By Sheree Trotter for the Indigenous Coalition for Israel…
In a recent video, I discussed how the media contributes to Jew hatred.
Sadly, in the past few weeks we’ve seen a good example of this phenomenon.
On Wednesday 11 May 2022, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was tragically killed in a gun battle between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the West Bank town of Jenin.
Al Jazeera wasted no time in accusing Israel of deliberately targeting the journalist.
This claim was repeated in New Zealand by commentators on TV and in print and by an MP.
Kamahl Santamaria, hosting the Breakfast show, said, “the Qatari govt have called it state sponsored Israeli terrorism…which is an extraordinarily strong claim, but probably not far off the truth”.
Donna Miles, in a Stuff op-ed article, repeated the Al Jazeera accusation of Israel “deliberately targeting and killing” Abu Akleh.
Green MP Golriz Ghahraman wasted no time in accusing the IDF of assassinating Abu Akleh and committing a war crime.
Read the full article on the Indigenous Coalition for Israel’s website here.
