Thread by @caitoz

Israel Narrative Management Is Getting Incredibly Desperate And Brazen

"They're blowing up entire press offices and arresting Palestinian journalists. This is narrative management at its least subtle."
caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/israel-narra…

The National Director Emeritus for the Anti-Defamation League has announced on Twitter that he is cancelling his subscription to The New York Times, accusing the outlet of "blood libel" against Jews.

https://twitter.com/FoxmanAbraham/status/1398316595722735628

According to Foxman, this is what constitutes the advancement of the ancient antisemitic canard known as blood libel: humanizing the children who've been killed by Israeli military explosives.

Foxman's statement drew criticism from all corners, including from loyal establishment pundits like Jonathan Chait, for his ridiculous accusation.

https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1398376489150824459

Supporters of Israeli apartheid are losing control of the narrative, which has led to redoubled perception management efforts ranging from the cringey to the iron-fisted. In the former we're seeing "putting fart in my name is a pogrom" articles like this:

https://twitter.com/Eve_Barlow/status/1397632688597585921

And entire articles slamming Seth Rogen for posting a single fart emoji like this:
spectator.us/topic/seth-rog…

In the latter category they're blowing up entire press offices and arresting Palestinian journalists. This is narrative management at its least subtle.
rsf.org/en/news/israel…

From Reporters Without Borders:

"Two Palestinian journalists were arrested by Israeli security forces in Jerusalem yesterday and were placed in administrative detention today, bringing the total now held administratively by the Israelis to 13."

"Administrative detention" is one of the many apartheid abuses which Israel has come under criticism for employing, as Israel-based +972 Magazine explained last year:
972mag.com/shin-bet-admin…

https://twitter.com/LinahAlsaafin/status/1397966767306285058?s=20

Before the Gaza ceasefire last week Israel managed to deliberately blow up over 20 offices for Palestinian media outlets, as well as the tower hosting the international outlets AP and Al Jazeera.
theintercept.com/2021/05/18/gaz…

"The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today," AP president/CEO Gary Pruitt said in a statement after the building was destroyed.

Which is the whole idea: for the world to know less about what happens in Gaza.
apnews.com/article/israel…

The Israeli government has a decades-long history of threatening and targeting journalists in order to exert control over the public narrative about what happens under its rule:
1) archive.is/YWoPt
2) nytimes.com/1985/03/23/wor…

"Rather than reduce the cruelty, the Israeli government keeps trying to reduce accurate news coverage. The approach is a mix of deception and brutality. Blow up the cameras so the world won’t see as many pictures of the atrocities."
~ @normansolomon
original.antiwar.com/solomon/2021/0…

As @AlanRMacLeod writes, the Overton window has shifted on Palestine. In 2014 you could get raked over the coals for posting "Palestine <3" on Facebook, now you hear MSM and mainstream politicians matter-of-factly using the word "apartheid" about Israel.
mintpressnews.com/why-overton-wi…

People are simply becoming too conscious of the Palestine issue to tolerate its existence as a taboo subject anymore, even in the most mainstream circles of discussion.

Palestine is simply not a third rail anymore, and it's been this way for a while now.

The fact that this can be done makes one wonder in what other ways we can collectively move the narrative in a way that benefits ordinary people instead of the oligarchic empire of the US and its allies. This is an exciting time to be alive.

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