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RT, formerly called Russia Today, is an international English language television network that is terribly hostile toward Israel and has an enormous global audience. Networks like this are the reason why Israel has an unfair global reputation. HonestReporting CEO Daniel Pomerantz came on the channel to talk vaccines, Iran, Abraham Accords — and in the process debunked false claims by former Palestinian political leader Hanan Ashrawi and also by the program’s own host.
The interview came just days after Jerusalem began transferring 5,000 COVID-19 inoculations to Ramallah and, in doing so, the Jewish state became the first nation in the world to share coronavirus vaccines with any external population. Meanwhile, Israel this month also facilitated the delivery to the Palestinians of 10,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.
Furthermore, Ramallah is set to receive 37,000 vaccines through the World Health Organization’s global program around mid-February, followed by an additional 240,000 to 405,600 by the end of the month.
Pomerantz’s appearance came on the backdrop of an RT interview with Ashrawi, who not only accused Israel of shirking its responsibilities to the Palestinians during the pandemic, but also of this year conducting a land invasion of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
There was no such offensive.
Ashrawi also stated that Israeli forces had killed hundreds of Palestinians in 2020.
Also not true.
What is true is that Ashrawi promoted the destruction of the Jewish state by expressing support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.
Pomerantz debunked this and other blatant lies, thereby painting an accurate picture of Israel’s situation. On a channel like RT, reactive criticism won’t be likely to induce a correction, but proactively speaking directly to RT’s audience on their own broadcast can make a real difference: for Israel and for Jewish communities worldwide.
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