The New York Times headline: “A missile at a Gaza beach café finds patrons preparing to watch the World Cup.” This is not a neutral headline. It relies on a series of linguistic choices that shape how readers perceive the event. • The actor disappears: The headline never says Israel fired the missile. It simply mentions “a missile,” removing the human agent responsible for the strike. • The missile becomes the subject: The headline says the missile “finds” people, as though the missile itself acted, rather than the people who launched it. • Killing is replaced by a scene: Instead of saying civilians were killed, the focus shifts to the fact that they were preparing to watch the World Cup. • No mention of death: The words “killed,” “civilian,” or “victim” never appear, even though they are the central facts of the story. • A crime becomes a narrative: The event is framed as an ironic human-interest story rather than a direct report that a military strike killed civilians. These are not merely stylistic choices. They are linguistic decisions that influence how readers assign responsibility and understand the nature of what happened. @nytimes

https://xitter.cf/t.co/aGLIP02YBg شهادة امريكي خدم في وحدة عسكرية في #غزة في مواقع توزيع المساعدات. . "لا شك أنني شاهدت جرائم حرب ارتكبتها قوات الدفاع الإسرائيلية، باستخدام قذائف المدفعية، وقذائف الهاون، وإطلاق الدبابات على المدنيين العزل".