Jonathan Cook
@jonathan-cook.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, self-appointed media critic. Winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism
https://jonathancook.substack.com
https://jonathancook.substack.com
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Breaking free of media group-think is a scary, lonely journey. I know. I was forced to do it
The western media's failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this. Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine
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The western media's failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this.
Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: jonathancook.substack.com/p/breaking-f...
Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: jonathancook.substack.com/p/breaking-f...
The western media’s failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this.
After years of personal experience reporting from the region, I explain why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
After years of personal experience reporting from the region, I explain why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The western media’s failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this.
After years of personal experience reporting from the region, I explain why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
After years of personal experience reporting from the region, I explain why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
The western media's failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this.
Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: jonathancook.substack.com/p/breaking-f...
Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: jonathancook.substack.com/p/breaking-f...
Breaking free of media group-think is a scary, lonely journey. I know. I was forced to do it
The western media's failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this. Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine
jonathancook.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The western media's failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this.
Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: jonathancook.substack.com/p/breaking-f...
Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: jonathancook.substack.com/p/breaking-f...
Britain's ministry of defence has made 49 visits to Israel in the first 20 months of Israel's genocide in Gaza – 37 of those visits were in secret.
More from Declassified UK: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
More from Declassified UK: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Britain's ministry of defence has made 49 visits to Israel in the first 20 months of Israel's genocide in Gaza – 37 of those visits were in secret.
More from Declassified UK: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
More from Declassified UK: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
BBC presenters shared Israeli perspectives on Gaza 2,340 times, compared to Palestinian perspectives 217 times.
Media Lens: “This appalling revelation was apparently not a resigning matter for senior BBC figures.”
Read their latest here: medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
Media Lens: “This appalling revelation was apparently not a resigning matter for senior BBC figures.”
Read their latest here: medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
BBC presenters shared Israeli perspectives on Gaza 2,340 times, compared to Palestinian perspectives 217 times.
Media Lens: “This appalling revelation was apparently not a resigning matter for senior BBC figures.”
Read their latest here: medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
Media Lens: “This appalling revelation was apparently not a resigning matter for senior BBC figures.”
Read their latest here: medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
The BBC is now in a death loop: it grows ever more craven to the billionaires, shifting the political centre of gravity further rightwards, even as the billionaire-owned media claim it's too 'left wing'.
Matthew Alford reads my latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-bbc...
Matthew Alford reads my latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-bbc...
Listen: BBC news has a long record of disinformation. But this time it chose the wrong target
Read by Matthew Alford
jonathancook.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The BBC is now in a death loop: it grows ever more craven to the billionaires, shifting the political centre of gravity further rightwards, even as the billionaire-owned media claim it's too 'left wing'.
Matthew Alford reads my latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-bbc...
Matthew Alford reads my latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-bbc...
BBC news has a long record of disinformation. But this time it chose the wrong target.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-news-h...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-news-h...
BBC news has a long record of disinformation. But this time it chose the wrong target
The BBC's now in a death loop: it grows ever more craven to the billionaires, shifting the political centre of gravity further rightwards, even as the billionaire-owned media claim it's too 'leftwing'
jonathancook.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
BBC news has a long record of disinformation. But this time it chose the wrong target.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-news-h...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-news-h...
Journalist Paul Holden unearths the real story of how Keir Starmer was catapulted to power.
Spoiler alert: It involves lies, corruption, law-breaking, covert smear operations, and lobby money.
Watch Holden give an overview of his revelations about Starmer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0l...
Spoiler alert: It involves lies, corruption, law-breaking, covert smear operations, and lobby money.
Watch Holden give an overview of his revelations about Starmer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0l...
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Journalist Paul Holden unearths the real story of how Keir Starmer was catapulted to power.
Spoiler alert: It involves lies, corruption, law-breaking, covert smear operations, and lobby money.
Watch Holden give an overview of his revelations about Starmer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0l...
Spoiler alert: It involves lies, corruption, law-breaking, covert smear operations, and lobby money.
Watch Holden give an overview of his revelations about Starmer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0l...
BBC bosses Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit.
Not because they betrayed journalism, viewers and the Palestinians – by downplaying the great crime of our age, the Gaza genocide.
No, because they crossed Donald Trump.
Their successors will be even more craven to the right.
Not because they betrayed journalism, viewers and the Palestinians – by downplaying the great crime of our age, the Gaza genocide.
No, because they crossed Donald Trump.
Their successors will be even more craven to the right.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
BBC bosses Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit.
Not because they betrayed journalism, viewers and the Palestinians – by downplaying the great crime of our age, the Gaza genocide.
No, because they crossed Donald Trump.
Their successors will be even more craven to the right.
Not because they betrayed journalism, viewers and the Palestinians – by downplaying the great crime of our age, the Gaza genocide.
No, because they crossed Donald Trump.
Their successors will be even more craven to the right.
US intel intercepted warnings last year from Israel's own military lawyers that Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza.
In short, Biden officials knew they were supplying weapons, in violation of US laws, that Israel was using to target civilians. Trump continued the policy.
In short, Biden officials knew they were supplying weapons, in violation of US laws, that Israel was using to target civilians. Trump continued the policy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
US intel intercepted warnings last year from Israel's own military lawyers that Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza.
In short, Biden officials knew they were supplying weapons, in violation of US laws, that Israel was using to target civilians. Trump continued the policy.
In short, Biden officials knew they were supplying weapons, in violation of US laws, that Israel was using to target civilians. Trump continued the policy.
A long-time staff member at the UK embassy in Israel owns a home in an illegal settlement built on stolen Palestinian land by a far-right organisation the UK has sanctioned.
The settlement has ties to the self-declared fascist minister Bezalel Smotrich.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
The settlement has ties to the self-declared fascist minister Bezalel Smotrich.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Revealed: UK embassy worker in Tel Aviv owns property in settlement built by movement sanctioned by Britain | The National
Government described Amana organisation as ‘funding Israeli settlers involved in perpetrating acts of violence against Palestinian communities’
www.thenationalnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A long-time staff member at the UK embassy in Israel owns a home in an illegal settlement built on stolen Palestinian land by a far-right organisation the UK has sanctioned.
The settlement has ties to the self-declared fascist minister Bezalel Smotrich.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
The settlement has ties to the self-declared fascist minister Bezalel Smotrich.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Of 102 "antisemitism" complaints against US universities reviewed by experts, all but one were actually criticisms of Israel.
Nonetheless, 92 of these complaints led to the US government launching a formal investigation of the university in question.
Nonetheless, 92 of these complaints led to the US government launching a formal investigation of the university in question.
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Of 102 "antisemitism" complaints against US universities reviewed by experts, all but one were actually criticisms of Israel.
Nonetheless, 92 of these complaints led to the US government launching a formal investigation of the university in question.
Nonetheless, 92 of these complaints led to the US government launching a formal investigation of the university in question.
Turkey issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and 36 other Israeli officials for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Turkey is seeking international warrants too, which would oblige European states to arrest them.
Turkey is seeking international warrants too, which would oblige European states to arrest them.
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Turkey issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and 36 other Israeli officials for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Turkey is seeking international warrants too, which would oblige European states to arrest them.
Turkey is seeking international warrants too, which would oblige European states to arrest them.
The billionaires, who own "the free press", want you to know they are not happy...
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The billionaires, who own "the free press", want you to know they are not happy...
The media: Watch Mamdani fail.
The reality: Watch the bipartisan US establishment – representing billionaires – work tirelessly to destroy Mamdani.
The reality: Watch the bipartisan US establishment – representing billionaires – work tirelessly to destroy Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The media: Watch Mamdani fail.
The reality: Watch the bipartisan US establishment – representing billionaires – work tirelessly to destroy Mamdani.
The reality: Watch the bipartisan US establishment – representing billionaires – work tirelessly to destroy Mamdani.
Isn’t Islam inherently violent? What stopped the Islamic world having an Enlightenment? Why are some Muslims so into head-chopping? And isn’t Hamas the same as Islamic State?
Read my latest article responding to the four biggest fallacies about Islam: www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
Read my latest article responding to the four biggest fallacies about Islam: www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Isn’t Islam inherently violent? What stopped the Islamic world having an Enlightenment? Why are some Muslims so into head-chopping? And isn’t Hamas the same as Islamic State?
Read my latest article responding to the four biggest fallacies about Islam: www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
Read my latest article responding to the four biggest fallacies about Islam: www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
Islam vs the West: The four biggest fallacies about Islam unpacked.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/islam-vs-t...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/islam-vs-t...
Islam vs the West: The four biggest fallacies about Islam unpacked
Isn't Islam inherently violent? What stopped the Islamic world having an Enlightenment? Why are some Muslims so into head-chopping? And isn't Hamas the same as Islamic State?
jonathancook.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Islam vs the West: The four biggest fallacies about Islam unpacked.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/islam-vs-t...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/islam-vs-t...
Hamas rocket strikes on Israel kill at least 104 as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile.
Oops. Sorry. Headline from alternate universe.
Oops. Sorry. Headline from alternate universe.
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hamas rocket strikes on Israel kill at least 104 as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile.
Oops. Sorry. Headline from alternate universe.
Oops. Sorry. Headline from alternate universe.
The Maccabi Tel Aviv row finally broke Keir Starmer’s cover story for colluding in Israel's genocide.
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
Maccabi Tel Aviv row reveals Starmer’s cover story for colluding in genocide
The legal and ethical earthquake from Israel’s carnage in Gaza was never going to be contained there. As the Aston Villa row shows, the shockwaves for Britain will keep growing louder
www.middleeasteye.net
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Maccabi Tel Aviv row finally broke Keir Starmer’s cover story for colluding in Israel's genocide.
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
British Airways was fine sponsoring Louis Theroux's podcast when he was interviewing genocide-supporting Israeli settler leader Daniella Weiss.
But he's now apparently overstepped the mark by talking to a punk musician who made a mean chant about Israel's genocidal army.
But he's now apparently overstepped the mark by talking to a punk musician who made a mean chant about Israel's genocidal army.
October 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
British Airways was fine sponsoring Louis Theroux's podcast when he was interviewing genocide-supporting Israeli settler leader Daniella Weiss.
But he's now apparently overstepped the mark by talking to a punk musician who made a mean chant about Israel's genocidal army.
But he's now apparently overstepped the mark by talking to a punk musician who made a mean chant about Israel's genocidal army.
"Just imagine if Palestine had razed the whole of Israel to the ground, killing 100,000s, injuring and traumatising literally millions – and the BBC made the return of 20 Palestinian captives their continuous, highest profile focus."
More here from Media Lens: medialens.substack.com/p/reversing-...
More here from Media Lens: medialens.substack.com/p/reversing-...
Reversing The Truth – The Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ And British Complicity In Genocide
We live in a time when truth is reversed in plain sight.
medialens.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"Just imagine if Palestine had razed the whole of Israel to the ground, killing 100,000s, injuring and traumatising literally millions – and the BBC made the return of 20 Palestinian captives their continuous, highest profile focus."
More here from Media Lens: medialens.substack.com/p/reversing-...
More here from Media Lens: medialens.substack.com/p/reversing-...
Trump tells Israel's Knesset: "We’ve given a lot [of weapons] to Israel.. You used them well. It takes people that know how to use them, and you obviously used them very well."
Son-in-law Kushner on his trip to Gaza: "It looked almost like a nuclear bomb had been set off."
Son-in-law Kushner on his trip to Gaza: "It looked almost like a nuclear bomb had been set off."
October 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump tells Israel's Knesset: "We’ve given a lot [of weapons] to Israel.. You used them well. It takes people that know how to use them, and you obviously used them very well."
Son-in-law Kushner on his trip to Gaza: "It looked almost like a nuclear bomb had been set off."
Son-in-law Kushner on his trip to Gaza: "It looked almost like a nuclear bomb had been set off."
Declassified UK exposes Lisa Nandy's long record of treachery against the Palestinian people, even under cover of chairing Labour Friends of Palestine.
More here: www.declassifieduk.org/what-happene...
More here: www.declassifieduk.org/what-happene...
What happened to Labour Friends of Palestine?
Exclusive: Insiders tell Declassified the organisation was allowed to ‘wither and die’ under Lisa Nandy’s stewardship.
www.declassifieduk.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Declassified UK exposes Lisa Nandy's long record of treachery against the Palestinian people, even under cover of chairing Labour Friends of Palestine.
More here: www.declassifieduk.org/what-happene...
More here: www.declassifieduk.org/what-happene...
Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting 'Death to the IDF!' Four months on, he's bullying the police to let Israeli football thugs into the UK to chant 'Death to the Arabs!'
Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-a-t...
Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-a-t...
Listen: A tale of two chants: Why Starmer now casts even the British police as antisemitic
Read by Matthew Alford
jonathancook.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting 'Death to the IDF!' Four months on, he's bullying the police to let Israeli football thugs into the UK to chant 'Death to the Arabs!'
Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-a-t...
Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-a-t...
Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting 'Death to the IDF!' Four months on, he's bullying the police to let Israeli football thugs into the UK to chant 'Death to the Arabs!'
Read my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
Read my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
A tale of two chants: Why Starmer now casts even the British police as antisemitic
Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting 'Death to the IDF!' Four months on, he's bullying the police to let Israeli football thugs into the UK to chant 'Death to the Arabs!'
jonathancook.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting 'Death to the IDF!' Four months on, he's bullying the police to let Israeli football thugs into the UK to chant 'Death to the Arabs!'
Read my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
Read my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
This film examines Germany's reworking of its fascist impulses – now by targeting Palestinians, "Arabs", and Jews and those on the left who show solidarity with Gaza's pain.
It's a fascinating case study of where the West is heading more generally: www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
It's a fascinating case study of where the West is heading more generally: www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
Germany’s Israel Obsession
The fight against anti-Semitism in Germany is empowering those with the closest ties to its fascist past.
www.aljazeera.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This film examines Germany's reworking of its fascist impulses – now by targeting Palestinians, "Arabs", and Jews and those on the left who show solidarity with Gaza's pain.
It's a fascinating case study of where the West is heading more generally: www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
It's a fascinating case study of where the West is heading more generally: www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...