Tonight’s CBS Night Information dispatch from Gaza included a fairly blatant piece of propaganda: a gaggle of youngsters thanking American campus protesters for his or her “protests and solidarity”.
Watch as correspondent Ramy Inocencio introduces this second of because of American pro-Hamas helpful idiots and different leftists demanding that the colleges accommodate their BDS calls for.
RAMY INOCENCIO: And for the primary time, support began flowing via a reopened border crossing destroyed on October seventh. As Gazans rallied to thank U.S. college college students for his or her protests and solidarity.
The report was in any other case your normalish dispatch from Gaza. A point out of the stress between the Biden and Netanyahu administrations, respectively, over a possible Blinken-brokered ceasefire, permitting for prisoner exchanges. There’s Blinken fretting over a possible IDF invasion of Rafah, and Bibi saying he’s doing it it doesn’t matter what. Petty normal stuff.
There was additionally the short interview of a hostage household whereby they firmly demanded one thing be finished in furtherance of the incarceration of hostages. Once more, fairly normal stuff.
Commonplace stuff till the youngsters with indicators get trotted out, with their solely natural art work and correct college logos. Completely spontaneous, I’m positive. Discover the youngsters convey guided by their “adults”
Critically, who at CBS thought it was a good suggestion to air pro-Hamas and pro-student rioter propaganda? It is rather temporary however serves its goal. Finally, the web impact of this video will likely be to embolden pro-Hamas protesters within the U.S. to ratchet up their efforts.
An in any other case unremarkable report on the state of affairs in Gaza was made outstanding by the willful broadcasting of pro-Hamas propaganda.
Click on “increase” to view the complete transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on the CBS Night Information on Wednesday, Might 1st, 2024:
JAMES BROWN: Secretary of State Antony Blinken was again in Israel at the moment for the seventh time because the battle with Hamas started final October. Blinken is pushing arduous for a cease to the preventing, however CBS’s Ramy Inocencio experiences from Tel Aviv, progress on a deal appears out of attain.
RAMY INOCENCIO: Handshakes and smiles apart, within the quest for a cease-fire with Hamas, secretary of state Antony Blinken shot down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for a remaining Gaza invasion.
ANTONY BLINKEN: We can’t, won’t help a significant navy operation in Rafah, absent an efficient plan to ensure that civilians will not be harmed.
INOCENCIO: However a Netanyahu advisor confirms to CBS Information the prime minister is just not backing down from his plan to assault Rafah. A extra receptive welcome got here from households of hostages pleading for a cease-fire to get all hostages house.
AVIVA SIEGEL: I really feel like I am damaged up into items.
INOCENCIO: For Aviva Siegel, her American husband, Keith, is considered one of them. This proof of life video launched simply days in the past.
SIEGEL: And I do know that Keith has had sufficient. Our household has had sufficient. Our nation’s had sufficient.
INOCENCIO: Aviva herself was a hostage launched after 51 days. She, her daughter,and households of different American hostages had a face-to-face with Blinken. What was the sensation?
DAUGHTER: Actually grateful for what america has been doing since October seventh.
INOCENCIO: One other sticking level to a cease-fire, support to Gaza. The U.N. warns of impending famine. Blinken toured routes being ramped up and being constructed into the Strip, and for extra.
BLINKEN: It must be accelerated, it must be sustained.
INOCENCIO: And for the primary time, support began flowing via a reopened border crossing destroyed on October seventh. As Gazans rallied to thank U.S. college college students for his or her protests and solidarity.
And Antony Blinken left the area just a few hours in the past again to Washington. Israel hasn’t confirmed it’ll ship a delegation to any cease-fire talks. Hamas nonetheless hasn’t replied to Israel’s proposal. JB.
BROWN: Thanks, Ramy.