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World Central Kitchen halts operations in Gaza after strike kills staff (www.bbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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International food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is suspending its operations in Gaza following the death of seven of its workers in an Israeli air strike.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

it isn't obvious to anyone reading mainstream news. news orgs are bending over backwards to obfuscate who's actually doing the killing (one particularly egregious example being the NYT writing a whole-ass haiku instead of stating that Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinians seeking aid). sure, this particular headline would be ok if it was common knowledge that Israel is causing the wanton destruction in Gaza, but thanks to every other headline being like this, it isn't

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

ABC News in Australia has been using the passive voice everywhere in regards to Israel until they simply couldn't avoid it any longer now that Israel has killed an Australian aid worker.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/26/australias-abc-staffs-concerns-over-gaza-bias-revealed#:~:text=Staff%20at%20Australia's%20national%20broadcaster,claims%20that%20convulsed%20the%20outlet. ABC staff have been complaining internally about pro-Israel bias in their use of language too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Maybe we need an "honest news article" by Juice Media on YouTube 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Wow, you really weren't kidding about the haiku. Wtf.