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*Thread on how media outlets are whitewashing Israel's merciless slaughter of unarmed Palestinians in the Gaza prison camp*

This is some grotesque propaganda from CNN: "Dozens die in Gaza" — note there's no mention of Israel killing these Palestinians; they just happened to die
The New York Times says "Dozens of Palestinians have died in protests," without mentioning these are *unarmed protests*, yet alone the fact that the Israeli military is indiscriminately shooting Gazans with live ammunition, murdering and injuring them en masse.
The Jerusalem Post says "Palestinian reported dead in Gaza clashes," conveniently obscuring that this was an unarmed 21-year-old who was murdered by the Israeli military — shot dead by an Israeli soldier for daring to protest against Israel's illegal, suffocating blockade.
"Gaza death toll climbs" — once again, no mention of the Israeli military deliberately shooting unarmed Palestinian protesters with live ammunition
NBC News: "Scores dead in Gaza fence protest"
Translated: "Israeli military slaughters scores of unarmed Palestinian protesters in the Israeli-besieged Gaza prison camp"

(Note how Melania's kidney condition gets much more attention than the massacre of Palestinian civilians)
Yahoo/AP outrageously call the unarmed Palestinian protests in the Gaza prison camp "violent protests" — without mentioning that Israel is the one using violence.

The body of the article fails to note these are unarmed Gazan protesters, and says they are "drawing Israeli fire"
"Deadly Gaza Violence" — who's responsible for that violence? Certainly not Israel
The Chicago Tribune uses the phrase "deadly clashes along the Israeli-Palestinian border" to describe Israel's massacre of unarmed Palestinian protesters in the illegally Israeli-besieged Gaza prison camp.
"Scores killed as violence greets" — Who was killed? Who did the killing? No one knows. That violence just has a mind of its own
Then of course there is the infamous "clashes" trope. The ambiguous term "clashes" disguises who is responsible for using this extreme violence (Israel), and creates a false equivalence, implying the unarmed Palestinian protesters are equally responsible for their own slaughter.
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