{"id":1454148,"date":"2024-01-19T16:21:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9036922"},"modified":"2024-01-19T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:21:44","slug":"gregory-shupak-on-gaza-and-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/01\/19\/gregory-shupak-on-gaza-and-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregory Shupak on Gaza and Genocide"},"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;\">CounterSpin240119.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: \"CounterSpin240119.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjQwMTE5Lm1wMw==\", 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_9036926\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9036926\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9036926\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NYT-Israel-Values-350x439.png\" alt=\"NYT: Israel Can Defend Itself and Uphold Its Values\" width=\"350\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NYT-Israel-Values-350x439.png 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NYT-Israel-Values-600x753.png 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NYT-Israel-Values-640x804.png 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NYT-Israel-Values.png 661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9036926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>New York Times<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/14\/opinion\/israel-gaza-war.html\">10\/14\/23<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: US corporate news media\u2019s initial response to Israel\u2019s terror campaign against Palestinians, unleashed in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas, was characterized, broadly speaking, by legitimization, a rhetorical blank check for whatever Israel might do. Israel, the <strong>New York Times<\/strong> editorial board said, \u201cis determined to break the power of Hamas, and in that effort it deserves the support of the United States and the rest of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re more than three months into that \u201ceffort.\u201d The death toll for Palestinians is, conservatively, as we record on January 18, over 24,000 people. The UN secretary general calls Gaza a \u201cgraveyard for children.\u201d So how does the <strong>Times<\/strong>\u2019 assertion that \u201cwhat Israel is fighting to defend is a society that values human life and the rule of law\u201d stand up now?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re talking this week with media critic, activist and teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/author\/gregory-shupak\/\">Gregory Shupak<\/a>. He teaches English and media studies at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, and is author of <i>The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel and the Media<\/i>, from <strong>OR Books<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_1\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_1\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_1\" 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_1\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_1\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_1\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin240119Shupak.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_1\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_1\" 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