{"id":1266518,"date":"2023-10-13T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9035782"},"modified":"2023-10-13T15:24:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:24:47","slug":"phyllis-bennis-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/13\/phyllis-bennis-on-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Phyllis Bennis on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231013.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231013.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMDEzLm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9035783\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9035783\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9035783 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BBC-Gaza-350x197.png\" alt=\"BBC drone footage of Gaza neighborhood destroyed by Israeli bombing.\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BBC-Gaza-350x197.png 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BBC-Gaza-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BBC-Gaza-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BBC-Gaza-640x361.png 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BBC-Gaza.png 861w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9035783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>BBC<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-67072902\">10\/11\/23<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>:\u00a0 In the wake of the October 7 attacks by Hamas and the ensuing bombing campaign from Israel on the Gaza Strip, many people were surprised that <strong>CNN<\/strong>&#8216;s Fareed Zakaria aired an <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/fzgps\/date\/2023-10-08\/segment\/01\">interview<\/a> with a Palestinian activist who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2023\/10\/08\/gps-1008-mustafa-barghouti-on-israels-war-on-hamas.cnn\">frankly described<\/a> the daily human rights violations in Gaza, the right of Palestinians to resist occupation and <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/apartheid-designation-ignored-as-israel-kills-children-in-gaza-again\/\">apartheid<\/a>, and how <i>any<\/i> tools of resistance they choose are deemed violent and punishable. Such statements aren\u2019t controversial from an international law or human rights perspective, but they stand out a mile in elite US media <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/six-tropes-to-look-out-for-that-distort-israel-palestine-coverage\/\">suffused with assumptions<\/a> listeners will know: Palestinians attack, Israel responds; periods of <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/press-release\/journalists-find-quotcalmquot-when-only-palestinians-die\/\">&#8220;calm&#8221;<\/a> are when only Palestinians are dying; stone-throwing is terrorism, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/energy-minister-instructs-authorities-to-cut-off-water-to-gaza\/\">cutting off water<\/a> is not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWar is not the time for context\u201d still seems to be the mantra for many in the US press. 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