Post by @ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social

2026-02-20 17:34 UTC

I'm ashamed to say this, but Ethiopian journalists have proven the most "effective" of all the Africans to be flown out to Israel. The Ethiopian airwaves and newspapers have been flooded with content that dehumanizes Palestinians, depicts Israel's genocide as a self defense move, or polishes Israel's reputation by highlighting advances in technology, agriculture or various religious heritage sites at a time when media focus should be on mass slaughter in Gaza.

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@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social 2026-02-20 17:39

Israel appears to be studying the results, country by country. For instance, following intense backlash from Moroccan journalists against colleagues who traveled to Israel, this year, Israel could not find journalists from Morocco. It sent a cultural troupe to instead. All in all, our weakness as Africans? Too many dictatorships. A robust press culture would have us better resist efforts by not only Israel, but China and Russia as well, to sell us questionable narratives that violate humanity.

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@thiswomanswerk@blacktwitter.io 2026-02-20 17:48

@ZekuZelalem This is sort of mind boggling because my understanding is that Black Jews, many if not most with Ethiopian heritage, who live in Israel are treated as second class citizens. Obviously they must be tailoring the journalists' experiences in some way, for them not to notice this, but I guess I would think that the Black people who actually live there would have had something to say by now. The power of brainwashing, Ig

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