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November 30, 2023

How the Washington Post Turned a Story about Israel Rescuing Palestinian Children into One about Israeli Cruelty

A masterclass in journalistic manipulation.

Time and again since the current war began, Western media have engaged in obfuscations, unfounded accusations, and absurd framings in their reporting. Robert Satloff carefully dissects one egregious, and especially insidious, example: a November 17 story in the Washington Post under the headline “Israel’s War with Hamas Separates Palestinian Babies from Their Mothers.” The purported horror this article seeks to expose is that Israeli hospitals are caring for ailing Gazan infants:

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November 30, 2023

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