Israel’s attacks on Gaza documented ‘minute by minute’ by global media

Published December 30,2023

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Thanks to worldwide media retailers together with Anadolu, it’s the “first time in history” that we’ve a “a minute by minute” protection of a “genocide,” US-based scholar of Palestinian origin Hatim Bazian mentioned, referring to Israeli assaults on the Gaza Strip which have killed greater than 21,000 folks in 12 weeks.

“This is the first time in the history where we actually have a minute by minute documentation of a genocide unfolding,” Prof. Hatim Bazian, who lectures on the University of California, Berkeley, advised Anadolu in an unique interview.

“… Journalist are literally the eyes and the witnesses to the genocide, because they are documenting it. We are going to have millions and millions, if not billions, of data, minute by minute, second by second, of this unfolding genocide. We’re going to have minute by minute the destruction of these apartment buildings, with civilians living in their midst and collapsing them.”

Bazian mentioned proof introduced by organizations and journalists reporting from Gaza, regardless of censorship and restrictions on pro-Palestinian content material on social media, efficiently countered biased and one-sided protection in Western media.

Leading the American Muslims for Palestine, one of many outstanding Muslim civil society teams within the US, Bazian mentioned mainstream media within the US, counting on the Israeli narrative and tales, tends to be pro-Israel because of its dependence on the Israeli military as a news supply, ensuing within the unfold of the Israeli narrative and overshadowing the tales of Palestinians.

“This was completely different in the social media space where actually the Palestine narrative as a result of many people joining and writing and amplifying what they were seeing coming to them directly, almost on a daily basis. So, we could see a difference between mainstream versus the social media,” he added.

Bazian highlighted that this influence on social media has additionally exerted stress on the US authorities, forcing politicians to make adjustments in insurance policies and rhetoric.

– Risk of pro-Palestinian posts being thought-about as endorsing terrorism within the US

Speaking on the largest Muslim NGO congress within the US, organized twice a 12 months by the Muslim American Society (MAS) and the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Bazian harassed the significance of social media in making the voice of Palestinians heard globally.

Highlighting the danger of authorized repercussions beneath terrorism legal guidelines for posts made on social media accounts of organizations and entities labeled as terrorist within the US, the educational beneficial sharing content material from dependable news sources as an alternative.

Emphasizing the significance of verifying emotionally impactful content material from two or three sources, Bazian mentioned sharing misinformation shouldn’t forged a shadow over the simply explanation for Palestine.

– Journalists documenting this unfolding genocide, are heroes

Recalling the killing of journalists, together with Anadolu’s cameraman Montaser-Al Sawaf, within the ongoing Israeli onslaught, which started after the Oct. 7 Hamas offensive, Bazian mentioned: “The journalists in essence, being witnesses to history, but in this case, not only they are witnesses to history, but history is being made over their bodies, in a literal sense … the journalists in Gaza, the journalists who are documenting this unfolding genocide, for me they are the heroes of this whole period.”