A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
“You’ve been repeating several times that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine,” Nunziati, who is a contractor with Nova, said at a press conference. “Do you believe that Israel should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza since they have destroyed almost all its civilian infrastructure?”
Well, how dare she ask such inflammatory questions in front of her betters. Journalists should know their place and only ask the pre-approved questions handed to them.
One thing that is entirely facepalm-worthy is this “explanation” the Nova agency gave:
Francesco Civita, a spokesperson for Nova, confirmed that the news agency had ended its relationship with Nunziati over his Gaza question. Civita said that Nunziati had been let go for asking a question that was “technically incorrect” because Russia had invaded a sovereign country unprovoked, whereas Israel was responding to an attack.
So, Pinho could have just made that case, right? There was nothing pushy or loaded about the question. If anything, if one truly believes that the two cases are so different, then they should actually want to be asked this question, as a chance to educate the public about the difference.
Russia had invaded a sovereign country unprovoked, whereas Israel was responding to an attack.
Russia is an invader, Israel is a settler colonial power there is no major difference . 7 of october is an unjustifiable terrorist attack but it was not unprovoked. Settlers in the west bank never stopped attacking palestinians civilians. Israel never stopped stealing more land
I’m sure there is ton of secretly gay Palestinians that was brutality murdered by Israel. You need to stop justifying settler colonialism and use LGBT as political pawns. Even heavily homophobic population deserve to not get killed by a colonial power and live in dignity.
European settlers used to same rhetoric as yours to commit genocide against the indigenous populations like some first nations has some case of cannibalism and enslaving others
Clearly Israel only ever used special bombs, rockets, artilery shells and bullets which, when they detected a gay person, would change trajectory to avoid harming that person.
Believing that is the only way to possibly think that Israel wasn’t harming gay people.
Yeah, I just wanted to point out that by the very “logic” of that Propaganda, Israel is way more murderous towards gay Palestinians than Hamas.
It’s a propaganda line that falls flat in the face of even the simplest logical analysis.
Pinkwashing is an Israeli government propaganda strategy that cynically exploits LGBTQIA+ rights to project a progressive image while concealing Israel’s occupation and apartheid policies oppressing Palestinians. For decades, Israel’s colonial and apartheid regime has robbed, oppressed, ethnically cleansed, impoverished, imprisoned, and killed Palestinians, queer and non-queer alike. As Israel’s far-right government allies itself with homophobic, intolerant, and racist leaders around the world, including Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, and Christians United for Israel (CUFI) leader, pastor John Hagee, who combines antisemitism with Islamophobia, sexism, and homophobia, LGBTQIA+ communities are seeing through the pink smokescreen. There is growing awareness that queer and trans liberation cannot be separated from Palestinian liberation. Anti-pinkwashing activists and groups have pushed Palestinian rights to the forefront of Pride events across the world. More than 100 LGBTQIA+ groups supported the call from Palestinian queers to boycott Eurovision 2019 in apartheid Tel Aviv. Dozens of queer filmmakers have withdrawn or opposed screenings of their films at TLVFest, the Israeli government-sponsored LGBT film festival in Tel Aviv.