{"id":2362,"date":"2018-05-18T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2018-07-01T20:14:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T08:14:55","slug":"gaza-10-things-the-media-isnt-telling-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/2018\/05\/gaza-10-things-the-media-isnt-telling-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza: 10 things the media isn\u2019t telling you"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Gaza clashes: 10 things the media isn\u2019t telling you <\/b><\/p>\n
(courtesy of Shalom.Kiwi<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n The mainstream media in NZ and elsewhere is currently awash with bias, ignorance and misinformation about the conflict on the Gaza border that resulted in the deaths of 60 Palestinians. Here are 10 points you are very unlikely to hear:<\/span><\/p>\n Hamas\u2019 tactics, including its targeting of Israeli civilians and use of civilian shields, are well-documented. Gazans are actors in a gruesome theatre, dying and being maimed to provide Hamas with staged photo opportunities with the aim of isolating Israel, and boosting its own flagging popularity. Media and politicians, including New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who condemn Israel while uttering not a word about Hamas nor calling for the Gazans to refrain from violence, have fallen prey to this cynical propaganda. Whether through laziness, ignorance, the bigotry of low expectations, prejudice against Israel or a combination of these things, such elites embolden a savage terrorist organisation to continue with its path of destruction, and are complicit in the inevitable loss of life.<\/span><\/p>\n Updated 21\/5\/18<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Gaza clashes: 10 things the media isn\u2019t telling you (courtesy of Shalom.Kiwi) The mainstream media in NZ and elsewhere is currently awash with bias, ignorance and misinformation about the conflict on the Gaza border that resulted in the deaths of 60 Palestinians. Here are 10 points you are very unlikely to hear: This was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[449,34,447,446],"tags":[72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions\/2386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n