza sidewalk—lifeless, it seems.
But watch closely:
A fly lands. The baby twitches.
Suddenly, someone swoops in.
It was staged.
This viral image? A mother crying with what appears to be her child’s skeleton.
It spread fast. But it was AI-generated—and even admitted by Gazan journalist Hind Khoudary.
Think Israel killed 400+ Palestinian women and children in Gaza? Of course you do—because that’s how the media reported it.
Let’s break down how Hamas propaganda spread like wildfire.🧵
Within minutes of Israeli airstrikes, Hamas' propaganda machine was in full swing.
No verification. No independent sources. No distinction between terrorists and civilians. Just headlines designed to push a narrative—one that conveniently blames Israel.
One of her stories for @ABC is a profile of Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar.
According to police, one of Abdel-Latif's social media posts featured a video of Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar encouraging martyrdom, titled, “He wanted to die a martyr’s death.”
And this is who is contributing to mainstream media profiles of this Hamas arch-terrorist?
Who is Mahmoud Khalil? A deep dive into one of Columbia’s most controversial student leaders—and his shocking ties to pro-terror activism. 🧵
Supporting Hamas isn’t about "resistance"—it's supporting terrorism.
As a leader of CUAD (Columbia University Apartheid Divest), Khalil has backed calls for violence, revolution, and the destruction of Western civilization.