Put on your shocked faces, because apparently Vox is lying about Israel and Israeli Jews again:
Vox apparently wants readers to think Israel invaded Bethlehem out of nowhere, and suggests the second intifada *followed* the invasion.
Of course, that "uprising"—ie the murdering of Israeli civilians in cafes, buses, and markets—prompted the invasion of West Bank cities. pic.twitter.com/lkMCaEvUho
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
Just an honest mistake, we’re sure.
Wow…
This isn’t just wrong. It’s inexcusably dishonest. They completely lied about the timeline to shift blame onto Israel for a defensive counter measure aimed at stopping an extended weekly wave of terrorism aimed at civilians. https://t.co/9E5C0VQ52Y
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) December 24, 2019
Hard to describe how offensive this is. I had friends who died and were injured during the Second Intafada. Israelis lived in fear of normal daily activities like riding busses.
And btw the wave of terrorism was triggered by a Jew (Sharon) visiting Judaism's holiest site.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) December 24, 2019
But wait! There’s more:
The same article, published on Monday, claims has banned Gaza's Christians from entering Bethlehem.
Why doesn't Vox want readers to know that, on Sunday, Israel announced it would allow Gaza Christians into Bethlehem, and gave permits to a third of Gaza's Christian population? pic.twitter.com/7zx2vm75XY
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
3/ Such reporting from Vox is disappointing and unethical. But surprising? No.
In fact, Vox has inverted chronology before, when it claimed that Palestinians "responded" to Israeli airstrikes by firing rockets in 2014. As was amply documented at the time, the opposite is true. pic.twitter.com/2QGhVvS9wE
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
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4/ Vox is also the same outlet that had to admit it had "misread B’Tselem’s data tables in a way that significantly under-counted Israeli deaths."
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
5/ It called the age-old Jewish community in Hebron “newcomers,” apparently to take the sting off the 1929 slaughter of Hebron's Jews by their Palestinian neighbors.
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
6/ It absurdly insisted the Arab-Israeli conflict is “one of the world’s longest-running, and most violent, political disputes,” though it was responsible for a mere 1/10 of one percent of the world’s conflict-related deaths a year earlier.
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
7/ It falsely claimed there are world-class hospitals in Israeli settlements. There are no hospitals, just clinics.
It falsely claimed Gaza had been ruled by Jordan.
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
8/ Oh, and of course Vox is the outlet that tut-tutted Israel for restricting Palestinian traffic on the bridge that connects Gaza and the West Bank.
The imaginary bridge that connects Gaza and the West bank.
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
How could we forget about the infamous Gaza Bridge?
9/ One more thing about the current article. Here, Vox plays bait-and-switch to give the impression Israel impoes severe limitations on the "development of the city."
But Bethlehem is 10 sq. km, and has a population of ≈25,000. So what's 210,000, and what's confined? pic.twitter.com/1bD67Itqeh
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
Why do people trust Vox again?
Read the whole thread about Vox's awful record on this subject.
WaPo had an article after the Gaza bridge disaster suggesting https://t.co/OV0DERVSSl shd stop writing about Israel because they can't seem to do so accurately. Wish they'd taken that advice.https://t.co/LfmJi686hZ
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) December 24, 2019
They’re too smart to take that advice.
Sorry, Vox, but this isn't a suburb of the city of Bethlehem.
Or more appropriately—sorry, Vox readers. pic.twitter.com/f0MLQDU7ZG
— Gilead Ini (@GileadIni) December 24, 2019
Oh well. We’re sure Rashida Tlaib would approve of Vox’s reporting, at least. So they’ve got that going for them.