U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 75, has become Hamas’ chief propagandist, spreading fabrications about civilian casualties in Gaza. Gutterres doesn’t question Hamas’ Ministry of Health, who main purpose is to turn world opinion against Israel, making Hamas the victim of Israeli aggression. No only does Gueterres not question Hamas’ stats, he disseminates propaganda for the purpose of besmirching Israeli Defense Forces [IDF]], regarded as the most competent military in the world. Guterres talked about “global public opinion,’ the exact message Hamas wants to send about its fabricated casualties at the hands of Israel’s military. “There are violations by Hamas when they have human shields. But when one looks at the number of civilians that were killed with the military operations, there is something that is clearly wrong,” Guterres said not admitting what actually wrong.
President Joe Biden, 80, infuriated Palestinians Oct. 26 saying you can’t trust the Hamas Ministry of Health for factual data on deaths and injuries. Pro-Palestinian groups railed against Biden statements because they tell the truth about “what’s wrong,” as Guterres says. What “clearly wrong” is not the factual casualties but the fabricated ones by the Hams Ministry of Health. Yet Guterres takes Hamas statements as factual when they said Israel shot a missile Oct. 17 into a Gaza hospital, killing 500. Even after the Pentagon confirmed that the missile hitting the hospital was launched by Islamic Jihad, the press and U.N. didn’t correct the record. Guterres has become as shill for Hamas to disseminate its propaganda. “It’s also important to make Israel understand that it is against the interests of Israel to see every day the terrible images of dramatic humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people,” Guterres said.
Guterres makes zero effort to clarify the factual accuracy of Hamas’ Ministry of Health as it disseminates disinformation to the public. Most the photos and video sent to the press come from Hamas propagandists. “That doesn’t help Israel in relation to global public opinion,” said Guterres, knowing that he’s used by Hamas regularly to comment about outright fabrications. Hamas claims that of the 10,000 civilian causalties, 40% are children, something Hamas refuses to verify. “We have in a few days in Gaza thousands and thousands of children killed, which means there is also something clearly wrong in the way military operations are being done,” calling the situation in Gaza “catastrophic.” Guterres has become the chief conduit disseminating Hamas disinformation to the press. Why Gutterres has an ax to grind with Israel is anyone’s guess. Guterress can’t be trusted for factual information.
How can any credentialed news organization take Hamas information factually when they’ve been known over the course of four wars in the last 17 years to only present fabricated information to the press. Guterres knows how it works with Hamas but chooses to join the terrorist organization’s propaganda campaign. When Israel was accused by the U.S. to firing a missile at the Hospital Oct. 17, Guterres made no effort to correct the record. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war against Hamas will proceed without interruption to do everything possible to free Palestinians of Hamas’ known tyrany. Recent reports of how exiled Hams leaders Khaled Meshaal and Ismail Haniyeh are worth billions should tell everyone what Hamas is really about. Past PLO founder Yasser Arafat reportedly plundered millions from the Gaza Strip and West Bank before his Nov. 11, 2004 death.
Israel fights Hamas, the global media and the U.N. all committed to making Israel look like its perpetrating genocide on Palestinians. Hamas officials know the Health Ministry states are rigged to make Israel look bad. “We know, and I can say for sure, there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” said an unnamed Israeli official. “I would push back on that, sir.. You’re saying there’s no humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” asked Fox News journalist Trey Yingst. “I am saying once again: there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza., the officials said. “I know the situation is not easy, but we are at war,” referring to the collateral damage, far less than Hamas’ exaggerations. Crowded conditions, Palestinians fleeing the war zone, living without electricity or water, all sounds like a humanitarian crisis. Israel was trying to say that Hamas, not Israel, has created whatever humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should be ashamed of himself serving as a propaganda shill for Hamas about civilian casualties in Gaza. Guterres has no proof of the numbers he routinely parrots to the media.Hamas states. “We are in intense negotiation with Israel, with U.S., with Egypt, in order to make sure that we have an effective humnitarian aid to Gaza,” Guterres said. “Until now it’s has been a little too late,” Guterres said, presenting himself as the nice guy to Gaza. Guterres plays both sides against the middle, knowing how easily he’d be condemned by Palestinians and other Islamic states. Guterres would never say that Hamas has plundered Gaza for 17 years when it seized the territory in 2007 from the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority [PA]. Guterres would never say, like Biden on Oct. 26, that you can’t trust Hamas to deliver factual information about Gaza casualties.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnsit.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.