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Where can I NEUTRALLY keep up to date about the Palestina/Israel situation? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ad_on_is@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Looking at the two big news publishers in my country. One isn't reporting about the current bombings at all, while the other one is phrasing their words mostly anti-Palestinian.

Is there some neutral coverage I can keep up to? Where do you guys get your info from?

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[-] AmberPrince@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Right. It's all about media literacy. Once you start picking up on loaded language like "Radical Islamic terror organisation Hamas" it starts becoming pretty evident what the biases are. That's not to say the news they are reporting is false, just that it is going to take some extra work on your part to filter out all of the bullshit. Like you mentioned, the Common name of the government of Gaza is "Hamas" calling it anything else is an attempt to appeal to emotion to prime you to think about it a certain way. Like calling the Israeli government "zionists" it's ment to sway to to something, not give you news.

[-] ad_on_is@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly, that's what I'm talking about.

Obviously, with the fact that the Palestinians have been opressed for decades, which led for organisations like the Hamas to arrise, there's no good guys / bad guys in this situation.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hamas is the government in Gaza because they seized power and do not allow elections.

Calling them a radical terrorist organization is both accurate and removes the citizens of Gaza from responsibility for the actions of Hamas.

[-] BEDE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Regarding media literacy, the number one book I can recommend anyone wishing improve theirs is " The News" by Alain de Botton.

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