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cross-posted from: https://hcommons.social/users/adachika192/statuses/113799891554598477

Quaker group pulls NYT ad over paper’s refusal to let it call Israel’s Gaza bombing ‘genocide’ (Guardian, 2025-01-08)

[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/08/new-york-times-ad-cancel-gaza-genocide] ———

“The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a #Quaker organization that advocates for peace, said on Monday the group cancelled a planned advertisement in the New York Times in response to the paper refusing to allow it to refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide.”

“According to the #AFSC press release, when the group refused [to use ‘war’ instead of ‘genocide’], the New York Times responded with an email that read, in part: ‘Various international bodies, human rights organizations, and governments have differing views on the situation. In line with our commitment to factual accuracy and adherence to legal standards, we must ensure that all advertising content complies with these widely applied definitions.’”

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#NYT #NameGenocideGenocide

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24607807

"...the House may vote as early as tomorrow on a bill that would impose sanctions on the #ICC, a blatant act of retaliation for its decision to issue the arrest warrants. House #Republicans are prioritizing protecting #Netanyahu — a wanted war criminal — from prosecution, so much so that it is one of the first bills they are bringing in the new Congress."

from #TheWire
[online publication of #JewishVoiceForPeace #JVP in #USA]

President-elect Donald Trump shared a blistering critique of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by economics professor Jeffrey Sachs that blasts the leader for having dragged the United States into “phony wars” in Iraq and Syria.

In the clip, which splices together portions of the academic’s remarks to the soundtrack of sci-fi film Interstellar, Sachs can be heard calling out previous Washington administrations for using “lies and deceit” to manufacture citizen backing for overseas conflicts before rounding on Netanyahu’s influence on U.S. foreign policy.

https://archive.ph/SeXVX

The channel 'The Flame of Liberation' spreads patriotic socialism and also spreads misinformation and confusion about Marxism. Channels like this really scare me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWMhTKXvOns

EDIT: I find the article interesting, but not in the good sense. I'm glad to know, but it only leaves me feeling achy.

I also find the down votes for this post interesting. The source is trustworthy and accurately reflects the US American populace. Perhaps the negative votes simply reflect how many, including myself, feel about this news in general.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24551088

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro Jan. 4, 2025

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT [Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]

[his answers on #Gaza are incredible for hypocrisy and total indifference to the rights of Palestinians]

https://archive.ph/aPAbi

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24550668

By Jennifer Schuessler
Published Jan. 6, 2025
Updated Jan. 7, 2025, 10:14 a.m. ET

https://archive.ph/MGVHC