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Apr 23 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🧵Today marks the 200th day of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Here are the latest figures...
- 3,025 massacres
- 41,183 killed or missing
Apr 19 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
🧵Amal Clooney is a liberal human rights icon. The Lebanese lawyer of Palestinian descent has built up a reputation as a moral force in international politics.
In this new investigation from @AlanRMacLeod , we explain the potential reasons behind her silence.
Together with her movie star husband, George, she built the Clooney Foundation for Justice, a human rights NGO that works in over 40 countries.
Mar 8 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
A new @MintPress investigation explores how NATO is using memes and online humor to attempt to win a propaganda war against Russia, in the process subjecting the world to some of the unfunniest content ever devised by man.
In November NATO published a study: “Humor in online information warfare: Case study on Russia’s war on Ukraine” which described how jokes and memes could be used to win a propaganda war against Russia.
Feb 2 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
🧵A MintPress News investigation has found that dozens of former officials from the State Department, CIA and FBI are working in key positions at TikTok and affecting the content that over one billion users see.
A MintPress News investigation has found dozens of ex-U.S. State Department officials working in key positions at TikTok.
Jan 31 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
🧵A new investigation by @KitKlarenberg for MintPressNews explores how the rampant Islamophobic stereotypes in the “Borat” movies helped prime Western audiences to accept Israel’s slaughter in Gaza.
In the wake of Israel’s onslaught, Cohen and other Borat writers strongly supported the Jewish state.
Jan 5 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🧵Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly wants controversial lawyer Alan Dershowitz to defend Israel from charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice.
But Dershowitz himself has a past as controversial as Israel itself. This includes accusations of sexual misconduct, plagiarism and supporting racists.
Dec 28, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🧵Britain has consistently supplied arms to Israel through various British companies.
Ranging from components for fighter jets to sniper rifles and Apache helicopters.
Dec 20, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
🧵As American politicians dance to the drums of war against Gaza, MintPress News unveils the top recipients of Israel lobby money of all time.
Joe Biden
Dec 19, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🧵A sinister alliance of Israeli organisations has emerged, spearheading the Gaza settlement project. The key settler group leading the drive actually has several economic agreements with US government institutions.
The Samaria Regional Council champions the initiative for illegal Israeli settlements in Gaza.
Dec 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🧵In a 1994 presentation, former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon described how Israel bombed its own London Embassy and blamed innocent Palestinians for it.
Annie Machon is a former MI5 intelligence officer, author, and public speaker.
Dec 12, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
🧵While Israel’s reputation is reaching new lows worldwide, it still enjoys widespread support among the Hollywood elite. Here are nine celebrities who have gone beyond supporting Israel into raising money for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) itself.
Pharrell Williams
Dec 11, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
🧵As Israel continues to pound Gaza into dust, MintPress compiles some of the most genocidal statements made by senior Israeli officials, proving that their intent is to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its population.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Nov 27, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported “concerns” that the Israeli military has stolen organs from Palestinian corpses during Israel’s war on Gaza.
Corpses near the Al-Shifa hospital found "missing cochleas and corneas as well as other vital organs like livers, kidneys, and hearts."
Nov 21, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Meet Argentina's new far-right President Javier Milei, according to his own greatest video hits...
Milei is one of the only South American leaders to adopt a hardline NATO-aligned policy of unequivocal support for Ukraine.
Nov 13, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🧵Wall Street & Hollywood billionaires organize to raise $50 million towards a media blitz campaign to counter growing opposition to Israel's war on Gaza, led by Zionist oligarch Barry Sternlicht.
The $50 million would fund Billionaire oligarch Barry Sternlicht's "Facts for Peace" project to sway public opinion about Israel, and he's courting Google CEO Eric Schmidt who has a close relationship with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu.
Oct 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Inspired by a recent blog post by Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, MintPress has listed just some of the war crimes Israel has committed in Gaza since October 7th.
Genocide
According to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the crime of genocide is defined as "deliberately inflicting on a group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part."
Oct 12, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Celebrities in the United States are embarrassing themselves over Gaza on social media.
Justin Bieber posted a story on his Instagram titled "Praying for Israel." The only problem was that the picture in the background was of the ruins of Gaza following Israel's bombardment.
Oct 11, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Israel's latest bombing of Gaza has accompanied a serious disinformation campaign.
Here are four examples:
It was claimed that Israeli soldier Shani Louk was raped and killed by Palestinian fighters.
It turns out she is alive and in hospital in Gaza.
Jul 31, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
The United States is a vast, sprawling global empire with a network of around 800 military bases worldwide.
Drawing on research by Professor David Vine of the American University, MintPress breaks down the 10 countries with the most U.S. military bases.
Jul 20, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Few Americans realize the extent to which the Central Intelligence Agency is involved in producing pop culture movies and TV shows. In this showcase, MintPress highlights 7 actors with close relationships with the CIA.
Tom Hanks has starred in several movies with direct CIA backing and CFR member Angelina Jolie has cosied up to both US and British intelligence agencies.
Apr 19, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
TikTok employs dozens of veterans of the U.S. State Department and the CIA.
TikTok’s campaign to recruit people close to the U.S. government began as a response to the Trump administration's attempt to force the company to sell its product into American hands.