Thread by @YousefMunayyer

This morning I got an email from a cable news network asking me to come on to talk about the "truce" and what happens next. I told them I'd be happy to do so. Then...

They sent me an email asking for technical details to arrange the segment and also asked me for "A couple of brief pre-interview notes on your thoughts which we can use to help guide the interview"

I replied back with the technical info as well as three simple points in response to their request for "pre-interview notes" Here is what I sent them:

"This morning two unarmed Palestinian children were shot and killed by the Israeli military in occupied Jenin highlighting how even in a moment of "cease-fire" unending military occupation continues to claim the lives of Palestinians."

"There is no military solution to this issue, the only path forward is one based on addressing the root causes which are the denial of basic rights to Palestinians."

"The Israeli government, led by Netanyahu, sold Israelis the notion that they could have unending occupation and security at the same time. This was always untrue but it became undeniable on Oct 7th...

..Netanyahu knows his political career and his government's days are numbered and he is hoping to put off the day after the war as long as possible. The US must not accept that."

Six minutes after sending that email, I got an email back with this "sincere apologies but due to a last-minute change in plans with the show team, we will have to stand down on this request for today."

Folks, I have done hundreds of segments, and countless ones for this same network over the years to talk about this issue. I have *never* witnessed the level of censorship and discourse policing by cable news that is taking place right now.

Just to add a note on this because a couple replies have suggested I'm overthinking this and this is common practice in the industry. It is because I don't assess it is that I included the previous tweet.

I get that segments change, news develops, guests get bumped. This has happened to me countless times for legitimate reasons and it is part of the industry for sure.

I remember, as early as 2006 I was supposed to do a live interview in October during an Israeli war on Gaza at the time. The news broke just then that North Korea tested a nuke, I got bumped. I get it, news shifts in real time.

This has happened many times over the years and yes it is common. But the patterns we are seeing now are not common, which is precisely why I point it out. There is deliberate screening taking place to weed out certain critical perspectives. I think I can tell the difference.