Canadian journalist
Vancouver
Joined April 2009
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Bal Brach retweeted
"We are going around the world propping ourselves up as the font of democracy. We are going around the world propping Israel up as the only democracy in the Middle East. This is a deep, deep fiction."
Watch our full interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates here: democracynow.org/2024/10/8/t…
Bal Brach retweeted
"We will not bend the knee to those who say a Palestinian or a Lebanese life is somehow less worthy, or less equal, to an Israeli or American life."
My speech at the @DAWNmenaorg dinner in DC, accepting their annual Integrity award.
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Bal Brach retweeted
Incredible reporting from @clarissaward, showing the reality inside of Gaza. Worth a watch if you get a moment. There are also journalists inside Gaza that have been continuously reporting on what’s happening there, many have died in the process.
Bal Brach retweeted
A U.S. criminal indictment, unsealed today, has unleashed an unprecedented flood of details about an alleged plot connected to the Indian government to carry out multiple assassinations in North America. cbc.ca/news/world/us-unseals… .
Bal Brach retweeted
Journalists at Bell Media were told not to use the word "Palestine" and not to cover rallies calling for a ceasefire.
The Bell conglomerate runs CTV and CP24—and its own employees say its coverage is distorting the truth about Israel's violence in Gaza.
breachmedia.ca/ctv-bell-medi…
Bal Brach retweeted
I didn't know a lot of the grim details outlined in this @vox piece on Israel's mass-detention of #Palestinians: Many of those held are guilty of no crime, some subjected to torture, few given real legal recourse.
You probably didn't either.
You should:
vox.com/world-politics/2023/…
Bal Brach retweeted
Wow. The “I love Hamas stickers” that were found on the University of British Columbia’s campus were actually created by someone working for Hillel who was trying to turn public opinion against pro-Palestine activists.
Information warfare. It’s real. It’s here.
Bal Brach retweeted
“Now we’re supposed to be in the safe area, but you can hear the bombs behind us. All of our houses are bombed. Nothing is left.” Hear these desperate voices from Gaza, as @SalmaCNN reports.
Bal Brach retweeted
I received an invite from the Biden administration for a Diwali event being held by the VP on nov 8. I decline any invitation from an institution that supports the collective punishment of a trapped civilian population—50% of whom are children.
Bal Brach retweeted
We are running out of words. #Gaza
Bal Brach retweeted
“I don’t think we’ve ever seen an information war like this,” @NaomiAKlein tells @brianstelter on the latest “Inside the Hive” vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/…
Bal Brach retweeted
A Palestinian American family is mourning 42 relatives killed in a single day in Gaza. The deceased range in age from three months to 77. trib.al/8zVDSEM
Bal Brach retweeted
I thought it was weird to fact-check a comedian--but I had no idea how WEIRD it really was. New piece @salon on the fact-checker who ignored the facts.
#satire #HasanMinhaj #FreeHasan
salon.com/2023/10/30/hasan-m…
Bal Brach retweeted
🔴 RSF releases the findings of its investigation into the death of @Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon, on the border with Israel: even though Abdallah and his colleagues were clearly identifiable as journalists, their vehicle was deliberately targeted. 👇
Bal Brach retweeted
So many press freedom orgs and people stood with me to condemn Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi Arabia— talking about need for safety for journalists, especially in the Middle East.
Silent about the communications blackout and killings of journalists in Gaza.
Truly shameful.
Bal Brach retweeted
Canada ABSTAINED.
Years later when everyone’s piously saying “Never forget,” never forget this where Canada stands on this again and again.
120 in favor
14 against
45 abstentions
Countries adopt resolution calling for immediate & sustained humanitarian truce in the Middle East during an Emergency Special Session of #UNGA. news.un.org/en/story/2023/10…
Bal Brach retweeted
It’s been shocking to see
the lack of historical context provided in too many stories about the #Israel- #Palestine conflict. As journalism educators we need to prepare our students to tell critical stories. They need to be studying more history/philosophy/political theory.
Bal Brach retweeted
Journalism that’s courageous, consistent and contextualized—the clarifying, exponential power of all of those things together—not one or two of them—would’ve long ago shown and explained how the status quo in Israel & Palestine eviscerates conditions for peace. Not obfuscated it.