Media failures and incomplete translations have led to a spread of inauthentic, mistranslated, and truncated quotes from Israeli officials about Gaza. The misquotes have been cited in various media outlets and even in the International Court of Justice, leading to a submission in a genocide tribunal. Critics of Israel in the press are accused of using false and misleading quotes to justify the accusation of genocidal intent in Israel's actions.
The problem for Israel's critics in the press is that Israel's actions are not consistent with genocidal intent. So to justify the accusation, they use a bunch of false and misleading quotes. One clear example is they will cite Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stating "We…
I wrote about how a cascade of media failures led to a bunch of inauthentic, mistranslated, and truncated quotes from Israeli officials about Gaza being cited everywhere from the New York Times, NPR, and the BBC, to the International Court of Justice. https://t.co/A221QGgIV6
My latest: I wrote about how a cascade of media failures led to a bunch of inauthentic, mistranslated, and truncated quotes from Israeli officials about Gaza being cited everywhere from the New York Times to NPR and the BBC. https://t.co/A221QGgIV6
How incomplete subtitles on a short video led to endless misquoting in the press (and in Congress) of Yoav Gallant’s statement about Hamas — and now a submission in a genocide tribunal. https://t.co/bmE3YEkYtz
It's one thing for David Cameron to talk outrageous nonsense about Israel and Palestine. It's another thing for the media to completely fail to do its job - and let these myths and lies spread. https://t.co/RRovpTixW6