History, mass media, geopolitics, science, tech, health, & human freedom. Examining power structures and
#propaganda
with a focus on primary source research.
MUST SEE: Journalist
@samhusseini
calls out the State Dept on their months of evasiveness and deceit about (what should be) a simple question—one that he's asked them repeatedly:
“Does the US government recognize the Geneva Conventions as applying to Gaza?”
NEW: US State Department pressed on Israel’s destruction of Israa University in Gaza
“You have NOTHING to say about this??”
“You keep saying that you want Israel not to destroy the infrastructure, yet we are seeing almost a TOTAL destruction of ALL infrastructure...”
MUST SEE: Journalists
@SMArikat
,
@MaxBlumenthal
, and
@samhusseini
grill State Department over Israeli “war crimes” and “genocidal rhetoric”
“Will you urge Israel not to starve and slaughter people, please??”
MUST SEE:
@MaxBlumenthal
&
@aaronjmate
just called the Washington Post's Elizabeth Dwoskin live on air, after she emailed The Grayzone saying she wanted to talk to them for an article she's working on about Oct 7.
She said in an email to
@AliAbunimah
that her piece is about…
NEW: China tells UN Security Council that the recent US airstrikes “constitute a grave violation of the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Syria and Iraq.” 🇨🇳🇺🇳
“The situation in the Middle East is on the verge of extreme peril...”
“Who is creating threats,…
NEW: China tells the UN Security Council: “The ICJ has taken forceful action” in “the face of repeated violations of international law” and repeated breaches of “human dignity, morality, and conscience.” 🇨🇳🇺🇳
“The Security Council has no alternative but to take further…
NEW: South Africa to the UN Security Council: “We reiterate that the international community CANNOT proclaim the importance of international law and the importance of the UN Charter in SOME situations and not in others, as if the rule of law only applies to a select few.”
“For…
Musk: “One of the first things the Nazis did” was “shut down all the press, and any means of conveying information.”
Shapiro: “The Nazis– first thing they did was take over the entire press mechanism inside Germany, and then inside the occupied areas of Europe.”
Said without a…
Transgender people deserve to live authentically, safely, and with dignity. We continue to fight for a world in which trans people can live safely and openly as themselves.
🚨 MUST SEE: Anglican Archbishop Hosam Naoum says Al Alhi Arab Hospital in Gaza received “specific warnings” by phone on Saturday, Sunday, & Monday to “evacuate the hospital” prior to Tuesday's blast.
From a presser for the Patriarchs & Heads of Churches in Jerusalem today:
Why is X deterring people from visiting —a site containing “direct quotes, with sources, from Israeli (and a few American) leaders, military personnel, and civilians”—with a vague warning claiming it “may be unsafe”?
What specifically is wrong with it,
@X
?
The expressions of genocidal intent by Israeli officials and cultural leaders since October 7 are so abundant they seem unprecedented in recent history. They have essentially indicted themselves.
Below is a comprehensive catalog of public statements by Israeli leaders which…
WATCH: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, appear to go out of their way to avoid saying the word “Palestine.”
(h/t
@prem_thakker
&
@briebriejoy
)
@michaelpsenger
FLASHBACK:
@DjokerNole
explains that freedom of choice and bodily autonomy are more important than titles, accolades, "or anything else" to a baffled Amol Rajan of the BBC. (Feb 2022)
WATCH: Journalist Sam Husseini (
@samhusseini
) presses the State Dept about Israeli nukes, pointing out that the US govt is legally required to cut funding to nuclear proliferators
He also asks about Nicaragua's case against Germany at the ICJ for aiding Israel's genocide:
“Rich Men North of Richmond” – Watch these people's reactions and listen to what they say about why they relate to it and how it makes them feel.
The clips in this compilation are purposely taken from channels that are NOT politically-focused. 🔊
@RnaudBertrand
@johncusack
China just addressed this at the UN today:
“The US purports that it does not seek to create conflicts in the Middle East or anywhere else, but in reality it does precisely the opposite...”
NEW: China tells UN Security Council that the recent US airstrikes “constitute a grave violation of the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Syria and Iraq.” 🇨🇳🇺🇳
“The situation in the Middle East is on the verge of extreme peril...”
“Who is creating threats,…
Israeli historian Raz Segal: “Israel is very deeply immersed in a genocidal discourse,” where we see “CLEAR incitement to genocide”—a crime in & of itself under the Genocide Convention.
“You don't need a degree in comparative literature to interpret these kinds of signs and…
@StateDeputySpox
Yeah, ok, Vedant. Here's you literally three days ago refusing to call on
@samhusseini
after he asked you one of “the hard questions” and tried to “provide crucial information to the world” about Israeli nukes (and the implications thereof):
On Monday,
@samhusseini
pressed the State Dept about a possible legal Achilles' heel to US funding of the genocide in Gaza: Israel's nuclear proliferation.
On Tues,
@StateDeputySpox
refused to call on him, despite giving numerous other reporters 3, 4, even 5 questions each:
NEW: US State Dept refuses to say if they'll respect ICJ's decision tomorrow in South Africa's genocide case against Israel
“Doesn't that undermine the US insistence that OTHER countries ought to follow these court rulings?”
“What does it leave of the ‘rules-based order’ if…
TODAY: Hamas official Osama Hamdan says they will commit to a ceasefire if ordered by the ICJ at tomorrow's public sitting, as long as Israel commits as well.
They will also “release the Zionist detainees” they are currently holding “if the occupation state releases all…
🚨 BREAKING: Nicaragua officially files for permission to intervene “as a party” in South Africa's genocide case against Israel
“Nicaragua requests the Court to adjudge and declare... that the State of Israel has breached and continues to breach its obligations under the…
@azaizamotaz9
“The Israeli military is using remote-controlled quadcopters equipped with rifles to patrol the perimeter of Gaza’s hospitals, say doctors.”
“We have had wounded come [to the hospital] and say that it’s been firing at people in the streets.”
“It’s like a drone sniper and it…
FLASHBACK: Biden says he’ll impeach Bush if he bombs Iran without congressional approval
“I got a group of constitutional scholars together to write a piece that I'm going to deliver to the whole US Senate...”
“The President HAS NO CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY...”
From Dec 2007:
Here's the email she sent
@AliAbunimah
, and his reply.
She says WaPo describes
@intifada
“as a far left publication” with an “anti-Israel bent.”
Ali: “More accurate labels might be pro-fact, pro-Palestinian rights, pro-international law & anti-genocide.”
Undoubtedly worried by the growing reach of The Electronic
@Intifada
's accurate reporting debunking genocidal Israel's fabrications and lies about Oct 7, the
@washingtonpost
has assigned
@lizzadwoskin
to write a hit piece about us. What an honor! Here's her email and my response
@Snowden
Reminiscent of the “Collateral Murder” video—an international scandal that's still discussed to this day. Happened in 2007, published by
@wikileaks
in 2010.
Israel is committing similar (or worse) massacres every day with impunity and it's being streamed in near real-time.
@samhusseini
The Times of Israel is also reporting that this is “the first time in over a month” that Hamas has launched such an attack.
“...damaging several cars but not causing any injuries.”
“Seven of the 11 rockets were shot down by the Iron Dome...”
Here is an ISRAELI PINK FLOYD COVER BAND performing "The Wall" live in early 2020.
In Tel Aviv.
It's almost as if they -- and the large crowd -- know that it's an obvious satirical condemnation of racism, fascism, etc, not an endorsement.
The reporters in this video are Said Arikat (
@SMArikat
) and Matt Lee (
@APDiploWriter
).
The guy pretending he doesn't know Israel is deliberately and systematically destroying civilian infrastructure in Gaza is Matthew Miller (
@StateDeptSpox
).
This is the second time in less than a week that China has called the US out like this. Here they are 5 days earlier criticizing the US for its role in Israel's crimes, including the continued “indiscriminate military attacks and destruction of Gaza”:
China joins South Africa in calling out US complicity in Israel's ‘repeated violations of international law’ at UN Security Council
“Palestine's ambassador also rebuked the Council for their inaction, demanding a ceasefire resolution...”
MORE:
🇿🇦 South Africa notes that—as an occupying power—Israel does not have a right to “self-defense” under international law in their war on Gaza, and that the ICJ's ruling merely “noted” Israel's attempt to claim otherwise, “without giving it any further credence.”
“The assertion by…
China 🇨🇳: “There has long been an overwhelming consensus in the international community for an immediate ceasefire. Yet, it's regrettable that a certain country has persisted in their obstruction...”
Larger version of the same video from the UN Security Council meeting today:
@MaxBlumenthal
The next question for people to ask themselves is why someone like that has this level of access (and not just to RFK Jr., although it's a particularly eyebrow-raising example)...
WATCH: International law professor Francis Boyle discusses the implications of this week's ICJ order, the cutoff of funds to UNRWA, the Biden admin's legal complicity under both international & US law, and how this might play out in the UN Security Council and General Assembly…
@StateDeputySpox
“We honor the courageous journalists who ask the hard questions and provide crucial information to the world”
Does the US government recognize the Geneva Conventions as applying to Gaza,
@StateDeputySpox
?
MUST SEE: Journalist
@samhusseini
calls out the State Dept on their months of evasiveness and deceit about (what should be) a simple question—one that he's asked them repeatedly:
“Does the US government recognize the Geneva Conventions as applying to Gaza?”
When
@washingtonpost
's
@lizzadwoskin
was at Columbia, she denied Nakba, claiming there was "no Palestinian nation" and Palestine, with 100s of villages and cities, was home to just a few "desert Bedouins." That's who's assigned to write about
@intifada
🇿🇦 South Africa puts the US and other countries on notice at the UN Security Council: Per the Genocide Convention and ICJ order, they must “act independently and immediately to prevent genocide by Israel, and to ensure that they are not themselves in violation of the Genocide…
@loffredojeremy
Britain's Channel 4 News reports on an Israeli conference calling for the resettlement of Gaza, which was attended by multiple Israeli ministers
“They want to use this moment of crisis to expel Palestinians from Gaza...”
Jan 2024:
JUST IN: South Africa 🇿🇦 invokes the Genocide Convention, filing an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and requesting provisional measures to protect against further “severe and irreparable harm.”
@samhusseini
WATCH: 🇵🇸 Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza (
@azaizamotaz9
) wins the TRT World Citizen Communicator Award for 2024
“I wish to give this award to ANYONE, to EVERYONE, who filmed, who speak, who wrote about what is happening here,” said Motaz in a pre-recorded acceptance…
🇿🇦 South Africa summarizes Israel's obligations under the ICJ order to the UN Security Council
“These provisional measures are directly binding on Israel...”
“There's clearly no credible basis for Israel continue to claim that its military actions are in full compliance with…
WATCH: State Dept refuses to say whether IDF shooting an unarmed civilian in a group waving white flag is a war crime, or even whether they’d support an investigation
“That is for the IDF to undertake...”
They also won't say if they've talked to Israel about their tank attack…
🚨 BREAKING:
@X
suspends investigative journalist
@KitKlarenberg
, who has done extensive reporting for The Grayzone, MintPress News & others on “the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions”—including re: Israel's current genocide.
Jan 12 vs today:
Twitter has banned
@KitKlarenberg
, one of the most impactful journalists working today, evidenced by his detainment and interrogation by Brittish terror police over his factual reporting last year.
@elonmusk
fix this
MUST SEE: Journalist
@cosgrove_iv
presses pro-Israel Congressmen about Benjamin Netanyahu & the Israeli government's long history of propping up Hamas
“Shouldn't you look into this BEFORE we send billions of dollars over to Israel?”
Ft.
@ScottHortonShow
&
@ComicDaveSmith
The Intercept—citing a leaked internal memo—reports that New York Times instructed its journalists “not to use the word Palestine ‘except in very rare cases.’ ”
Are the same instructions in place at the White House?
WATCH: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, appear to go out of their way to avoid saying the word “Palestine.”
(h/t
@prem_thakker
&
@briebriejoy
)
“Before the British swept in, there was no Palestinian nation. The territory was taken from the ailing Ottoman Empire, and consisted of desert Bedouins without a sense of national identity as we know it today.”
–Elizabeth Dowskin, May 3, 2002
“X” is deterring people from reading this investigation by Israeli news site YNet—which corroborates previous reporting by
@MaxBlumenthal
& others re: IDF killing Israelis on Oct 7—with a “link may be unsafe” warning.
Try this Google translated version:
Full YNet investigation on Oct 7:
-Confirmation of "mass Hannibal" friendly fire orders
-70 cars hit by Israeli helicopters, tanks or anti-tank missiles "and at least in some cases everyone in the vehicle was killed"
-Firing regulations abandoned
FLASHBACK: Wolf Blitzer debates
@normfinkelstein
on Israel/Palestine in 1989. Asked whether “the Palestinians, too, have the right to a secure homeland,” Blitzer sidesteps the question & calls opponents of Zionism “racist.”
Finkelstein, a Jewish political scientist, pushes back.
Whitney Webb (
@_whitneywebb
) writes in this new piece:
“The disastrous situation at the US-Mexico border is, and has been, intentionally produced...”
“While the justifications for the frenzied media coverage are based on the actual reality that the border is indeed highly…
NEW Article - As outrage builds over the border crisis, Congress is using real concerns to quietly advance the controversial "smart wall" as the implementation of "digital borders" picks up globally.
NEW: Former UN human rights official
@CraigMokhiber
reacts to the UN Security Council adopting a “hollowed out” resolution on aid to Gaza, after the US threatened to veto the original draft.
“This is another fig leaf that allows [the US] to avoid domestic and global condemnation…
WATCH: Despite saying over & over that they need to wait for Israel to investigate their own murders of the
@WCKitchen
workers before drawing any conclusions, Matt Miller repeatedly calls it a “mistake”
He did it at least 7 times, even after being called out on it by a reporter:
If it weren’t clear enough
@lizzadwoskin
was planning an anti-Palestine hit piece from the emails below, check out her timeline. Nonstop pro-Israel propaganda. Screenshot of tweets followed by excerpt from shared articles. More below.
@washingtonpost
should take her off story.
SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦: “Unfortunately in the days since the court's decision, we have seen the Israeli government continue its illegal actions in violation of the court order.”
They pledge to “continue to act within institutions of global governance” to protect the rights of…
🇵🇸 PALESTINE: “The ICJ has offered a resounding rebuke to those who claimed that the case of genocide against Israel was ‘meritless’ and ‘baseless.’ ”
“The court also dismissed the premise that somehow Israel, by its very nature, would be above the law and could not be accused…
Watch the full Grayzone livestream here. The segment where
@MaxBlumenthal
&
@aaronjmate
call Elizabeth Dwoskin (after discussing the emails that they and
@AliAbunimah
received from her) begins around 56:30, but they covered many other topics as well:
Human rights lawyer
@CraigMokhiber
on invoking the Genocide Convention:
“The Genocide Convention has a specific provision that mentions the ICJ & says that any state can bring a claim for genocide, or genocide PREVENTION...”
“It would be very important. States SHOULD bring it.”…
South Africa's comments about Israel's failed “self-defense” argument echo a must-read analysis by
@CraigMurrayOrg
:
“That the ICJ has not affirmed Israel’s right to self-defence is perhaps the most important point in this interim order. It is the dog that did not bark. The…
WATCH: Human rights lawyer
@CraigMokhiber
answers a question from
@AliAbunimah
about Israeli atrocity propaganda and the crime of “incitement to genocide”:
“There's been a LOT of incitement. And there is no doubt in my mind that Western media companies, especially in the United…
NEW: South Africa to the UN Security Council: “We reiterate that the international community CANNOT proclaim the importance of international law and the importance of the UN Charter in SOME situations and not in others, as if the rule of law only applies to a select few.”
“For…
@WCKitchen
@chefjoseandres
Don't worry, the US
@StateDept
has asked Israel to investigate themselves, and anxiously awaits the results (but they also already know it was a “mistake”)
WATCH: Despite saying over & over that they need to wait for Israel to investigate their own murders of the
@WCKitchen
workers before drawing any conclusions, Matt Miller repeatedly calls it a “mistake”
He did it at least 7 times, even after being called out on it by a reporter:
“This is the ninth blackout Gaza has faced... [it] began just hours after Israel finished defending itself at the [ICJ]...”
“Israeli jammed Gaza's internet and telecoms networks just before its ground invasion in late October... preventing Palestinians there from sharing what…
NEW: Russia condemns “brazen act of aggression” by the US in Syria and Iraq, calling out Washington's selective & self-serving approach to international law and support for Israel's “inhumane, bloody operation” in Gaza 🇷🇺🇺🇳
“Perhaps this kind of mob-like action is part of the…
After not a word of criticism of Israel was uttered at the State Dept briefing for the first 15 minutes, I spoke up.
In the course of the event I asked a series of questions including:
“Does Israel have a right to kill civilians, Matt?”
"Will You Urge Israel to Not Starve and…
Video montage about Motaz Azaiza (
@azaizamotaz9
) shown during the TRT World Citizen Awards in Istanbul, where he received the Communicator Award:
“Born and raised in the Deir al-Balah refugee camp in Gaza, Motaz Azaiza is no stranger to the violence of the Israeli regime.
As a…
“More than 40% of the dead in Gaza are children, the UN said, with 3,900 reported child victims, and another 1,250 missing and presumed buried under bombed buildings... ‘The numbers are obviously catastrophic,’ said Unicef spokesperson Toby Fricker.”
—The Guardian, 5 Nov 2023
@SecBlinken
“The Biden administration is in violation of the US government's own Genocide Convention Implementation Act, which by the way, President Biden sponsored in the Senate. So, I regret to say they know exactly what they're doing here...”
—Francis Boyle
WATCH: International law professor Francis Boyle discusses the implications of this week's ICJ order, the cutoff of funds to UNRWA, the Biden admin's legal complicity under both international & US law, and how this might play out in the UN Security Council and General Assembly…
@RnaudBertrand
@danielmkovalik
South Africa themselves made this point at the UN Security Council last week. They called out the obvious double standard, then went on to put the US & others on notice regarding their “funding and facilitating” of Israel's genocide (later in this thread):
NEW: South Africa to the UN Security Council: “We reiterate that the international community CANNOT proclaim the importance of international law and the importance of the UN Charter in SOME situations and not in others, as if the rule of law only applies to a select few.”
“For…
EARLIER TODAY: Activists from a group called Christians for a Free Palestine shut down the Senate cafeteria
“The Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats...”
The organization said that 30 of people arrested are ordained clergy, according to reporting from The Hill.
“Overwhelmingly our victims were children. I would say 70-75% of the people that we operated on were elementary school age or younger. The injuries were devastating...”
🚨Upon his return from Gaza, the president of the World Surgical Foundation says "Genocide was the overwhelming impression that I got"
He adds "The world's best marksmen are not gonna shoot a kid in the head twice & in the abdomen"
Very harrowing details
WATCH: The AP's Matt Lee and others press the State Dept about possible U.S. and/or Israeli involvement in yesterday's deadly bombings in Iran
“The United States has a long history of doing things in Iran...”
🇵🇸 PALESTINE: “The ICJ has offered a resounding rebuke to those who claimed that the case of genocide against Israel was ‘meritless’ and ‘baseless.’ ”
“The court also dismissed the premise that somehow Israel, by its very nature, would be above the law and could not be accused…
WATCH: Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince says that, because “so many” countries are “incapable of governing themselves,” the US needs to “put the imperial hat back on to say we're gonna govern those countries”
“You can say that about pretty much all of Africa. They're incapable…
@azaizamotaz9
You deserve it Motaz. Hopefully your internet connectivity improves so you can start doing more broadcasts with
@Byoussef
. Those could reach a huge audience. Stay safe!
NEW: Influential Egyptian TV host & political satirist Bassem Youssef (
@Byoussef
) says he plans to start doing a daily Instagram Live broadcast with Gaza-based photojournalist Motaz Azaiza (
@azaizamotaz9
) within the next few days.
“I want to be one of the people that help in…
🚨 BREAKING:
@X
suspends investigative journalist
@KitKlarenberg
, who has done extensive reporting for The Grayzone, MintPress News & others on “the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions”—including re: Israel's current genocide.
Jan 12 vs today:
They're really disappointed guys. Let down. Didn't even see it comin’. Long faces all around.
“Anyways, here's a ceasefire veto and billions of dollars worth of aid and weaponry...”
(h/t
@tinkeringhalo2
)
NEW: Russia condemns “brazen act of aggression” by the US in Syria and Iraq, calling out Washington's selective & self-serving approach to international law and support for Israel's “inhumane, bloody operation” in Gaza 🇷🇺🇺🇳
“Perhaps this kind of mob-like action is part of the…
Also of note: Sam Husseini (
@samhusseini
) went to the State Dept briefing yesterday, but
@StateDeputySpox
refused to call on him. Likewise for the previous time he went.
Sam is one of the most well-versed journalists in the world on this issue, and his work has been a major…
China joins South Africa in calling out US complicity in Israel's ‘repeated violations of international law’ at UN Security Council
“Palestine's ambassador also rebuked the Council for their inaction, demanding a ceasefire resolution...”
MORE:
🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA @ THE ICJ: “Today we are joined in court by representatives of the Palestinian state... Palestinians who work in the field of human rights, including residents of Gaza, who were in Gaza just a few days ago. They are some of the lucky ones who managed to get out of…
WATCH: After posting a short video of himself having some “peaceful moments�� by the sea in Gaza, journalist Motaz Azaiza (
@azaizamotaz9
) gets an anonymous phone call.
WATCH: After posting a short video of himself having some “peaceful moments” by the sea in Gaza, journalist Motaz Azaiza (
@azaizamotaz9
) gets an anonymous phone call.
NOW: Speaking to the UN Security Council,
@UNReliefChief
Martin Griffiths describes the disastrous humanitarian situation caused by Israel's on-going war on Gaza:
— 22 of the 36 hospitals non-functional
— Remaining 14 hospitals “only partially” functional
— Severe shortages of…
WATCH: The US vetoes Algeria’s ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council, despite impassioned appeal from Algerian ambassador Amar Bendjama
“Today, every Palestinian is a target for death, extermination, and genocide...”
“A vote in favor of this draft resolution is a…
On Monday,
@samhusseini
pressed the State Dept about a possible legal Achilles' heel to US funding of the genocide in Gaza: Israel's nuclear proliferation.
On Tues,
@StateDeputySpox
refused to call on him, despite giving numerous other reporters 3, 4, even 5 questions each:
WATCH: After posting a short video of himself having some “peaceful moments” by the sea in Gaza, journalist Motaz Azaiza (
@azaizamotaz9
) gets an anonymous phone call.
🧵 1/ At the UN Security Council today, Christopher Lockyear, secretary general of Doctors Without Borders (
@MSF_USA
), provided an urgent update on Israel's assault on Gaza.
He began by describing a horrific attack on one of their staff shelters this week:
WATCH: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, appear to go out of their way to avoid saying the word “Palestine.”
(h/t
@prem_thakker
&
@briebriejoy
)
@LegendaryEnergy
Here’s
@ggreenwald
breaking down the Daily Wire's supposed “wide variety of positions on Israel.”
“As long as you affirm Israel's moral superiority, we'll let you occasionally, as an aside, question whether the US should be financing it from an isolationist perspective...”
UPDATE: The international coalition of organizations urging countries around the world to support South Africa's genocide case against Israel is growing rapidly, says
@adriennepine
.
“There's actually THREE HUNDRED organizations that have signed at this point since we issued the…
Yesterday was World Press Freedom Day. Instead of having a press briefing, the State Dept put out a scripted video of their deputy spokesmen reciting insincere platitudes.
Here it is, alongside clips of
@APDiploWriter
&
@samhusseini
questioning them about Julian Assange on World…
Blinken admits that “a record number of humanitarian workers” have been killed “in this particular conflict” (in Gaza), but as usual his response to one of Israel's latest atrocities—the murder of 7 aid workers from World Central Kitchen—is to ask the genocidal Israeli regime to…
NEW: Relatives of Israeli hostages burst into Knesset Finance Committee meeting demanding action
“Protesters say they have been ‘forgotten’ as Netanyahu touts mysterious ‘initiative’ to free hostages held in Gaza but declines to elaborate,” reports The Times of Israel.
“You…
LEE: Is Julian Assange a journalist?
PATEL: He's been charged with crimes
LEE: Yeah but anyone can be charged with anything. Is he a journalist or not?
PATEL: He's been charged with crimes that endangered national security
HUSSEINI: How? By exposing US govt criminality? 🤨
Yesterday was World Press Freedom Day. Instead of having a press briefing, the State Dept put out a scripted video of their deputy spokesmen reciting insincere platitudes.
Here it is, alongside clips of
@APDiploWriter
&
@samhusseini
questioning them about Julian Assange on World…