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As Americans, we’re constantly told, “Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.” The narrative is always that they’re “our greatest ally” because we shar
by jay-barronville 2y ago
As Americans, we’re constantly told, “Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.” The narrative is always that they’re “our greatest ally” because we share similar values to them. Well, one of our values—in fact, a constitutionally protected one—is press freedom. Al Jazeera has been the only media/news outlet in Israel that offered the Palestinian perspective and they’ve shut it down. As a rule, you’re probably not the good guys when your tactic for winning the information war is censoring the other side—especially while you’re being accused by millions across the world of committing a genocide (whether you agree with that characterization or not).
- bink 2y agoOf course the US just voted to ban TikTok for vague national security reasons, so maybe we do have a lot in common.
- jay-barronville 2y agoEven the TikTok ban appears to have been led by the Israeli lobby and Israeli operatives because so much of the TikTok content re the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has leaned in favor of the Palestinians [0][1]. [0]: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/the-truth-about-tiktok-hashtags-and-content-during-the-israel-hamas-war https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/the-truth-about-tiktok-has... [1]: https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1787134138283155963 https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1787134138283155963
- Der_Einzige 2y agoThat TikTok ban will likely be overturned by the Supreme Court on first amendment grounds.