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Jun 25

The UN Human Rights Council issued a report claiming that the IDF deliberately targeted Gazan children.

Within hours, it was everywhere. Headlines. Social media. Even Ms. Rachel shared it, calling the report “indisputable evidence.”

But the report doesn’t actually contain any evidence.
Let’s break it down.🧵(1/6)

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Crimes against humanity.
War crimes.
Genocide.

These are just some of the claims, and among the gravest accusations under international law.

Yet the Pillay Commission cannot point to a single verified example of an IDF soldier identifying a civilian child and deliberately choosing to kill them.

Instead, it substitutes the fact that children died in war as “proof” of deliberate targeting.

But a civilian casualty, although tragic, does not prove intent.

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In every incident examined, the Commission admits it cannot confirm:
- who fired the shot
- whether militants were present
- whether combat was happening nearby
- what the battlefield circumstances were

And yet, it reaches a “clear conclusion” every time.

Doctors are cited as experts on weapons and ballistics. Family members are treated as battlefield intelligence. Bullet fragments are presented as proof, with no chain of custody and no forensic verification provided.

The UN's own guidelines require findings to be corroborated by two independent, reliable sources.
The Pillay Commission doesn't meet that standard.

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Jun 25

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“Rape” is the new trendy lie to spread about Israel.

After “occupation,” then “apartheid,” then “genocide,” the latest accusation is “systematic rape” – never proven in law or fact, built by repetition until a lie feels like “common sense.”

Watch how they manufacture it. 🧵

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🔴Step 1: Incubation on the fringe.

Politicized NGOs, Hamas‑aligned activists, and partisan “rights” groups collect unverified testimonies and push the most lurid stories they can – including biologically implausible claims of dogs being used to rape prisoners. The goal is to cause outrage.

🔴Step 2: Laundering through “respectable” institutions.

Those same fringe claims are then repeated by big newspapers, UN bodies, and state‑backed broadcasters, wrapped in the language of “human rights” and “fact‑finding.” Suddenly, extreme allegations sound like serious, sober reporting.

🔴Step 3: Saturation and normalization.

Once a prestige paper, a UN office, and a major network echo the charges, activists, academics, and politicians cite each other in a closed loop. “Allegations” melt into “documented abuses,” then “systematic rape.” Question it, and you’re smeared as “denying victims.”

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This is part of a wider pattern: once a label is chosen – “apartheid,” “genocide,” now “rape” – it is hammered into the audience through relentless repetition. In this latest Al Jazeera documentary, terms like “sexual assault,” “rape,” and “sexual torture” are repeated at a high, steady rate throughout the runtime; our analysis shows how there is rarely more than a brief lull before the next accusation appears on screen.

This is a form of conditioning. The goal is to make viewers feel that “Israeli sexual abuse” is omnipresent and self‑evident, even though the documentary’s most explosive claims rest on anonymous testimonies, selectively presented footage, and politicized NGO reports that are not independently verified. It offers no transparent chain of evidence for its wildest allegations – like “rape with dogs” or a state‑ordered policy of sexual torture.

We have seen this script before. The same repetition technique was used to brand Israel an “apartheid” state long before serious legal analysis was done and despite basic facts about Israel’s system. Arab citizens of Israel vote, sit in the Knesset, serve as judges (including on the Supreme Court), and hold senior posts in hospitals and universities – realities incompatible with the codified racial segregation that defined apartheid in South Africa.

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Jun 11

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@CNN went inside Hezbollah.

What followed was extraordinary.

A weapons smuggler was allowed to justify rearming the terror group.

A Hezbollah “fighter” was presented without serious challenge.

And now Hezbollah itself says CNN got a key part of the story wrong.

The deeper we looked, the worse it got.🧵

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CNN’s International Correspondent, @IsobelYeung, tracks down a man smuggling weapons into Lebanon.

But instead of challenging his role in helping Hezbollah rearm, the report frames the conversation around whether the weapons are needed to "defend" against Israel.

The result? A weapons smuggler is given a platform to justify Hezbollah's case.

CNN's job was to challenge it, not amplify it.

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Then comes an interview with a man CNN presents as a Hezbollah "fighter."

Rather than pressing him on Hezbollah's terrorism, refusal to follow the ceasefire, or role in dragging Lebanon into war, CNN largely lets the narrative stand unchallenged.

It gets worse.

Hezbollah's media office has now claimed the man CNN interviewed wasn't actually a Hezbollah member.

That raises serious questions about who was controlling the narrative all along.
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Jun 7

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What does this @nytimes investigation actually tell us?

Nothing we didn't already know.

Instead, it appears to be another attempt to cast legitimate Israeli military operations against Hezbollah as inherently suspect.

Let's talk about what white phosphorus is - and what it isn't. 🧵

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Despite years of media hysteria, white phosphorus is not banned under international law.

The US, UK, and other NATO militaries use it regularly, primarily for smoke screening, signaling, and illumination.

Its mere use is not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Legality depends on how it is used.

Under the Law of Armed Conflict, white phosphorus becomes unlawful if deliberately used against civilians.

Used to create smoke screens or obscure troop movements during military operations?

Entirely lawful.

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May 28

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Meet Erin Cunningham, the incoming Jerusalem news director at @AP.

Her professional record - from her tenure at The Washington Post to her public statements and social media activity - raises serious questions about the impartiality expected on one of journalism’s most sensitive beats. 🧵

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As @washingtonpost's Middle East news editor, Cunningham oversaw coverage marked by:

▪️ Loaded anti-Israel framing
▪️ Euphemistic language that softened terrorism
▪️ False moral equivalence
▪️ Persistent skepticism of Israeli claims while amplifying Hamas-linked narratives

This wasn’t incidental. It reflected a newsroom culture problem.
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Cunningham’s ties to the region predate journalism.

Before entering media, she worked for an NGO in the West Bank - an advocacy background that raises legitimate questions about the perspective she brings to reporting.

And in a 2014 podcast appearance, she made her emotional attachment to Gaza unmistakably clear 👇

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May 25

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Meet Ahmad Hariri. According to The New York Times, he was "a paramedic and photojournalist who was killed in Deir Qanoun an-Nahr on Friday" in an Israeli airstrike.

Don't let the press vest fool you. Was Ahmad Hariri targeted for his medical or media work? Five minutes looking at his Facebook told us everything the NYTimes didn't. 🧵

https://x.com/socialmediaamal/status/2058602771679432921?s=20

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Here's the terrorist org and Hezbollah ally Amal mourning Hariri's "martyrdom."

Check out the Amal flags amongst the ambulances. Hariri was a member of a terrorist organization.

https://x.com/socialmediaamal/status/2058602771679432921?s=20

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So when you hear from @nytimes about Ahmad's funeral and about how he was "everything that is beautiful in this life," think again.

Israel isn't targeting journalists or paramedics for doing their jobs. Period.

But it is targeting terrorists.

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