In December 2023, The New York Times published an explosive article - now widely discredited - that detailed Hamas’s agenda to weaponise rape and sexual violence on October 7. We reveal the controversies surrounding the article along with the broader issue of Western media outlets’ pro-Israeli/anti-Palestinian bias.r
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Ali Abunimah - Director, Electronic Intifadar
Chris Hedges - Former Middle East Bureau Chief, The New York Timesr
Yumna Patel - Palestine News Director, Mondoweissr
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After they won an award at the Berlinale film festival, the reaction to a speech by filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra has become the latest example of Germany’s toxic debate on Gaza. Meenakshi Ravi reports.r
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Genocide in Gaza through the eyes of Israeli soldiersr
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For months, Israeli soldiers in Gaza have been documenting their own war crimes against Palestinians and sharing them on social media.r
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The Listening Post collected and reviewed hundreds of items. We asked three experts on human rights and torture to examine the material.r
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Basil Farraj - Assistant Professor, Birzeit Universityr
Lisa Hajjar - Professor of Sociology, UC Santa Barbarar
Sarah Leah Whitson - Executive Director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)r
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Producers: Tariq Nafi and Elettra Scrivor
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With thanks to: Younis Tiwari and Tali Shapiror
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