Gideon Levy on How Israel's Press Is Failing to Cover the War's True Toll
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2024
- We speak with acclaimed Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, columnist for Haaretz and a member of its editorial board, about how the Israeli media has covered the war on Gaza, the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice and more. Levy says the domestic Israeli media all but ignores the Palestinians being killed, focusing mostly on its own soldiers and the families of hostages. "The Israeli average viewer doesn't see Gaza at all," he says. "They are betraying our first mission: to tell the full story." Levy also says there are growing questions about the IDF's response to the October 7 Hamas attack that cannot wait until the end of fighting in Gaza. That includes intelligence failures in the lead-up to the attack, as well as reports of troops killing Israeli civilians when they opened fire on homes taken over by Hamas militants.
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I am sorry, but the fact that the Israeli media has chosen to veil what's happening in Gaza does not excuse the complicity of the Israeli public. We no longer live in the 1980s; news is readily available on the internet. If you don't see it, it's only because you have chosen not to see.
That is so true. Everybody in Israel has access to Internet. No excuses…
exact, it is not excusable.
In a democracy, you also bear responsibility for the political processes. Israel is liable and will have to take responsibility for reparations.
I agree. They don't care.
You’re quite right. They really must have access to what is going on in Gaza.
They are twisted and evil , shame Israel 😢
Gideon Levy, deep admiration of your courage and altruism of journalism.
Thank you always, Gideon Levy, for being such a honest and brave journalist!! Warm greetings from Mexico!!!
Mr Levy my compliments and respects to you.😢 What can we do to stop this maddness?
WOW I am again in total awe of Gideon Levy.....Who can tell it better than him
the American press had a complete blackout of the first day of the I.C.J. genocide case against Israel by South Africa , and only aired the second day of Israel defending itself .
Probably because the SA submission was stupid and amateurish.
@@jonlang2781 You are projecting, in the Freudian (Jewish psychoanalytic) sense.
Your handler needs an upgrade.
@@jonlang2781lol sure buddy. It was because of that 😂you win dumbest comment today
@@jonlang2781Did you listen to SA’s submission? It’s received a lot of praise from lawyers internationally.
The only people who seem to be praising Israel’s submission are politicians for some reason; Ya know, people who aren’t professional lawyers but do have personal stakes in the case’s outcome. The likers of Israel’s argument also tend to be implicated in SA’s indictment, while the likers of SA’s argument tend to be everybody else.
@@vanessac1965 Thank you for your profound insight and your contribution to human wisdom.
Mr Levy is brave Israeli journalist who stand with humanity and true journalism.
I appreciate Gideon Levy for his humanity!!!God bless him
Thank you Gideon.
Huge respect.🇮🇪
🇮🇪❤️🇵🇸
All the news of this war is on the internet!
It's already been going on for 75 years
Therefore the Israel project has failed ! Because when you can’t make peace with your neighbors in 75 years , you would need to move to another building
@@osamasarhan6151 when your neighbor is your neighbor because you kicked them out of their homes and have taken most of it for yourself, it was always going to be near impossible to make peace with them, especially when you then imprison them and keep trying to take even what little they have left after your previous thefts.
The state of Israel should no longer be recognised by the UN. - And the Israelis should move away. The Israel project has caused 75 years of strife.
In theory, this is relatively possible because almost all Israelis have dual citizenship. There will be no refugee flows !!!
@osamasarhan6151 Everybody says75 years, but be aware that as early as 1910 the Jews were planning how to remove the Arab population from Palestine. The more you knowcabout this tragedy the less sympathy you have for the Jews.
Yes she is 75 years old witch! Do U know how she travels to work?
On the broom!
❤Mr. Gideon Levy is real journalist and real human being. O. S.
Thank you Gideon Levy, honesty and humanity must survive
He deserves Gold Medal. Brave man never hide the truth
😂
He deserves diamond nor gold , he’s very brave person
😂😂😂😂😂😂
👍👍👍
for treason?
Winston Churchill said "The first victim in a war is the truth". Seems to have happened in Israel.
Churchill would know about propaganda and I do not mean that in a positive way, Gallipoli, Ireland, General Strike, Dockers-Liverpool, Welsh Miners....
I like when people use Churchill... who knew what you did when attacked in a war. How would Churchill respond to Oct. 7?
Yes! And when you fight w/o perception, MORAL TURPITUDE is the
LIFELONG BURDEN on all AFFLICTED
@@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158 GALLIPOLLI was a casualty of conflicting COMMANDS. The Brit Troups on W of Gallipoli were pummeled by opposition, bombarded & shell-shocked by the noice, gore & lack of support. Churchill, The Admiral of the British NAVY... TAHERE WERE SO MANY LANDMINES THEY STARTED USING FISHERMANS BOATS W/ FIELD ADJUSTED POLES & NETS TO COLLECT FLOATING MINES W/OUT TRIGGERING THEM.
IRONICALLY, AS THE FIELD MARSHALL TO WEST REFUSED TO TAKE THE POST IF HE HAD TO TALK TO WSC, Consequently, orders never were adhered to. Later it was discovered, the Turks were so frightend they EVACUATED CONSTANTINOPLE & left it UNPROTECTED for the taking. Tho it is now ISTANBUL, it could have changed the ENTIRE MAP OF THE MIDDLE EAST & WHAT BECAME the UNITED SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC.
Hence, IRENA wld be in a very different place. KIDDING.
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Israel is telling the truth. Truth has not been compromised at all. Remember, we are not fighting just Hamas. We are fighting the UN’s duplicity as well as Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, Yemen and Iran. And now, it seems, Egypt as well.
Thank you Amy and Levy. The Israelis are really giving me the chills i don't think i will ever be the same and i will never see them the same, this is really sad.... They are doing this to themselves and they don't even care.... Truly sad... But the truth can't be hidden for ever but then it is too late....
I ve got so much Respect for you Mr Gideon Levy !!!
Gideon Levy's moral position on what Israel is doing in Gaza and the West Bank is invaluable in informing us about what ordinary Israelis are seeing and believing about their government's actions. Thank you for your courage to speak out.
It's very solid middle ground for everyone. He's playing hard ball and he's accepted in that culture so you know he's only dodging the worst things he could say... Notice he's a little reticent in weather its just an excuse that it's sexism. He's more interested in letting us know there's only two of those women left. There government failed them. Did they want it to happen. It lays the road flat then doesn't go they're it's not productive for him. Yeah this is good bridge work. Isrealis need some amount of understanding in this transition. The world has ignored what we created there for to long
Please search:
1) New York Times: "Israel Knew"
2) MSNBC: "Designed to Start a War"
3) Hannibal Directive
4) Ben-Gurion Canal
5) Gaza oil and gas
Connect the dots.
His moral standards are clear as crystal and I love it.
@@andrewbreding593the Zionists created Israel. Let’s me clear. The British set them up and the Americans consenties to back them. But there would be no Israel were it not for the Zionists.
Israel also couldn’t have existed or survived without the British or the Americans.
But let’s be clear, Israel is a Zionist project. And Israel is a Zionist country masquerading as a Jewish state and homeland.
@@user-ng8tt6cw3h i would say he's got a bit of smoke he has to blow. He's lived in the nice part of Israel his whole life
This guy always tells us the hardest truth
Indeed, Gideon is a legend
Thank you Gideon Levy.
My admiration to Mr, Levy 🌟
My respect for Mr. Levy for his bravery.
How can anyone believe a word they say? 🏴🇵🇸
I love this man! I learn so much. Amy, you are the most professional journalist out there. Your tireless work is so important. Thank you!
Respect for speaking up, Sir !
Thanks for being so courageous reporting the atrocities of the Israeli army.
We need more journalists like you
We stand with Israel always. 🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻These reporters are viscous Hamas supporters, they care little for national security and will continue to spread half truths painting the Jews as the aggressor when they have been the ones attacked. You are in the wrong side of history.
defending their country,,,,,,after the atrocities of hamas,,,,,,,gazans complicit,,,,,,,
@@davidsteward9932atrocities for 75 years Israeli Zionist
@@davidsteward9932it’s definitely no longer “defense”
@@davidsteward9932itzahell propaganda machine has right to defend against itself 🤮
Thank you Mr. Levy! You are the voice of reason with regard to this mad war on children! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🍉🍉🍉🍉
Children? Are Hamas children?
Yes Hamas is just children and women, If 100 died they can say 10,000 and many would believe it.
BTW Hamas uses others as shields, FACT.
@@jankaur2007 More than 10,000 children have already been killed in your "war" on Hamas. So many more who will grow up orphans or disabled or traumatized for the rest of their lives, if they even live through this "war". Is that worth it? Worth all the potential futures destroyed? The families torn apart? Is your bloodlust so strong that you still believe it's not enough?
One question: How is the world especially the UK and Europe going to deal with this truth?
Thank you Mr Levy for speaking out and standing up.
armed forces are required to not follow orders complicit in genocide and can be held to account under international law and just following orders is not a defense .
True
See Hannah Arendt....
Can we have a tunnel for safty
yep they tried that defense at Nuremburg
@@MusMasi it's more famous from the Eichmann trials where Israeli courts refused this defence in 1961, and due to the book " Banality of evil". Banksy has a painting called " the Banality of the Banality of evil" which suggests evil is evil and never banal.
Mr. Levy, all my respect for your professionalism and fairness as a journalist. I salut you.
so much respect for mr Gideon Levy
Thank you so much both of you!
Things are not too different here in the US with the blatantly biased media.
I didnt know that Gideon Levy was among the editors for Haaretz, so Haaretz just earned another star in my book. Respect for those who stand for truth and justice in the most hostile circumstances
All the news of this war is on the internet!
Your right, I have spoken with my mother and she spoke on things that weren't proven from Israel lies. Totally ignorant of the reality of history, Hamas all of it. Completely excused the genocide of thousands and only seen nonsense. Sad indeed, her big problem is Zionist Christian Evangelists. Christians fail to even understand basic English and reason of The Bible, Isa, and Laws of God.
The media in Germany is almost the same Gideon Levy describes it. It’s painful, it’s shameful.
Ntv , Welt , Bild...
The German Govt feels like that they Owe the Jews something because of the Holocaust
The same media is the same in the USA we don't see nothing in any real measure. They seem to have the same editors.
That's democracy brought to shame. We need to engage with real people to get real news especially in a war situation. The media is biased. They are paid to tell lies to the masses.
DW is ok
Great report. Thanks Democracy Now for excellence in journalism
They are already planning settlements in Gaza.
and the second Canal.
Giodeon Levy is an honest and respectful journalist ❤
I love him
Jewish mother receives news her son died not by Hamas. Informed her son died of POISON GAS after IDF pumps it into tunnels told his fingers injured trying to claw his way out. Injured fingers were often reported on victims of German Gas chambers in WW2 historical reports said walls often had scratch marks. Macron upset 60 French Officers and up to 150 Mercinaries killed in missile strike viws to send more weapons.
Yes I totally agree.
Great respect for Leavy he’s a great human being who’s very kind and fights for justice and humanity
Levy, not Leavy. It is even indicated in the title for this video, etc.
This levy is one conclusion he destroyed the image of ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCE his ROLE in ISRAEL MEDIA just to report not to investigate let the world knows about what was happening in ISRAEL TERRITORY !!!
What ever is done in the dark will be revealed Good man Mr Levy God Almighty bless you stay safe South Africa ❤❤❤U
God Bless You Always Mr.Gideon Levy...🙏🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯💯💯✝️☦️🕎🕎🇵🇸🇵🇸
Well said Mr Gideon Levy 👏👏
I subscribe to Ha’aretz and listen to i24 from little Reno, Nevada. Both shock the conscience, but in fundamentally different ways. Stay safe and diligent, Mr. Levy; the world needs you.
Great journalism. It’s what all media outlets should be.
Haaretz is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. It is published in both Hebrew and English in the Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with The New York Times International Edition.
My Blessings to Sir Gideon Levy..🕎☪️☦️✝️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🙏
Thank you Mr Levy. Human being
Outmost Respect for such great journalist Mr Levy
Thank you for your effort🥰🥰👏
If it is not a Genocide in Gaza then what is a genocide? Let us hold a worldwide referendum to show the judges of the ICC.
@@semsemeini7905that may be true but the west is not supporting Hamas. They are considered to be a terrorist organisation, as opposed to Israel, who are our friends.
Pave Gaza
Lol such half-hearted Hasbara. It's get more and more comical as the genocide goes on.
You sir have found a false premise.
Gideon Levi, a human with a soul.
And a heart ❤
evil soul
@@user-uv9tl4jt8wthe evil is the zionists
Love you Gideon, Lisa. Thank you for such clarity in both questions and answers.
Gideon Levy thank you for stand up for the truth
What a brave and honorable man. God bless him
He is a leftist vzxcasgr.
My outmost respect and admiration to Mr. Levy for standing up for his principals and principals of humanity.
principles
@@siddique611 Thank you for catching that.
fascism is human for you?
All I see is a perfectly-round hole in the floor. They don’t even give us a view from above it. For all we know it’s not even steep at all. It might not even be a hole! They’re standing so far away from it that it might just be a black circle painted on the floor lol. It’s just a quick clip but that’s what came to my mind after seeing it. They’re so untrustworthy at this point.
All IDF video footage of tunnels is like that.
Agreed that it is not enough information to verify and considering Israel's extremely poor track record, highly suspect. You can only lie so many times before nobody will believe you even if you are telling the truth.
Mr. Levy is walking tall, so tall. He should be so proud of himself.... We are all do.
I think Gideon Levy is an outstanding human being. I love hear him talking, he is so intelligent and empathetic and his analysis are so spot on!
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - George Orwell, "1984"
Gideon ❤ thank you شكرا
Thank you DN for reporting facts not opinions
Gideon you are one true hero honestly you always been truthful about everything.. God bless you
Thank goodness for Gideon Levy. We need his insight and observation to help understand this appalling situation.
This man is anti-Israrli. He should be ashamed of himself showing his face on any media
Indeed, Gideon is a legend, also Aljazeera news channel covers this genocide slaughter of Palestinian people daily,
Mr. Gideon Levy, thank you for being so courageous. Take care of yourself. It's dangerous to take position in Israel! Bless you!
Thank you for this testimony
A damn shame but Israel will pay some day for what its done to the Palestinian people and our Government as well
The state of Israel should no longer be recognised by the UN. - And the Israelis should move away. The Israel project has caused 75 years of strife.
In theory, this is relatively possible because almost all Israelis have dual citizenship. There will be no refugee flows !!!
That is not the way, what you're saying is the exact same thing the zionist are doing right now
never ending vicious circle, Peace is the opposite of revenge
They are starting to pay that heavy price...
@@notimetodienttd1115 The heavy price you say
This is abomination..
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God protect Gideon Levy.
Mr Gideon Levy thank you for your honesty .
Mr levy always speaks the truth 🙏
Gideon Levi- Just a human being with right moral compass. Deep respect to this man. Will pray for his safety!
No worries Israel is not like Palestinian or Arab countries,he can still walk with his head intact on his neck...
I do have respect to this man too, He show that there is still a little space for democracy in Israel, but for how long? Remember the crime against Itzak Rabin.
Democracy is not given for ever, but its need to be defend every day.
Its true for every democracies in the world, and for Israel as well.
@mariela-wb7zg Don't get it twisted, lady. The more he speaks the truth, the more he'll be a target by the Israeli government.
Yes prayers fortis Brave ,true Journalist,…..!
nonsence
You can blame legacy media.
Big fan of Gedeon Levy.
Send us to the front line I want to feed these children, my heart breaking. I cannot believe that, as a mother, mother’s hearts are not breaking hearing that children are hungry, and the people are under the rubble little people.
Gideon is a good man.
Gideon! Thank you for being honest, brave and professional journalist. You have spoken the truth. It’s hard to believe you are sitting in Tel Aviv and able to speak the truth while even Israeli people don’t want to know what’s happening in Gaza. God bless you.
She is such a great anchor.
Gidion Levy, how amazing that you stayed so rational in such a mad environment. You are true hero of not only the journalism but of the entire humanity. May you be blessed.
They were not "unprepared" they were aware and they allowed it to happen so they could do what they are doing now.
Exactly.
Absolutely. That’s exactly what happened.
Probably assuming the world would support them… they were very wrong
That’s horrifying if they knew. To let so many of their innocent people die in order to achieve the ultimate goal to destroy Gaza it’s sick. However and unfortunately it reveals a human trait that it rather applies to Isrl instead of the palestiniens: human animals.
@@Penny-em2csexactly 💯
So much respect to Mr. Levy!
Thanks for the Real Journalism 🙏
Long live the voice of voiceless. We need more people like Mr. Levy to talk about the truth, the right of human and humanities and not being bias.
תודה רבה לך על השמעת הקול והדעה שלך. אתה לא לבד.
כל הכבוד על האומץ והעוז.
Guideon Levy is a great journalist and a wonderful human being. He's never afraid to tell the truth. ❤
His Words carry weight , a Brave Man any sane human who loves The Truth , Humanity ,….would love him.
Any country would be proud to have journalist like him ,.
They don't want to see
They know but they don't admit!!!
i can not believe his tremendous strength.he is a true fighter,but without weapon what America has been sending to Israel to kill the people=human beings. but he,Gideon fights with his soul. it is made by his faith of justice with true human heart! PLEASE CARRY ON BUT PLEASE DO TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY! i am praying far from you!
♥️ for G.Levy ♥️ for Your Honest and humanity talk.
Thank you for the last question
Gideon Levy has a massive heart and speaks true. Much respect to him.
When you set in a neighborhood for 75 years and you can’t make peace with them or establish a real friendship with its residents you probably need to move to a different neighborhood
More like imposing yourself on the neighbourhood.Nobody's ever inviting you in for tea.
Or change your behavior.
12:28 Gideon Levy zeroes in to the crucial point:”There was no army on that day (Oct 7). The most sophisticated army in the world - that knows the color of the underwear of each Palestinian - all of a sudden didn’t know anything?”
It is very obvious that Netanyahu and the army commanders have been waiting for such an event so that they can do what they are doing. However, they would have preferred to expel the Palestinians to the Sinai. Now they are committing genocide, but that will not succeed either. - The world community will expel Israel, especially as Israel jeopardises world peace and disregards democracy and morality.
I posted the same post with Gideon statement at 12:00 I just noticed your comment 😅
It's a myth. At the beginning of the operation they didn't have enough supplies for the troops and private organisation stepped in and collected money. Plus lots of troops were moved to the West Bank. Hamas are criminals but aren't stupid and knew exactly, how to overwhelm the limited defenses.
So many comments have been removed here, including mine.
@@cehaem2 who says so your MSM? And you believe them? 🤣
the questions were so accurately asked. Thank you!
Gideon Levy much respect for the work you do!
Fantastic, brilliant🎉Thank you Amy, thank you Gideon, the whole world blesses your courage. Keep telling the truth❤
It is Genocide.
Yes the OCT 7 attack wiped out so many families and the lineage of so many.
@@havilahfarm15917 of October was not a Genocide, that s the big difference. The Israeli army also killed a lot of hostages, how many will still have to be investigated.
Thank you Haaretz
Will there come a time when every Isreali school student has to visit a Gaza museum to learn what happened
When the Gaza students are ready to learn about Holocaust and about Oct 7, sure
I think he is a wise man and he told the truth.
We all have phones. We can search we don’t have to rely on news media. I’m not giving the Israelis a ounce of pity.
Correct, they see and here everything and cheer it on.Who's the animal now?
Gideon Levy is one of the very few men of justice and not afraid to tell the truth in Israel.
Thank you Gideon Levy. Please read his book, 'The Punishment of Gaza' which covers Israel’s 2009 invasion of Gaza. The invasion killed over a thousand Palestinians and wreaked Gaza's infrastructure.
The US media is also complicit!!
😡😡😡😡
100%
@@Wise__guy The US media has been bought by Israel, either by donations, or by pressure from big companies that are Jewish-owned and who threaten to withdraw their advertising.
(At least Elon Musk knew how to deal with advertisers who threatened to boycott him: he laughed and told them that they couldn't blackmail him with money. He's richer than they are and they need him more than he does them. Which is the right response because reducing advertising only hurts the advertiser.)