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Palestine News Network is what happens when social media platforms reward the worst people on the internet.

A blue check and hundreds of thousands of followers have helped turn engineered confrontations, racist and homophobic abuse, Hamas praise, and antisemitic conspiracy theories into a content machine.

The question is no longer whether PNN violates platform terms and conditions. It is why those platforms keep helping it reach a larger audience.

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Hamas allegedly agreed to a disarmament deal. Within hours, it rewrote the terms it agreed to.

The deal required Hamas to disarm, paving the way for an eventual IDF withdrawal. Hamas instead declared it would only disarm after Israel withdrew.

This isn't a misunderstanding. It's Hamas' strategy: accept a deal, redefine it, and shift blame onto Israel.

https://honestreporting.com/hamas-signed-a-disarmament-deal-then-it-rewrote-the-terms/
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Western audiences see images from Gaza and assume they are getting independent reporting.

But as Matti Friedman explains, Gaza’s whole media landscape operates according to Hamas’ rules.

Whether they’re ideologically aligned or just trying to make a living, international outlets rely on local staff who know exactly what’s allowed to be asked, filmed, and published.

The media’s failure is presenting compromised information as credible reporting without warning audiences.

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Nearly 60,000 people have backed a petition launched by 9/11 families asking that Mayor Zohran Mamdani be kept away from the 25th anniversary memorial.

They point to his political associations, rhetoric, and record. Mamdani still plans to attend. But this ceremony belongs to the victims’ families, survivors, and first responders.

Their wishes should matter more than the mayor’s.

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Spain’s migration crisis in Ceuta became the latest excuse to blame Israel.

What was presented as geopolitical analysis relied on the antisemitic “hidden hand” trope, and was broadcast in different languages and across the political spectrum.

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Anti-Israel activists demanded a boycott of Spider-Man: Brand New Day because Israeli-American producer Avi Arad supports Israel.

Meanwhile, Mark Ruffalo, one of Hollywood’s loudest anti-Israel voices, had no problem collecting a Marvel paycheck from the same film.

The result? A failed boycott and the biggest domestic opening weekend in box-office history.

This was never principled activism. It was selective outrage aimed at an Israeli Jew.

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A migration crisis overwhelmed Ceuta. Then came the conspiracy: Israel was secretly behind it. The claim spread to millions without evidence, fueled by recycled footage, disconnected facts and the familiar antisemitic “hidden hand” trope.

The real causes were far less sensational.

https://honestreporting.com/how-a-crisis-in-ceuta-was-turned-into-a-conspiracy-about-israel/

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People say Israel “buys” American politicians. So let’s follow the money.

Abdul El-Sayed built his campaign around attacking Israel and AIPAC, accusing the organization of buying influence, punishing critics of Israel, and using antisemitism to silence opposition. After narrowly defeating Rep. Haley Stevens, he framed AIPAC’s spending against him as retaliation for his opposition to U.S. military aid to Israel.

So what is AIPAC really? For starters, it's not a foreign lobby. It's an American organization, and compared with the biggest power players in Washington, its spending is far from exceptional. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Realtors, Amazon, and other major corporations spend far more on lobbying and elections.

Israel doesn’t control American politics. So why is so much attention focused on it?

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Why did one human interest story about a Gazan beekeeper set the top news outlets abuzz?

Because a photogenic protagonist, a story of struggle and survival, and a looming enemy just outside the frame are the perfect fit for the desk editor’s daily Gaza war item.

From Reuters, to CNN, to the Washington Post, each retelling became more dire, with a dwindling number of hives, financial ruin, and even starvation.

Through repetition, one beekeeper became a symbol for all of Gaza, while Hamas, October 7 and the war’s origins disappeared from view.

And the irony? The same human interest pieces don’t feature Israelis affected by war, and certainly not with a sympathetic narrative.

When there’s one recurring victim and one constant villain, the media isn’t telling you the news. It’s telling you a fantasy.

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