Months after the 7 October escalation began in the Gaza Strip, an anonymous source has leaked files to independent media outlet @TheGrayzoneNews that contain apparent talking points that the pro-Israel lobby is using to coach US political figures.
The private presentation’s slides are allegedly based on polling data from Republican pollster Frank Luntz. The slides claim to explain what kind of language and imagery is most effective in maintaining public support for Israel.
Tel Aviv and its supporters have drummed up global support for its alleged military operation against militant group H*m*s by claiming the group committed sexual violence during its 7 October attack on Israel. Meanwhile, for years, Western corporate media has portrayed the general Palestinian population as violent, thereby justifying violations of international law and treaties.
The Grayzone, as well as @mondoweiss and @electronicintifada, recently interviewed an Israeli victim’s relatives, who said they had no evidence their relative was r*ped before she was killed during the 7 October attack. Yet, a 28 December New York Times article on H*m*s allegedly weaponising sexual violence used their relative as an example. The family said the Times’ reporters pressured them to speak. Despite this new information, the Times has stood by its report and its team of journalists, one of whom has turned out to be a former Israeli military intelligence officer with no journalism experience.
Israel’s operations have killed more than 31,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The International Court of Justice stated in its 26 January provisional ruling that Israel’s actions have been ‘plausibly’ genocidal.
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