Emily Callahan, an American nurse working with Doctors Without Borders was recently evacuated from Gaza. She is now sharing about the experience and raising awareness.
I’ve only recently started to educate myself on the complexities and intractable nature of the conflict, but there a huge amount of support that Israel get from the American government.
What are the implications of this ‘counter-narrative’ coming from CNN?
This feels like quite a shift away from the usual pro-Israel stance, but I’m completely outside the US context and am not familiar with where they sit (next to fox and so on)
Edit, stealing another comment I saw: “The mainstream media has departed from the original mission of reporting the news and is now in the business of sculpting public opinion so as to create maximum controversy to generate clicks.”
I’ve only recently started to educate myself on the complexities and intractable nature of the conflict, but there a huge amount of support that Israel get from the American government.
What are the implications of this ‘counter-narrative’ coming from CNN?
This feels like quite a shift away from the usual pro-Israel stance, but I’m completely outside the US context and am not familiar with where they sit (next to fox and so on)
The US government almost unanimously supports Israel, as does its ruling class.
The majority of working class Americans are unlikely to support sending aid to Israel if they had the option to vote directly on it.
Israel has more influence on American politics than American voters.
It’s controversial, so it sells.
Edit, stealing another comment I saw: “The mainstream media has departed from the original mission of reporting the news and is now in the business of sculpting public opinion so as to create maximum controversy to generate clicks.”
It would be a bit more tractable if the US didn’t keep throwing billions of dollars at Israel and Netanyahu in particular.