Netflix is under fire for pulling 19 films from its Palestine category, prompting widespread criticism from users and rights advocates. In mid-October, viewers noticed the significant absence of Palestinian content, leading to suspicions that pressure from pro-Israel groups influenced the decision. Rights organization Freedom Forward has expre...
The Washington Post has refused to endorse any candidate for president, in a move not seen since the 1980s. It also has said it will no longer do so in future presidential elections. Publisher Will Lewis announced the decision in a post on X on Friday. He wrote the statement is “in support of our […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – American news network CNN has drawn fierce criticism over a piece on the mental health struggles of Israeli soldiers who returned from Gaza. Critics argue it whitewashes the perpetrators of violence and trivializes Palestinians’ suffering. The article, which focused on Israeli soldiers’ experiences of trauma a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A dozen US lawmakers called on President Joe Biden Tuesday to authorize an independent investigation into a targeted Israeli attack on a group of journalists that killed one person and injured six others. Among those targeted in the attack was American Dylan Collins, who was working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Leb...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Meta’s Israel policy chief advocated for the censorship of Instagram accounts linked to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a group that has played a key role in campus protests against Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, The Intercept reported. Jordana Cutler, also a former senior Israeli official, used the co...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ala’ Yousef Hasan, the director of “From Ground Zero”, is optimistic about Palestine’s future. “We still have hope that we will have the chance to have our freedom,” he said. At the 6th International Friendship Short Film Festival, Hasan discussed his short film project “From Ground Zero,” which aims to ...
Online news outlet MintPress reports that numerous U.S. media figures are also former Israeli spies. White House Correspondents’ Association award winner Barak Ravid, CNN producer Shachar Peled, and New York Times producer Anat Schwartz are all alumni of Israel’s Unit 8200 — a covert ops, spying, and cyberwarfare unit, MintPress reported on Th...
The New York Times has denied accusations of publishing altered images in a recent essay detailing shocking accounts from health care workers in Gaza. Opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury emphasized that any suggestion of fabricated images is false. She confirmed that the Times possesses graphic photographs corroborating the reports of children ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japanese-American film director Neo Sora has said that the world of cinema has failed to adequately respond to the genocide in Gaza, stressing the need for a stronger reaction during his appearance at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival. US-born Sora, who posed with a Palestinian keffiyeh and a flag reading “Free ...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is calling for CBS News to lose its broadcasting license. This is in the wake of a controversy involving 60 Minutes, which edited Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’s comments during its primetime election special. On Truth Social, Trump condemned the editing, calli...
