By enforcing draconian media censorship laws, Israel is seeking to control the narrative. @laubast.bsky.social explains 2 of its recent major media bans: barring foreign press from Gaza & prohibiting foreign broadcasters, mainly Al Jazeera, from operating. www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...

Newsroom leaders' top-down control over what gets published is nothing new. @laubast.bsky.social prev. investigated how newsrooms killed stories on Israel's genocide in Gaza. “The way they killed my material was violent to me … emotionally triggering & unethical," said photojournalist Eman Mohammed.

I spoke with Rana Sharif from the Palestinian Feminist Collective, Basil Farraj who oversees @palestinestudies.bsky.social’s prisoners database, and Dr. Lara Sheehi about the systemic sexual violence used by Israel’s carceral regime. For @prismreports.org, read: prismreports.org/2025/11/18/p...

“I wished for death every moment. [...] I could hear the soldiers outside speaking Hebrew & laughing.” Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.

In this interview with Khalil Kawtharany and Karim al-Amine, Arab academic Ali Kadri offers a searing indictment of imperialism’s logic in the Global South: war, waste, and the commodification of death. 🔗 thepublicsource.org/global-south...

"True journalism is the act of documenting history as it disrupts the present." — @laubast.bsky.social

Last week, Prism published a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that reveals how the Palestine exception functions within mainstream U.S. newsrooms.🧵

In a collaboration between Prism & Visualizing Palestine, reporting by @laubast.bsky.social reveals & illustrates what happens to stories about Palestine in U.S. newsrooms, from inception to reporting, editing, & publication.

It's not your imagination: There is a newsroom bias against Palestine and journalists who report on Palestine or voice opinions about the genocide on their personal social media.

Journalists, who are either Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim, told Prism that they were shut out of covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza, while white, Jewish, or Israeli—even former soldiers—journalists took the lead. Read @laubast.bsky.social's report on how US media capitulates to the Israeli narrative.

Explored in nearly a dozen interviews with @laubast.bsky.social & a collaboration with Visualizing Palestine, learn how journalists across the U.S. face silencing, dehumanization, & targeted harassment campaigns from Zionist groups—all of which shape pro-Israel bias across U.S. media.

today @prismreports.org is launching its partnership with Visualizing Palestine, featuring this reporting on media bias from the incredible Laura Albast. i'm proud as hell of prism's work every day, but i'm especially proud of this; please give it a read. prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...

If you read one thing today, let it be this stunning piece of journalism from Laura Albast about the pro-Israel bias that exists across mainstream newsrooms that was edited over months with great care from my brilliant @prismreports.org colleague @sfatima.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...

A monthslong @prismreports.org investigation by @laubast.bsky.social reveals pro-Israel bias at the highest levels in U.S. newsrooms. Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim journalists said they felt dehumanized and were questioned over stories even mentioning Palestine. With Visualizing Palestine:

"We don’t have state-controlled media, but there’s something so much more tragic about a free press that voluntarily enmeshes itself with the state and protects its interests without being asked.” [email protected] Read this investigation by @laubast.bsky.social for @prismreports.org!

I’ve been working on this for months! It is now out. Read. Read. Read. The stories I collected reveal the extent of bias tactics in U.S. newsrooms, even those we wouldn’t expect Palestine to be muzzled in. Thank you for trusting me to report!

Since November 2024, Lebanese fishermen have been stalked by drones, threatened through intimidating leaflets, and directly targeted by Israeli vessels. Read our latest, in collaboration with @dropsitenews.com 👇🏼

Writing on the violence of liberal chic, Avik Jain Chatlani exposes the emptiness of cosmopolitanism, one where videos of shredded children in Gaza are not enough to get liberal elites to stop their savagery. “We can run out of pages counting unmoved liberals, whose nonchalance cost many lives.”

In June, The Washington Post reported Israeli forces killed 30+ near a U.S. aid site in Gaza — then, it issued a ‘correction’ erasing who was responsible. This isn't the 1st or only outlet that has done this. Pressure systems usually work behind the scenes. For @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social 👇🏼

What role can photography play in the darkest of times? I interviewed two incredibly talented photographers, Moayed Abu Ammouna and Adam Rouhana, for @palestinestudies.bsky.social – read to learn more about them and their work! palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

@najisafadi.bsky.social speaks with Palestinian photographers, Moayed Abu Ammouna in Gaza & Adam Rouhana in Jerusalem on how photography, and dialogue between artists, contributes to the struggle for Palestinian liberation. Read and view their photos ⬇️🧵

🧵 Thread about the Movement Media Alliance 🧵 As we enter the early days of spring, it feels fitting to share some changes. Starting this month, Media Against Apartheid & Displacement—our first editorial project has transitioned to an archive and regular newsletter! movement-media.org/maad/

It is a mistake to view America's centuries of enslaving, subjugating, incarcerating, & torturing populations as the doing of a single party or leader. This is an entrenched system populated by electors tolerating livestreamed violence, writes Avik Jain Chatlani. prismreports.org/2025/03/25/a...

“Last year, there was no Eid. Instead of wearing new clothes, the children wore shrouds. Instead of exchanging greetings, their names were added to the lists of martyrs. The same scenes unfold today,” writes Ghada Abu Muaileq from Gaza. www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

Avik Jain Chatlani really took my breath away with his latest piece for @prismreports.org. I hope y’all read and share it.

📣CALL FOR SOURCES📣 If you're a journalist who is open to speaking with Laura about your experience, we can grant anonymity.

Are you a U.S. journalist who faced censorship/consequences over coverage of the Gaza genocide? I'm writing a feature for @prismreports.bsky.social in partnership w/Visualizing Palestine & want to highlight your experience (can be anon). DM or connect on Signal at media4palestine.01. Let's talk!

Dozens march in Washington,DC today protesting Israel’s assault on hospitals in Gaza & demanding the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. Israeli forces abducted Dr. Abu Safiya from the Kamal Adwan Hospital after they destroyed it and killed displaced and injured Palestinians.

Oof. Remember the Zionist mob attack against students, faculty, and journalists at UCLA? Some assailants have finally been arrested, & 4 faculty members & students are suing the university. Lailah Bezan mapped an immaculate report for @PalStudies on developments.👇🏽📰

*4 testimonies from Gaza* published by @palestinestudies.bsky.social in the past week 🧵 Dalia digs through the rubble of her 1st displacement, Malak weaves a narrative that will wreck you for days, Eman answers, 'Are you okay?' and Ghada honors the memory of her grandfather who reminds me of mine.

Super important reporting of experiences by Muslim women studens advocated for Palestine during the genocide on their increasingly hostile U.S. campuses. + my photography used in the article! 📸

One year since Israel killed Refaat Alareer in Gaza. The poet & professor moved millions with his writing and defiance of the Israeli occupation. Yousef Aljamal honors his memory in the Journal of Palestine Studies. doi.org/10.1080/0377...

Arabs I'm corresponding with via email or text for the first time for work always assume I'm American/foreign. I love sending them a voicenote & getting the usual surprise reaction 'omg, you speak Arabic! you're Arab!' My first name is foreign my last name isn't but alas 🤣🤣🤣

Last month, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism released survey findings “document[ing] the losses, humanitarian conditions, & multitude of challenges faced by Palestinian journalists” during the genocide in Gaza. @eksbainbridge.bsky.social reports ⬇️ www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...

Your support helps me commission more writers reporting justly on Palestine, especially those sending us testimonies during the genocide in Gaza. If you have used our work in anyway, please donate or share 💟🇵🇸

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Israel violated the ceasefire agreement today, targeting Lebanese returning to homes on the southern border. You won't see reports of this in Western press, & if you do, it won't be reported as a violation but a justification in print for why soldiers opened fire to cease fire.

My 15 year old cousin needed to interview an “older successful relative” for his careers class and he asked me 😭 He also said since I work in the Palestine field he wanted to bring it up in class so people can be informed. Proud 🥲

Editing a writer's tribute to Wafa Aludaini, a Palestinian journalist who was killed with her husband and two children —a 5-year-old child and 7-months-old baby— by an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 30 of this year. As I looked through interviews Wafa has given talking about the situation in Gaza, (1/4)

📣We have published a special issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies co-edited by @amahlbishara.bsky.social and Diana Keown Allan. Contributions to this volume address how diverse media forms shape and express Palestinian lifeworlds and politics. 📚🧵 tandfonline.com/toc/rpal20/5...

We are a group of autonomous writers, artists, educators and translators coming together to offer online courses and workshops to raise money for people in Gaza 🥀🥀🥀

"Journalists and media workers around the world have the moral duty to speak up against the use of journalism to manufacture consent for war, and to dissent to protect their Palestinian peers in Gaza." Icymi, powerful piece from @laubast.bsky.social & Sarah O'Neal www.thenation.com/article/soci...

U.S. anti-terrorism legislation is anti-Palestinian ‘at the core,’ Laura Albast reports. A new report by Palestine Legal & the Center for Constitutional Rights explains how the weaponization of anti-terrorism has been deployed through a multi-pronged approach. prismreports.org/2024/03/07/u...

Good morning migrators! We plan on being more active on this platform, so if you're looking for resources, stories, analysis, research, news, databases, encyclopedia, or knowledge surrounding Palestine and the Palestinians — give us a follow! 🇵🇸📚

It’s an honor to connect with all my new followers here! I’ll be sharing more content soon. In the meantime, be sure to follow @palestinestudies.bsky.social and my colleague @laubast.bsky.social to stay updated on our work at the Institute for Palestine Studies. palestine-studies.org