BDS calls for boycott of Arabic channels serving as 'mouthpieces' for Israel
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement’s Arabic-language account published a call to boycott what they called “the mouthpieces of the Israeli enemy that speak Arabic”.
The targeted channels include the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya, MBC, Al Hadath channels, Emirati-owned Sky News Arabia, streaming platform Shahid and Lebanese news network MTV.
The movement says these channels are “not only directed to consecrate and spread Arab normalisation with the Israeli enemy, but they also constitute an integral part of the weapons of the colonial war on Arab consciousness, and of the persistent and desperate attempts to colonise the minds of the peoples of our Arab region with despair”.
The evidence shared by BDS mostly constitutes reports published by these channels that they say corresponds with Israel’s narrative in its war on Gaza and Lebanon, such as the claim that Hamas uses hospitals for military purposes, and sometimes interviews with Israeli officials.
The movement has called on people to refrain from watching or subscribing to these channels, pressure Arab journalists syndicates to boycott these channels and to commit to the opposition to normalisation.
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