UNDER PROTECTION IRON DOME AND UNDER RUBBLE: THE OPTICS REPORTING

One Palestinian child has been killed by Israel every 8 minutes since Oct 7. Over a thousand Palestinian children. Never be forgiven or forgotten. For journo with gigantic error, hand blood on you.

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If any group Gaza (HAMAS, Jihad Islam) had airstrikes like that obliterated / levelled Baptist hospital or "failed launch then hit Baptist', Iron Dome probably wouldn’t even be standing. U.S. / Lockheed must have built / provided a 100x Iron Dome a long time ago. Paul is very famous, king of investigation, expert from BILD. But he don’t have the ball to go to inside Gaza.

For the Palestinian optics, Palestinian beg everyone to focus on political actions. Your donations will not enter Gaza now. Look, in the last 6 days, 500 Palestinian killed around Rafah border [Palestine - Egypt] because Israel [started since last Friday] telling people in Gaza to evacuate through a “safe route” and then airstriking the route. I don’t think everyone is grasping how evil this is. Mobilise, write, share, have conversations, speak up, organise, and push for an end to this mass killing of civilians is more important for Palestinian especially in Gaza, not donation. Again, this should be the focus now, not your donations.

The key is reporting, honest. Palestine beg to everyone because Israeli propaganda is coming in - already parroted by a lot of western media. Friendly reminder. Take official Israeli statements with a healthy dose of skepticism when reporting on what happens inside Gaza. The Palestinian blood on the hands of western journalism will never wash away. To dehumanize Palestinians as they face slaughter & to not allow them space to speak - a naked display.

The lies have been spread. A lot of western media & others have peddled in insidious, purposely anti-Palestinian and unsubstantiated information that is having a direct & fatal impact specifically on Gazans, whose slaughter is being justified, like in Baptist hospital.

BBC North Africa correspondent stating that he just submitted his resignation, out of professional conscience. The BBC’s coverage has been, during all of this, the height of journalistic malfeasance.

In the last 15 hours after heinous Israel was in the Baptist Hospital Gaza, a number of writers or every profession, globally, have signed an open letter calling for an immediate ceasefire and unimpeded admission of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Imagine calling a group “human animals” and then blowing their children into pieces so small their dad has to carry their remains in little bags. 

To show the horror of Gaza, and ‘chicken journo’, I may describe a very cheesy comparison. Paul Ronzheimer, ‘king of investigation’ from Bild, of course he was in Berlin. To make sure ‘real reporting’ inside Ukraine, he [unsurprisingly] from outside Ukraine successfully infiltrated ‘the gore, the dangerous area’ in Ukraine, in some moment, which was less than 1 mile from the Russian side. He was months in Ukraine, maybe around 7 months permanent in Ukraine.

A lot of western journos successfully like Paul, FROM OUTSIDE through to into Ukraine soil, and some very brave to ‘just miles from Russian side’ in the battlefield.

Instead, for Palestine - Israel, no one western journo agrees to through infiltration, reporting inside Gaza. Just agree [every Western Media] to ‘remote’ reporting, paying some ‘already in inside Gaza’ to reporting. Paul ended up in Ashdod, Israel soil. 13 Palestinian journalists and 1 Lebanese killed, 8 Palestinian journalists injured, 3 Palestinian journalists missing or detained. But at least 4 Palestinian journalist losing [minimum] 10-13 entire member of his or her families. Risking their lives amid Israeli strikes, Palestinian journalists carry on working despite little internet connection and electricity outages.

While major networks shipped star anchors to the relative safety of Israel, journalists within the 140-square-mile Gaza Strip are contending with a massive bombing campaign, electrical and internet outages, and food and water shortages.

As I am writing right now, Biden and Blinken are already back at AF1 and are expected to be wheeled up shortly, finishing every meeting with Netanyahu and other Israelis. Quick trip because all Arab leadrs angry after hospital bombing, cancelled all meeting/summit with Biden.

As a lot of Western journo continue to report on the war and repeat allegations without vetting or qualification, remember at all what happened with the Iraq war, trillion dollars blew up and nothing, like in Afghanistan. Two things can be true at the same time. Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator whose government gassed Kurds. He also didn't have WMDs.

After the UN Security Council emergency meeting 41 hours ago [failed to resolution, because 4 vetoed, which US, UK, France, Japan], with Brazil as President UNSC since July 1st - Dec 31 2023, around 50 minutes ago, the US has just VETOED a SECOND United Nations resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

12 Favour [including Brazil itself], 1 Against [US], and 2 abstain [UK and Russia]. The US wanted a delay, and vetoed the resolution today. Now the UNGA may step in. The UNSC will continue to debate, but it has lost a rare chance to find (a little) common ground. Article 51 wasn’t included (in a vague manner).

I repeat again. The 141 years old Anglican Episcopal Church hospital [another name: Al Ahli Arab Maamadani Hospital] runs under the Church of England and Anglican Communion. Means, guarantor of this hospital is [Supreme Governor] King Charles III and [Primate] Archbishop Canterbury Primate Justin Portal Welby, with representative in Jerusalem is Diocese Richard Sewell and Anglican Archbishop Jerusalem Hosam Naoum.

8 Hours ago, thanks for smooth access meta / facebook in the middle of war, British - Palestinian citizenship and MSF Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) member Doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta Ghassan Abu Sitta FRCS(Plast) [he’s safe], with cellphone connected with Facebook and Instagram Instagram by journo Plestia Alaqad, explaining development situation, scale of damage on hospital, after 1,000 - 1,200 killed immediately in hospital as to be treated the most destitute in Gaza, also to be refugee shelter for 5,000 people since war started. Ghassan Abu Sitta FRCS(Plast) was interview with Iranian - British citizenship, same dual plus british citizenship like Doctor Ghassan, legendary journo CNN Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour CBE 6 days ago for latest dire situation in Palestine.

Back to Israel side, with a lot of ‘umbrella security’, not only Iron Dome. As much because of the clashes in the West Bank as the carnage at the hospital in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle have indicated to their Biden counterparts that Israel has not yet come up with such a strategy and instead are more focused on the immediate goal of removing Hamas from power in Gaza.

But the US official cautions against this approach, saying that devoid a strategy for who will control the Strip if and when Hamas is removed, IDF is more likely to get bogged down in Gaza indefinitely, despite Israel insisting that it does not want to re-occupy the enclave. Balanced against all of this is an Israeli public primed for a major war and an Israeli leadership that will not want to appear weak. But the political window for a ground offensive was already shrinking after repeated delays, and the geopolitical calculus has just changed a lot.

Türkiye President Erdogan has initiated a negotiation process for the release of civilian prisoners held by Hamas. President Erdogan has instructed the related institutions to lead the negotiation process. The released an Israeli woman and 2 kids is 2nd batch. First ever hostage released is elderly [around 85 years old] women. Very healthy, get food and water during kidnapping time from Palestinian, and the footage, get again water from the IDF.

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Plestia Alaqad | بلستيا العقاد is Journo in Gaza. Telco Ministry of Israel cut off internet to Gaza since 00.00 Saturday but at least 3 ‘popular Gazans’, literally in inside Gaza, Refaat [tweets 11am local time], Jason Shawa [tweets 7am local time], surgery doctor UK - Palestinian citizen Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta to say hi ‘we still alive, but don’t know next day. Situation in Rafah border still chaos.

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