Ghada Shahbender

Israel has the right to defend itself.

The original Bob Vylan

⚡️Breaking: CNN’s Van Jones is among 16 mainstream journalists—including two New York Times reporters—serving as mentors in a new journalism fellowship explicitly created to help Israel win its “information war.” Drop Site’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports that Jacki Karsh, who launched the fellowship after October 7, said it was her way to “shift the narrative” in Israel’s favor, citing a call to fight “on the battlegrounds of academia, law, business, media” as inspiration. Karsh has praised the IDF as “the most moral army in the world” and dismissed Gaza’s casualty figures. NYT mentors include former Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren and Sharon Otterman, who covers campus protests. The fellowship claims to be “resolutely nonpartisan” though its founder has never expressed sympathy for the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed—including 20,000 children—in what UN officials and a vast majority of genocide scholars characterize as genocide. Read: “Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel ‘Information War’” — link below.