Robert Miller’s Post

They took Ismail. Palestinian Journalist Ismail al-Ghoul has worked tirelessly for the last five months. He and the other Palestinian journalists and worked to learn English, and translate their information to tell English speaking westerners what they are seeing. They have worked in spite of being ⚠️targeted⚠️ to tell their stories and the stories of people that have lived in their homes, in the same place for longer than the US has existed. The US is complicit. In the words of Aaron Bushnell "Free Palestine, Free Palestine, Free Palestine." C A L L 2️⃣ A C T I O N below 🛑Ceasefire on Gaza🛑 1️⃣ Buying U.S Treasuries funds the federal budget. 2️⃣ Budget funds arms contractors supplying weapons to Israel. 3️⃣ In the 3 months, October to December 2023, $452 billion U.S. Treasuries were purchased by non-US holders. 🚨🚨the fiscal deficit of the U.S. government was $510 billion.🚨🚨 ***The WORLD sustained the one government not only standing in the way of a ceasefire, AND is actually funding the fire, during it's peak.*** 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 W E M U S T U S E O U R L E V E R A G E: 🔹Insist on a PERMANENT ceasefire - given global governments hold significant U.S. debt. 🔹 Use the toolkit here www.iegen.pro/toolkit to send emails, call governments, financial regulators, and organisations. https://lnkd.in/e8-thvG5

We’re in a period of such polarisation that there is no shared source of truth. We are each tasked with cherry picking ideas, statistics, concepts, reports and other data to compile what we “believe” to be true. We can no longer trust big media. ❌ I remember it really unraveling with COVID. With some considering those who wouldn’t vaccinate to be risking others’ lives, whilst others were vehemently against the vaccine. Both had science-backed evidence for their view. Both had fair concerns. Both were logical and in many ways, both were right. But they were passionately divided. And now I see the same happen with Israel and Palestine though this time I’m taking sides. I cannot see any remaining arguments or justification for Israel’s actions over the past year nor the previous decades. Yet my sources - Palestinian journalists, Double Down News, United Nations, Al Jazeera - aren’t considered enough. The narrative that Hamas *is* Palestine, the anti-Muslim undercurrent and the active efforts to invalidate these sources, means quoting them can be fruitless. And all of the “reputable” sources are deeply biased towards Israel. What are we left with? ⁉️ I’ve consumed enough information. I’ve maintained enough relationships with people in Gaza, I’ve attended enough events to *know* what’s happening. But as the names the majority trust aren’t doing proper, balanced journalism, others *know* something different. Today I learnt I need to do more to empathise with those who haven’t been exposed to the same evidence I have. Not easy but necessary. We’re no good to one another divided.

As Israel closes another Al Jazeera office, people seem confused about why Israel is targeting journalists, and silencing critics (even children), because there are a few things they have forgotten in this chaos: (1) Israel is a colonizing autocracy, not a democracy. These two governance models are incompatible and mutually-exclusive. (2) Autocracies are...authoritarian by design (pyramid power structure). They only take orders from the guy (always a guy) with auditory hallucinations that tell him what orders to give. With centralized decision-making, only the few at the top need to be educated and informed, the rest must merely be compliant adherents. (3) Democracies, especially participatory democracies (like the Iroquois Confederacy, who first operationalized democracy) have diffuse power structures (inverted pyramid power structure). Every member needs to be well-educated, and well-informed. (4) An educated public is less compliant than an indoctrinated adherent because education impedes compliance. Therefore, democracies will invest in accurate information systems and factual public education; while autocracies will invest in efficient PR systems and indoctrination. (5) The same free and fearless press that fuels a democracy, harms an autocracy. You already knew these things. You just forgot (1). https://lnkd.in/gt-SK9jD

If you work in media or simply concerned about the future of journalism and democracy, take the time to read this article!

The Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) daring rescue of Elkadi showed that Israel cares about all of its citizens, not just Jews, and is not a monocultural mono-religious state, and in no way an apartheid one. The media cannot abide this truth, or Israel being portrayed positively, or cope with evidence that its coverage of Israel is mostly propagandistic Palestinian fiction, so it was soon looking for ways to show Israel’s alleged wickedness. CNN, a race-obsessed entertainment channel that poses as a news service, ran a story titled: “‘People are suffocating.’ Bedouins in Israel say Gaza war has worsened decades of marginalization”. Other media outlets such as the Associated Press and Reuters predictably ran similar stories because groupthink dominates today’s newsrooms where original story ideas are as rare as the Sumatran rhinoceros. I shall stick to the CNN story in this analysis because it displays all the tricks that journalists use to deceive their audience while maintaining the veneer of honest reporting. https://lnkd.in/ertB--HM

A Turkish journalist made a very insightful point yesterday He said that while the US elite / deep state never cared about the suffering of people it caused, in different countries. But in earlier years, it was careful to create a false impression of being a caring society , for the long term implications. So as not to create an obstacle for further exploitation, in the long term. For the last 3-4 years, however, the US deep state does not care any longer. It is bare-faced about suffering and destruction it causes . The elite / deep state is no longer bothered about creating a false impression of being caring and benign : Why ? He interpreted this to mean, that the elite in the US know something that we do not know. And in their eyes, the current years are not the last decades of US as a declining superpower, but the last few years . Grab what you can, before the deluge. Insightful. And disturbing too. _______________________________________________ The transfer of #1 power in the world, is normally accompanied by conflict, devastation and turmoil. Looks like we are closer to the war and turmoil period, that I thought

Masterclass in using facts to counter emotion

#MehdiHassan #unfiltered Why the #doublestandards? Why are you able to so clearly identify #Russia as the illegal invader and occupier in #Ukraine, but not #Israel in #Gaza? Why are you able to have anchors and reporters weep, get emotional on air about people being killed in hospitals in Ukraine, but not in hospitals in Gaza? Why is it, when it comes to Gaza, we go out of our way to be as objective as possible? It's so "neutral." We're so "both sides." If a Palestinian said something, we need to get an Israeli to respond. We don't do that in Ukraine. We don't have a Ukrainian official balanced out with a Russian official every time. The Ukraine parallel is so fascinating because it shows that the #WesternMedia is not unable to cover a conflict in the way it should be covered. It can. Ukraine is proof that we can cover a conflict in a way it should be covered. We just choose not to do so in Gaza. Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung: Something the #German Media also shoud focus on! #Bundespressekonferenz #RegPK

We need to listen to each other. In order to do so, we need to get the unmodified, factual, and as unbiased information as possible to listen to, directly from the ground. This is why free press, free speech and free social media communication are so important. www.pax.ngo & www.convergence.ngo

This interview between Douglas Murray and South African News Show Anchor Jane Dutton provides an excellent insight into why so few media organisations give balance to the issues around the conflict between Israel and Hamas. They can't, because to do so would expose the glaring holes and misinformation in the media narrative. In this interview, Dutton repeatedly makes false claims which Murray corrects - revealing that this is not about differences of opinion, but cold hard facts. Claiming, as Dutton does (for example) that Gaza has been 'occupied' isn't an opinion - it's a lie (Hamas had total control of Gaza between 2005 and 2023) - yet the claim of occupation is rarely challenged because so few media organisations allow those with knowledge of the issues to correct the record. Here in New Zealand there are several organisations and people who have attempted to provide balanced commentary on the matters in dispute - but they are routinely ignored by NZ media in favour of an extremely biased narrative and repeated misinformation. At best, what you're hearing through media is only one side of the story - and in most cases you're simply being lied to. If you believe in common decency and fair play, make the effort to find out the stuff you're not being told. My easy-to-read article at www.voicesforisrael.co.nz addresses this and many other false media claims. If you're confused about what's going on, I strongly encourage you to read it.....