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Nearly 20,000 people have been killed so far in Gaza — almost 1 percent of the entire population — and more than 7,000 of those killed have been children. Food, medicine, fuel, and water have been cut off. Hospitals, schools, and refugee camps are still being bombed.
In the words of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Gaza has become a “graveyard for children.” And in the judgment of many experts in international law, what’s happening in Gaza amounts to genocide.
But in much of the Western press, reporters who criticize the U.S.-backed war on Gaza risk losing their jobs.
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Data journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi won a Pulitzer Prize for The New York Times just a couple months ago — but after Israel began its bombardment of Gaza, The Times stopped commissioning her work, leaving her to self-publish, unpaid, on Instagram.
MSNBC canceled The Mehdi Hasan Show, one of the only shows on all cable news providing critical coverage of the U.S.-backed Israeli assault on Gaza, following a pointed interview with Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev.
Other outlets that have sidelined pro-Palestinian voices include the BBC, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, and many others.
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