Fog of War: The Media and the Israel–Palestine Conflict

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🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week on Deconstructed, Ryan Grim is joined by Intercept reporter Alice Speri, who has frequently reported from occupied Palestinian territory, and Palestinian American writer and political analyst Yousef Munayyer. Speri and Munayyer discuss the history behind the violence that exploded Saturday, with Hamas capturing and killing an unprecedented number of Israelis, including hundreds of civilians. They also examine the current spread of misinformation during the conflict, how the media has historically ignored violence perpetrated by Israel, and how the impunity surrounding many of those attacks by Israeli forces has given the government freedom to collectively punish Palestinian civilians broadly in revenge for the assault by Hamas.

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0:00.0	On Saturday, Hamas militants stormed through the security barrier around Gaza, taking the
0:08.8	Israeli military by surprise and capturing every base and outpost in the vicinity.
0:13.7	They also infamously raided an ongoing music festival underway in the desert, massacring
0:18.8	260 innocent civilians.
0:22.0	Others rampaged through villages, in some cases, going door-to-door and hunting for
0:26.7	those inside, killing them, or dragging them back to Gaza as hostages, where they remain
0:31.8	held.
0:33.0	The Israeli government responded not just with an unprecedented bombing campaign, dispensing
0:37.9	with previous attempts at civilian protection, but with extreme collective punishment, which
0:43.1	is against the laws of international war.
0:46.1	Israel has said that until Hamas returns its hostages, Palestinian civilians will be
0:51.6	deprived of food, water, and electricity.
0:55.2	Already, thousands of innocents have been killed on both sides, and were standing at the
0:59.4	precipice of a catastrophic loss of life.
1:03.2	The Israeli Air Force said that by Thursday morning, it had dropped 6,000 bombs against
1:08.2	what it called Hamas targets, and posted photos of the apocalyptic scenes left behind.
1:14.8	Joining me today is Yusuf Munir, head of Palestine Israel Program at Arab Center in Washington
1:20.0	DC, and my colleague, Aliche Sparry, who has reported frequently from Israel and the
1:25.6	West Bank.
1:27.9	Yusuf, welcome to deconstructed.
1:29.9	Thanks for having me.
1:30.9	And Aliche, thank you for joining me.
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