#JonathanCook | The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst

"[T]he BBC has entirely failed to report all but one of the hundreds of clearly genocidal statements made by Israeli officials ...

It is easy to understand why. Legal authorities usually struggle to make a conclusive determination of genocide because, crucially, it depends on divining intent, which is typically hidden by those committing atrocities.

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only do its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear that those actions are intended to be genocidal ...

Once again, the British media have obligingly taken it upon themselves to shield Israel from any legal jeopardy – all in the interests of objective reporting, you understand."

https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-wests-bubble-of-illusion-about

#Gaza #Israel #Media #BBC #'Palestine #Genocide #Journalism

#JonathanCook | The real story tying Starmer and Mandelson is being buried by a conspiracy of silence

"With the help of rich donors, Labour Together created a secret slush fund worth at least £730,000 to wage a public relations war against Corbyn and the left – a campaign that was enthusiastically supported by the establishment media.

With Corbyn finally ousted, Labour Together then mounted a new operation, using those same funds, to deceive party members into crowning Starmer as leader on the basis he would continue Corbyn’s policies."

https://archive.ph/HJSyy

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Listen: #Blair’s latest deceit-riddled column vilifies the #UK left to justify #genocide

https://bit.ly/4chXkIf

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Listen: Israel is making sure Trump can't find an off-ramp in Iran

https://bit.ly/4sQJUKwr

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Listen: #BBCeditor's libel case against #OwenJones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why

https://bit.ly/4bJOl3i

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#JonathanCook | BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why

"Berg and his lawyers had hoped to force Jones to defend the article on the basis it was a “statement of fact”.

This distinction is crucial. Had the judge agreed with Berg’s team, responsibility would have fallen on Jones to prove what amounts to intent by Berg to skew BBC coverage – something that, in the absence of internal documents revealing what was being said behind closed doors – would have been nigh impossible."

https://archive.ph/QhZsP

#OwenJones #RaffiBerg #BBC

#JonathanCook | Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen

"If the idea that an Iranian opposition is poised to sweep to power looks plausible, it is only because western media has been priming their audiences with two likely falsehoods.

First, that the Iranian regime has no mass support. And second, that those out protesting exclusively blame their plight on their own rulers rather than reserving a share of their anger for external actors meddling maliciously in their lives."

https://archive.ph/z7FuR

#Iran #US

Listen: #Starmer is toast. But the dark forces that brought him to power are as strong as ever

https://bit.ly/40aTdIb

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#JonathanCook | Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry

"But I want to add a point of criticism, in particular, about one scene from the first half. An interview with Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, included a truly cringe-inducing request that she condemn Hamas over its October 7 2023 attack.

We should have long moved past the point where Palestinians – more than two years into a genocide of their people – are expected to make such ritual denunciations before they can be heard.

If that isn't obvious, consider another interview during the programme – this one with Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism. The CAA is a virulently pro-Israel organisation that was recently excoriated by a judge for repeatedly misleading him – lying – in an antisemitism case it brought before the court.

Why did the programme makers not ask Falter, who actually is an apologist for Israeli violence, whether he would condemn Israel for its two-year slaughter of children in Gaza? Presumably they shied away from that confrontation because it would have suggested that they were holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government."

https://archive.ph/JgI8m

#PalestineAction #Media #Gaza #WeaponsIndustry

Listen: Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was to protect the arms industry

https://bit.ly/3O8Ljww

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