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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...
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
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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...
For @prismreports.org, read: prismreports.org/2025/11/18/p...
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“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 & 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
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“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 & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.
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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...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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...
🔗 thepublicsource.org/global-south...
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"True journalism is the act of documenting history as it disrupts the present." — @laubast.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"True journalism is the act of documenting history as it disrupts the present." — @laubast.bsky.social
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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
September 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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.🧵
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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
September 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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.
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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
September 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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.
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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
September 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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.
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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
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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.
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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
September 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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...
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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
September 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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...
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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:
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
September 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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:
Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim journalists said they felt dehumanized and were questioned over stories even mentioning Palestine.
With Visualizing Palestine:
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"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!
-@sanasaeed.bsky.social
Read this investigation by @laubast.bsky.social for @prismreports.org!
Today, 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.
September 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"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!
-@sanasaeed.bsky.social
Read this investigation by @laubast.bsky.social for @prismreports.org!
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!
Today, 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.
September 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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!
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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 👇🏼
Read our latest, in collaboration with @dropsitenews.com 👇🏼
⚡️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...
Story by Lylla Younes and Christina Cavalcanti
www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanese-f...
Abducted by Israel and Abandoned by Lebanon, Lebanese Fishermen Fear the Sea
In southern Lebanon, legacy fishermen are losing their livelihoods amid repeated Israeli abductions and attacks. The Lebanese state is doing little to help.
www.dropsitenews.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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 👇🏼
Read our latest, in collaboration with @dropsitenews.com 👇🏼
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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
July 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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.”
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 👇🏼
This isn't the 1st or only outlet that has done this. Pressure systems usually work behind the scenes. For
@ajlisteningpost.bsky.social 👇🏼
July 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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 👇🏼
This isn't the 1st or only outlet that has done this. Pressure systems usually work behind the scenes. For
@ajlisteningpost.bsky.social 👇🏼
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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...
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...
April 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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...
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...
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@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 ⬇️🧵
April 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@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 ⬇️🧵
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🧵 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/
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
March 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 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/
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/
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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...
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
March 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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...
prismreports.org/2025/03/25/a...
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“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...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
March 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“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...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
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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
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Avik Jain Chatlani really took my breath away with his latest piece for @prismreports.org. I hope y’all read and share it.
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📣CALL FOR SOURCES📣
If you're a journalist who is open to speaking with Laura about your experience, we can grant anonymity.
If you're a journalist who is open to speaking with Laura about your experience, we can grant anonymity.
Are you a U.S. journalist who faced censorship/consequences over coverage of the Gaza genocide? I'm writing a feature for @prismreports.bsky.social in partnership w/Visualizing Palestine & want to highlight your experience (can be anon). DM or connect on Signal at media4palestine.01. Let's talk!
January 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
📣CALL FOR SOURCES📣
If you're a journalist who is open to speaking with Laura about your experience, we can grant anonymity.
If you're a journalist who is open to speaking with Laura about your experience, we can grant anonymity.