THREAD: @NPR is now echoing one of the most dangerous lies circulating post–Oct 7...
That Israel is "committing genocide".
That Israel is "committing genocide".
1/ This week, @NPR’s Morning Edition featured Omer Bartov, an Israeli-born professor who claims the IDF isn’t targeting Hamas, but carrying out genocide against Palestinians.
Who is Bartov? Well, he's far from being a neutral scholar...
Who is Bartov? Well, he's far from being a neutral scholar...
@NPR 2/ Bartov is an anti-Israel activist who has called Israel a nation “injected with poison,” accused it of “Jewish supremacism,” & blamed Hamas’ Oct 7 massacre on Israeli policy. His “evidence” of genocide? That Israel conducted operations in Rafah despite civilians being there.
@NPR 3/ But Israel warned civilians in Rafah to evacuate, issued maps, sent texts, dropped flyers, even set up field hospitals.
That’s not how genocidal regimes behave.
That’s not how genocidal regimes behave.
@NPR 4/ Bartov also ignores that...
📍Hamas is a terrorist group, NOT an ethnic or religious one
📍Genocide = intent to destroy a people, not terror infrastructure
📍Israel’s stated goal? To end Hamas after it butchered 1,200+ Israelis & vowed to repeat it “again + again”
📍Hamas is a terrorist group, NOT an ethnic or religious one
📍Genocide = intent to destroy a people, not terror infrastructure
📍Israel’s stated goal? To end Hamas after it butchered 1,200+ Israelis & vowed to repeat it “again + again”
@NPR 5/ Even @NPR’s host hesitated. Asked why Bartov dismisses IDF claims Hamas hides in civilian areas.
His answer? “Well… they are also going after Hamas… but mostly they’re destroying Gaza.”
Weak...
His answer? “Well… they are also going after Hamas… but mostly they’re destroying Gaza.”
Weak...
@NPR 6/ This is narrative laundering.
A fringe, inflammatory claim gains traction by being repeated on mainstream platforms like @NPR and @NYT not because it’s true, but because it fits the script.
A fringe, inflammatory claim gains traction by being repeated on mainstream platforms like @NPR and @NYT not because it’s true, but because it fits the script.
@NPR @NYT 7/ Broadcasting this under the guise of it being expertise from an “Israeli-born Holocaust scholar” is not journalism.
It’s propaganda.
And it gives cover to those who want 🇮🇱Israel erased, not merely.
It’s propaganda.
And it gives cover to those who want 🇮🇱Israel erased, not merely.
@NPR @NYT 8/ NPR has a choice: report facts or push fiction.
This week, they chose the latter.
This week, they chose the latter.
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