Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive army intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters.
‘Legitimization Cell’: Israeli unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas
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UN Report Accuses Israel of ‘Silencing of Civil Society’ to Repress Palestinians
“We were particularly alarmed by the situation of Palestinian human rights defenders,” reads the report, “who are routinely subject to a range of punitive measures as part of the occupation regime.”
UN Report Accuses Israel of ‘Silencing of Civil Society’ to Repress Palestinians
Justin Trudeau taps top Israel lobbyist to police speech in Canada
Justin Trudeau taps top Israel lobbyist to police speech in Canada
In that role, Cotler will lead the country’s implementation of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) “working definition” of anti-Semitism.
The definition conflates criticism of Israel with anti-Jewish bigotry.