U.S. media has shaped what the American public saw, questioned, & believed about Israel's genocide in Gaza. Join us July 29 for a webinar unpacking exactly how — presented w/ @prismreports.org & Visualizing Palestine, featuring Assal Rad, Adam Johnson, Robin Andersen, & @laubast.bsky.social 🧵
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soleil ho@soleilho.com · 3mo ago“Palestinians thought that by showcasing all of our vulnerabilities online, by sharing our grief, we’d [get] empathy; people would interfere, would move,” she says. “But it [was] the complete opposite: social media helped dehumanise Palestinians.” www.wired.me/story/palest...
📦The IPS Mystery Archive Box is here! We’re sending out curated surprise boxes of 10 books + journals from the IPS-USA archive, spanning more than six decades of scholarship. Just $50, get your orders in before April 20: ipsusabooks.com
As part of my fellowship with @palestinestudies.bsky.social, I help with the documentation of the media and journalism related to Palestine. I'll be your editor for the series, sign up!
Institute for Palestine Studies@palestinestudies.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe're looking to commission a writer for our Press on Palestine blog series to write the monthly roundup highlighting bias in mainstream American reporting on Palestine. You will be required to monitor the news cycle and write one monthly roundup. Apply: forms.gle/vQosRzxC5Jr6...
By enforcing draconian media censorship laws, Israel is seeking to control the narrative. @laubast.bsky.social explains 2 of its recent major media bans: barring foreign press from Gaza & prohibiting foreign broadcasters, mainly Al Jazeera, from operating. www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
Silencing and Censorship: Israel’s Dual Media Bans on Foreign Press
Palestine Square
palestine-studies.org
Newsroom leaders' top-down control over what gets published is nothing new. @laubast.bsky.social prev. investigated how newsrooms killed stories on Israel's genocide in Gaza. “The way they killed my material was violent to me … emotionally triggering & unethical," said photojournalist Eman Mohammed.
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
Sandhya Dirks@audiosand.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe most heart breaking part is this kind of "journalism" high up editor logic is NOT unique to Weiss. I wish you could've heard what I heard when my work was killed, silenced, suppressed and silenced (or at best, just criticized). It's eerily familiar. In some ways identical.
I spoke with Rana Sharif from the Palestinian Feminist Collective, Basil Farraj who oversees @palestinestudies.bsky.social’s prisoners database, and Dr. Lara Sheehi about the systemic sexual violence used by Israel’s carceral regime. For @prismreports.org, read: prismreports.org/2025/11/18/p...
Testimonies reveal rape and torture in Israeli prisons
Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates and experts say
prismreports.org
“I wished for death every moment. [...] I could hear the soldiers outside speaking Hebrew & laughing.” Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.
Testimonies reveal rape and torture in Israeli prisons
Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates and experts say
prismreports.org
In this interview with Khalil Kawtharany and Karim al-Amine, Arab academic Ali Kadri offers a searing indictment of imperialism’s logic in the Global South: war, waste, and the commodification of death. 🔗 thepublicsource.org/global-south...
"True journalism is the act of documenting history as it disrupts the present." — @laubast.bsky.social
Last week, Prism published a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that reveals how the Palestine exception functions within mainstream U.S. newsrooms.🧵
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
In a collaboration between Prism & Visualizing Palestine, reporting by @laubast.bsky.social reveals & illustrates what happens to stories about Palestine in U.S. newsrooms, from inception to reporting, editing, & publication.
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
It's not your imagination: There is a newsroom bias against Palestine and journalists who report on Palestine or voice opinions about the genocide on their personal social media.
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
Journalists, who are either Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim, told Prism that they were shut out of covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza, while white, Jewish, or Israeli—even former soldiers—journalists took the lead. Read @laubast.bsky.social's report on how US media capitulates to the Israeli narrative.
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
Explored in nearly a dozen interviews with @laubast.bsky.social & a collaboration with Visualizing Palestine, learn how journalists across the U.S. face silencing, dehumanization, & targeted harassment campaigns from Zionist groups—all of which shape pro-Israel bias across U.S. media.
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
today @prismreports.org is launching its partnership with Visualizing Palestine, featuring this reporting on media bias from the incredible Laura Albast. i'm proud as hell of prism's work every day, but i'm especially proud of this; please give it a read. prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
If you read one thing today, let it be this stunning piece of journalism from Laura Albast about the pro-Israel bias that exists across mainstream newsrooms that was edited over months with great care from my brilliant @prismreports.org colleague @sfatima.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
A monthslong @prismreports.org investigation by @laubast.bsky.social reveals pro-Israel bias at the highest levels in U.S. newsrooms. Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim journalists said they felt dehumanized and were questioned over stories even mentioning Palestine. With Visualizing Palestine:
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
prismreports.org
Red Lines
Retaliation in the Media Industry During Israel’s War on Gaza
redlines.nwu.org
Prism@prismreports.org · 11mo agoIn September 2024, the National Writers Union (@nwu.org) released a report tracking 44 cases of retaliation against more than 100 media workers in the U.S. perceived to be supportive of the Palestinian cause, or critical of the Israeli government.
"We don’t have state-controlled media, but there’s something so much more tragic about a free press that voluntarily enmeshes itself with the state and protects its interests without being asked.” -@sanasaeed.bsky.social Read this investigation by @laubast.bsky.social for @prismreports.org!
Prism@prismreports.org · 11mo agoToday, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
I’ve been working on this for months! It is now out. Read. Read. Read. The stories I collected reveal the extent of bias tactics in U.S. newsrooms, even those we wouldn’t expect Palestine to be muzzled in. Thank you for trusting me to report!
Prism@prismreports.org · 11mo agoToday, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
Since November 2024, Lebanese fishermen have been stalked by drones, threatened through intimidating leaflets, and directly targeted by Israeli vessels. Read our latest, in collaboration with @dropsitenews.com 👇🏼
Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · last yr.⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: Abducted by Israel and Abandoned by Lebanon, Lebanese Fishermen Fear the Sea Story by Lylla Younes and Christina Cavalcanti www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanese-f...
Writing on the violence of liberal chic, Avik Jain Chatlani exposes the emptiness of cosmopolitanism, one where videos of shredded children in Gaza are not enough to get liberal elites to stop their savagery. “We can run out of pages counting unmoved liberals, whose nonchalance cost many lives.”
An inquest into the violence of liberal chic
There is an emptiness at the heart of cosmopolitanism, one where even daily videos of shredded children in Gaza are not enough to get liberal elites to stop their savagery
prismreports.org
In June, The Washington Post reported Israeli forces killed 30+ near a U.S. aid site in Gaza — then, it issued a ‘correction’ erasing who was responsible. This isn't the 1st or only outlet that has done this. Pressure systems usually work behind the scenes. For @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social 👇🏼
What role can photography play in the darkest of times? I interviewed two incredibly talented photographers, Moayed Abu Ammouna and Adam Rouhana, for @palestinestudies.bsky.social – read to learn more about them and their work! palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
Overcoming the Divisions of the Homeland: The Photography of Moayed Abu Ammouna and Adam Rouhana
Palestine Square
palestine-studies.org
Institute for Palestine Studies@palestinestudies.bsky.social · last yr.@najisafadi.bsky.social speaks with Palestinian photographers, Moayed Abu Ammouna in Gaza & Adam Rouhana in Jerusalem on how photography, and dialogue between artists, contributes to the struggle for Palestinian liberation. Read and view their photos ⬇️🧵
@najisafadi.bsky.social speaks with Palestinian photographers, Moayed Abu Ammouna in Gaza & Adam Rouhana in Jerusalem on how photography, and dialogue between artists, contributes to the struggle for Palestinian liberation. Read and view their photos ⬇️🧵
🧵 Thread about the Movement Media Alliance 🧵 As we enter the early days of spring, it feels fitting to share some changes. Starting this month, Media Against Apartheid & Displacement—our first editorial project has transitioned to an archive and regular newsletter! movement-media.org/maad/
Media Against Apartheid & Displacement
Media Against Apartheid & Displacement (MAAD) The Media Against Apartheid & Displacement (MAAD) website gathered and presented news and analysis on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Israeli apa…
movement-media.org
It is a mistake to view America's centuries of enslaving, subjugating, incarcerating, & torturing populations as the doing of a single party or leader. This is an entrenched system populated by electors tolerating livestreamed violence, writes Avik Jain Chatlani. prismreports.org/2025/03/25/a...
A slave society: The U.S. upholds its long history of subjugation
Millions of unmoored and undocumented people are being punished for the crime of having enriched the wealthiest country on Earth
prismreports.org
“Last year, there was no Eid. Instead of wearing new clothes, the children wore shrouds. Instead of exchanging greetings, their names were added to the lists of martyrs. The same scenes unfold today,” writes Ghada Abu Muaileq from Gaza. www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
Avik Jain Chatlani really took my breath away with his latest piece for @prismreports.org. I hope y’all read and share it.
A slave society: The U.S. upholds its long history of subjugation
Millions of unmoored and undocumented people are being punished for the crime of having enriched the wealthiest country on Earth
prismreports.org