Thread by @EFischberger

This Wapo article is one of the most blatant examples of journalistic malpractice I've seen in a while.

Shame on @leo_sands, @sammy_westfall, @NihaMasih, and @MiriamABerger for omitting critical information that would've drastically reframed the piece for their audience 🧵

First of all, as seen above, the very first organization they refer to is Samidoun, described as "an activist network supporting Palestinian prisoners."

The problem? Samidoun has been designated as a terrorist group by the US, Canada, Germany, Israel, and the Dutch parliament.

Then there's this nonsense. They describe the PFLP as a "small leftist armed group" and it's longtime member Khalida Jarrar as a "political activist and legislator."

Nowhere do they mention that the PFLP is a designated terror group in the US, EU, Canada, and other countries.

If the authors DID mention those facts, that would reframe this entire paragraph, would it not?

As it is now, it just reads like Israel arrested her for her peaceful "anti-occupation" activism.

And they also fail to mention WHY she was arrested in 2017: It's due to her leading role in the PFLP in the West Bank during the period where it denotated a roadside bomb that killed a 17-year-old Israeli girl.

She is definitionally a terrorist.

Finally. It's worth mentioning that the PFLP has bene respnsible for numerous terror attacks, plane hijacking, mass shootings that killed dozens of people (at least 17 Americans), invaded Israel on October 7th, and held Israelis hostage.

Full piece here:
washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/…

One of the authors was already pushing the "genocide" lie 10 years ago

https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1883763677444423794?s=19