8 noviembre, 2023
por Felipe Sahagún
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On GPS, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria cited a fraught history of counterinsurgency and cautioned that Israel’s war on Hamas could produce bad outcomes for both Israelis and Palestinians if longer-term endgames aren’t considered carefully.
7 noviembre, 2023
por Felipe Sahagún
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This week, Poynter and PolitiFact are hosting smart conversations with leading voices across the political spectrum during our third annual United Facts of America. There’s still time for you to register to join this free festival of fact-checking that runs through Wednesday. Continue leyendo →
6 noviembre, 2023
por Felipe Sahagún
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Updated 11:54 PM CET, November 3, 2023
Misinformation about the latest Israel-Hamas war is thriving on social media platforms, where misrepresented video footage, mistranslations and outright falsehoods often crowd out real reporting from the conflict.
In recent weeks, users have pushed false claims that “crisis actors” are staging scenes of carnage and that U.S. Marines are flooding in to fight on the ground in Gaza.
Here is a closer look at the latest misinformation spreading online — and the facts.
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6 noviembre, 2023
por Felipe Sahagún
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A fireside chat with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Jude Blanchette, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, will join Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi to discuss U.S.-China policy and the Select Committee’s work to address the strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Topics of conversation include the upcoming meeting between President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in San Francisco, the priorities of the U.S. in crafting an effective approach to the PRC in the coming decade and the rising regulatory and political risks for American companies operating in the PRC. CSIS, Nov 6, 2023
6 noviembre, 2023
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Between anguish and rage, Israel’s media are indifferent to the horrors in Gaza.
While Israel processes the trauma of October 7, the country’s media offer minimal scrutiny on the horrors in Gaza. Plus, invasive surveillance in the West Bank.
After three weeks of a punishing Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel is still refusing to allow international journalists in.
News outlets and audiences are entirely reliant on local Palestinian reporters, who risk their lives to provide a window into the war
Contributors:
Tal Schneider – Political and diplomatic correspondent, Times of Israel
Nathan Thrall – Author of ‘A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story’
Joshua Leifer – Journalist, Dissent Magazine
Omar Baddar – Deputy director, Arab American Institute
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6 noviembre, 2023
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Palestinians carry their possessions, as they flee from there homes in Al-Jalil in 1948 [File: Reuters] v@AJEnglish
On October 24, a statement by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres caused a sharp reaction by Israel. While addressing the UN Security Council, the UN chief said that while he condemned in the strongest terms the massacre committed by Hamas on October 7, he wished to remind the world that it did not take place in a vacuum. He explained that one cannot dissociate 56 years of occupation from our engagement with the tragedy that unfolded on that day.
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