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Al Shifa Hospital: a new low in war propaganda
Even when Israel was caught using video 'evidence' it had faked itself, the Western press continued to repeat its murderous fabrications, giving a green light to its war on hospitals in Gaza, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
In this image taken from a video released by the Israeli Defence Forces on November 15, 2023, Israeli soldiers walk in the area of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City

THE Israeli government is pumping out crude propaganda and fake stories to justify its wildly destructive war in Gaza — just as Britain and the US promoted fake tales to get the Iraq and Afghan wars going.

And just like the Iraq war, while some reporters have done a great job exposing this, a substantial and larger section of the press and TV news have actually transmitted the fake stories or even added to them.

Take the Israeli army (IDF) and its war on hospitals in Gaza. The IDF is systematically, surrounding, firing upon, invading and closing down Gaza’s hospitals and arresting key medical staff. It has made this shocking tactic seem normal with some pretty crass propaganda.

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