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In December 2023, The New York Times published an explosive article - now widely discredited - that detailed Hamas’s agenda to weaponise rape and sexual viol...

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In December 2023, The New York Times published an explosive article - now widely discredited - that detailed Hamas’s agenda to weaponise rape and sexual violence on October 7. We reveal the controversies surrounding the article along with the broader issue of Western media outlets’ pro-Israeli/anti-Palestinian bias.

Lead contributors: Ali Abunimah - Director, Electronic Intifada Chris Hedges - Former Middle East Bureau Chief, The New York Times Yumna Patel - Palestine News Director, Mondoweiss

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Genocide in Gaza through the eyes of Israeli soldiers

For months, Israeli soldiers in Gaza have been documenting their own war crimes against Palestinians and sharing them on social media.

The Listening Post collected and reviewed hundreds of items. We asked three experts on human rights and torture to examine the material.

Featuring: Basil Farraj - Assistant Professor, Birzeit University Lisa Hajjar - Professor of Sociology, UC Santa Barbara Sarah Leah Whitson - Executive Director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)

Producers: Tariq Nafi and Elettra Scrivo With thanks to: Younis Tiwari and Tali Shapiro