Italy – Israeli soldier affair: The unlikely one-sided propaganda of the Italian press

The “abduction” thesis backed by Italian Prime Minister in Cairo has been preceded and followed by Italian press, in contrast to the international media caution. Italian journalism (with few exceptions) shows its independence in this way

 

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Now we know that the Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin is dead after an attack in the south of Gaza Strip. But for two days, August 1st and 2nd, most of the Italian press (with some exceptions such as “Il Sole 24 Ore”, “Huffington Post.it” and “Euronews.it”) has been endorsing the strange claim that the involved soldier had been “abducted”, “kidnapped” or “held hostage”, probably by Ḥamās. As if in wartime any capture of a fighter of an occupying force into enemy territory could ever fall within the categories of kidnapping or abduction rather in that of prisoners of war. By doing so, inter alia, the soldier at issue would have been subtracted from the remedies under the 1949 Third Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war. This is because in Gaza (but perhaps is not clear, yet) a war is waging, a war of aggression for some, of defense for others, but always a war with thousands of victims.

Really irresponsible! More so, when this view is endorsed by a State via its Prime Minister.

But the most serious issue is the media homologation (from the TV stations, to the online ones, to the newspapers) and of the press agencies to what seemed like an instruction issued by the political bodies. A fine example of independence and professional ethics! A symptom of an Italy by now steered to the irrelevance at the international level and to the uncritical replication of slogans imposed by disguised powers and absorbed by an already semi-asleep social conscience.

Islamicworld.it proposes below an overview of how those media have reported the soldier Goldin’s affair, by calling him “abducted”, “kidnapped” or “held hostage”, sometime in their title, a few more in the body of article . Following this, there is a framework about some international media, which referred of “captured”, “seized”, or “missing soldier”. Please note that, among these, even certain Israeli newspapers and websites or Jews-owned newspapers are listed.

As usual, the Italian press appears more royalist than the King! But, on the other hand, the wage is good and, anyway, they … have a wife and children!

Abducted, kidnapping or held hostage soldier

TG1 http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-cdbeaba1-c209-44cc-9ae2-5b79ce4f2b20-tg1.html
TG2 http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-f88f3640-d23e-40e0-a7df-1e35dc738a5e.html
TG3 http://www.tg3.rai.it/dl/tg3/articoli/ContentItem-f2df972f-5c62-4e3e-a6f1-518c43375085.html
RaiNews http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Gaza-salta-la-tregua-Rapito-soldato-israeliano-Scambio-di-accuse-tra-Tel-Aviv-e-Hamas-12fd3813-9c1f-47f3-8226-4333f7f0b50c.html
TG5 http://www.video.mediaset.it/video/tg5/servizio/476083/israele-cerca-soldato-rapito.html
TGCOM24 http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/mondo/2014/notizia/rafah-le-milizie-di-israele-in-azione-nella-striscia-alla-ricerca-del-soldato-rapito_2060889.shtml
Sky TG24 http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/mondo/2014/08/02/israele_hamas_soldato_rapito_vittime_rafah_ira_obama_onu.html
AGI http://www.agi.it/estero/notizie/rapito_soldato_israeliano_salta_la_tregua_a_gaza-201408011720-est-rt10190
ASCA http://www.asca.it/news-M_O___tregua_salta_subito__35_morti_palestinesi_e_un_soldato_rapito-1410243-ATT.html
ADN Kronos http://www.adnkronos.com/fatti/esteri/2014/08/02/gaza-ancora-raid-vittime-hamas-non-sappiamo-nulla-del-soldato-israeliano-rapito_klF1Oz0SCOFVESpAu9dK8K.html
TM News http://www.tmnews.it/web/sezioni/top10/tregua-finita-a-gaza-rapito-un-soldato-israeliano-da-hamas-20140801_151250.shtml
Corriere della Sera http://www.corriere.it/esteri/14_agosto_01/gaza-via-tregua-umanitaria-72-ore-cairo-si-tenta-mediazione-f3210394-1940-11e4-91b2-1fd8845305fa.shtml
Repubblica http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2014/08/01/foto/hadar_goldin-92925341/1/#1
La Stampa http://www.lastampa.it/2014/08/01/esteri/gaza-scatta-la-tregua-umanitaria-di-giorni-israele-ma-la-caccia-ai-tunnel-non-si-ferma-KgO20DpkiYivi5aI0jPgJI/pagina.html
Il Messaggero http://www.ilmessaggero.it/PRIMOPIANO/ESTERI/gaza_soldato_rapito_israele_gerusalemme_tel_aviv/notizie/828816.shtml
Quotidiano Nazionale http://www.quotidiano.net/gaza-tregua-israele-palestina-1.93757
Il Giornale http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/mondo/1042420.html
Avvenire http://www.avvenire.it/Mondo/Pagine/gaza-tregua-umanitaria-72-ore.aspx
Libero http://247.libero.it/focus/29928093/1/gaza-israele-cerca-soldato-rapito-tel-aviv-non-sar-a-colloqui-a-il/
Il Fatto Quotidiano http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/08/01/gaza-cessate-il-fuoco-di-72-ore-nella-striscia-israele-continuiamo-a-difenderci/1078859/
Il Tempo http://www.iltempo.it/esteri/2014/08/01/finita-la-tregua-a-gaza-un-soldato-israeliano-rapito-1.1276983
Internazionale http://www.internazionale.it/news/medio-oriente/2014/08/01/ban-ki-moon-chiede-immediato-rilascio-soldato-israeliano-rapito/
Milano Finanza http://www.milanofinanza.it/news/gaza-onu-chiede-rilascio-immediato-soldato-israeliano-rapito-201408011829507525
L’Unione Sarda http://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/notizie_mondo/2014/08/01/israele_avvisa_l_onu_la_tregua_finita_decine_di_palestinesi_uccisi-3-380500.html

 

Captured, seized or missing soldier 

France 24 http://www.france24.com/en/20140802-hamas-denies-capturing-israeli-soldier-gaza-truce-lies-tatters/
Al Jazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/hamas-denies-taking-missing-israeli-soldier-201481232448284971.html
CCTV America http://www.cctv-america.com/2014/08/01/gaza-truce-ends-after-capture-of-israeli-soldier
CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/01/world/meast/mideast-crisis/
ITV http://www.itv.com/news/story/2014-08-02/air-strikes-hit-gaza-as-captured-israeli-soldier-feared-dead/
PressTV http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/02/373756/obama-to-hamas-release-israel-soldier/
Reuters http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/08/01/obama-condemns-hamas-attack-on-israeli-s?videoId=331483386&videoChannel=1
The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/articles/gaza-truce-in-tatters-as-hamas-israelis-clash-1406893975
The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/02/missing-israeli-soldier-lived-uk
Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-gaza-israel-20140801-story.html
The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/video/politics/obama-calls-on-hamas-to-release-israeli-soldier/
Il Sole 24 Ore http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2014-08-01/tregua-72-ore-gaza-23-giorni-guerra-072232.shtml
ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-calls-release-israeli-soldier-gaza-24811332
The Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Obama-calls-for-unconditional-release-of-purportedly-kidnapped-IDF-soldier-369766
Dawn http://www.dawn.com/news/1122687/obama-calls-for-unconditional-realese-of-israeli-soldier
Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.608414
Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/01/obama-calls-for-release-israeli-soldier-in-gaza/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11006087/Israel-Gaza-conflict-live.html
Huffington Post.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/obama-israel_n_5642213.html
Huffington Post.it http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2014/07/22/oron-shaul-soldato-israeliano-disperso_n_5609645.html
The International News http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-155652-Hamas-denies-holding-Israeli-soldier,-Obama-asks-unconditional-release
Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-01/israel-and-hamas-stop-gaza-fighting-as-three-day-truce-begins.html
Euronews http://it.euronews.com/2014/08/01/gaza-fallisce-la-tregua-un-soldato-israeliano-catturato/
The Daily Star Lebanon http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Aug-01/265817-obama-calls-release-of-israeli-soldier-urges-return-to-ceasefire.ashx#axzz39CUvwJzU
Gulf Times http://www.gulf-times.com/Mobile/Region/216/details/402680/Obama-demands-release-of-Israeli-soldier
Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/obama-calls-release-israel-soldier-says-putin-ignoring-russias-interests-ukraine-262653
The Virginia Gazette http://www.vagazette.com/news/sns-rt-us-mideast-gaza-obama-20140801,0,7135421.story
Politico.com http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/israeli-soldier-kidnapped-hamas-obama-statement-109652.html
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