This isn’t my first rodeo when it comes to Israel-Gaza. I don’t think it’s as small a minority as you think it is. I think they or people reading may often not be aware they’re parroting anti-semitic tropes, often because they’re disguised in dog whistles. For example going on about how ‘’‘they’‘’ control all media. Not influence or media bias, but full control of all media. Or going on about how ‘cunning’ Zionists are. In any case, they’re very loud and far too often tolerated.
The problem is that when people tolerate them or don’t tell them to fuck off, it allows supporters of Netenyahu’s government and the actual racial supremacists in his cabinet, to paint all criticism of Israel as anti-semitic.
It’s like inviting Gary Glitter to become the patron of a children’s charity. No matter how good the cause, people will never be able to fully trust you.
I will be honest, I support Israel right to protect itself (but actions do need to be investigated since the conflict started) but never seen anyone from either side say that the other controls all media.
I see a significant number of posts on lemmy that only tell one side (usually on the side of Palestine but not all), and a number that try to put out facts and tell both sides for the reader to be informed being critised every way you can - but I don’t think either controlls the media.
I’ve said this many times - a good reporters job is to report. Not to sway opinion, not to paint one in a good light and turn opinion against the other. Get the facts out as known, show the sources of information, provide insight based on fact.
We do, a tiny handful of nut jobs don’t.
This isn’t my first rodeo when it comes to Israel-Gaza. I don’t think it’s as small a minority as you think it is. I think they or people reading may often not be aware they’re parroting anti-semitic tropes, often because they’re disguised in dog whistles. For example going on about how ‘’‘they’‘’ control all media. Not influence or media bias, but full control of all media. Or going on about how ‘cunning’ Zionists are. In any case, they’re very loud and far too often tolerated.
The problem is that when people tolerate them or don’t tell them to fuck off, it allows supporters of Netenyahu’s government and the actual racial supremacists in his cabinet, to paint all criticism of Israel as anti-semitic.
It’s like inviting Gary Glitter to become the patron of a children’s charity. No matter how good the cause, people will never be able to fully trust you.
I will be honest, I support Israel right to protect itself (but actions do need to be investigated since the conflict started) but never seen anyone from either side say that the other controls all media.
I see a significant number of posts on lemmy that only tell one side (usually on the side of Palestine but not all), and a number that try to put out facts and tell both sides for the reader to be informed being critised every way you can - but I don’t think either controlls the media.
I’ve said this many times - a good reporters job is to report. Not to sway opinion, not to paint one in a good light and turn opinion against the other. Get the facts out as known, show the sources of information, provide insight based on fact.