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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Israel is assassinating journalists (with US media’s help)

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Useful Idiots, LLC

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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For $5 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and chat live with Katie and Aaron in the Absurd Arena at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Ted Cruz on Liberal Women's Sex Lives https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/ted-cruz-on-liberal-womens-sex-lives?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web “They’re targeting journalists,” says Anan Quzmar, a volunteer with the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate. “But it’s maybe a wider segment of the Palestinian society. The target is the foundations of Palestinian society.” Anan speaks to us from the West Bank city of Tulkarm, reporting on the estimated 97 journalists who have been killed by Israel. “These people represent a portal for hope for the people of Gaza. They deliver their voices to people around the world. And targeting them is basically killing hope.” Anan shares the stories of his journalist friends and heroes who have been hunted, killed, or forced to flee by Israel. He goes on to explain that it isn’t just Israel, but the US, President Biden, and our corporate media who are inciting this genocide: “They are complicit in justifying, facilitating, and covering up for an ongoing genocide.” Just this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that it is the Palestinians who are the aggressors and Israel who is the victim. This comes after Biden doubled down on his false claims of seeing photos of beheaded babies and state-media propagandists like Jake Tapper and Dana Bash pushed unverified claims of mass rape. These tactics contribute to the US strategy of dehumanizing Palestinians and selling a genocide. Subscribe to hear the full interview with Anan Quzmar where he debunks claims that Hamas is using human shields (and proves that Israel does use them), calls out Israeli journalists who are cheering on the murder of Palestinian journalists, and what he’s witnessing living in the West Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:27.0

Hello and welcome to Useful Idiots. I'm Katie Halper.

0:35.6

And I'm Mary Matte. Hey everybody, thanks for joining us.

0:38.0

Remember, Useful Idiots, Podcast.com is our website where you can go for bonus content and to support the show.

0:45.2

This week we are looking at the very important issue, overlooked issue of journalism in Palestine,

0:52.2

which is under complete assault by Israel.

0:56.1

Dozens of Palestinian journalists have been killed so far

0:58.9

in this genocide in Gaza.

1:02.0

And we'll be looking at what it's like to be a Palestinian journalist under

1:06.6

bombardment.

1:07.6

Yeah and we'll be talking to Anan Kuzmar who is with the Palestinian journalist

1:12.3

syndicate.

1:13.2

And again, it'll probably reach a higher number

1:16.6

by the time this is released, but as of now,

1:18.8

97 journalists have been killed that we know of. It's a genocide of journalists.

1:25.0

Yeah, I mean, it's hard to segue from something so serious like that

1:30.0

into the four basic food groups, but I guess there's nothing for us to do but carry on and move on.

1:35.8

Yes exactly so what do we have for Democrats suck? Well it's related actually so for

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