END THE GENOCIDE! IT'S NOT A WAR - UN EXPERT

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, recently summed up Israel's 76-year occupation of Palestine as a 'settler-colonial conflict' and a g*nocide, not a 'war between two armies.'

Speaking before the UN's Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Albanese (@franceskalbs on X) described Israel's ongoing military onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza as the most 'basic infringement of the law of self-determination.' She argued that the Palestine question must be seen through the framework of settler colonialism to employ a proper application of international law.

In 'Bad News from Israel,' a 2011 book documenting the findings of extensive research on the BBC's coverage of Israel's occupation of Palestine, authors @greg_philo (X) and Mike Berry showed that the broadcaster did not provide viewers with in-depth context or include the perspective of Palestinians. International media has continued to publish this skewed portrayal.

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