World Central Kitchen halts operations in Gaza after strike kills staff

Ignacio [he/him]@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org – 130 points –
World Central Kitchen halts operations in Gaza after strike kills staff
bbc.com

International food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is suspending its operations in Gaza following the death of seven of its workers in an Israeli air strike.

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it isn't obvious to anyone reading mainstream news. news orgs are bending over backwards to obfuscate who's actually doing the killing (one particularly egregious example being the NYT writing a whole-ass haiku instead of stating that Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinians seeking aid). sure, this particular headline would be ok if it was common knowledge that Israel is causing the wanton destruction in Gaza, but thanks to every other headline being like this, it isn't

ABC News in Australia has been using the passive voice everywhere in regards to Israel until they simply couldn't avoid it any longer now that Israel has killed an Australian aid worker.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/26/australias-abc-staffs-concerns-over-gaza-bias-revealed#:~:text=Staff%20at%20Australia's%20national%20broadcaster,claims%20that%20convulsed%20the%20outlet. ABC staff have been complaining internally about pro-Israel bias in their use of language too

Maybe we need an "honest news article" by Juice Media on YouTube 😂

Wow, you really weren't kidding about the haiku. Wtf.