Today in News History

On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1789, In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later. In 1917, The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. In 1928, Alastair Burnet, English journalist (died 2012) was born. In 1948, Elias Khoury, Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (died 2024) was born. In 1948, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla. In 1979, Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist (born 1952) passed away. In 2006, The 2006 Lebanon War begins. In 2010, Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (born 1957) passed away. In 2012, Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people. In 2013, Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (born 1921) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Interrogations of journalist and academic trigger online backlash and renewed concerns over free speech in Lebanon

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July 7, 2026

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Attack the System

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· Jul 4, 2026

UN, MSM: Israel Is Deliberately and Genocidally Murdering Children

Kevin Barrett Jul 03, 2026 By Kevin Barrett, for American Free Press American mass media have historically demonized Palestinians and downplayed or covered up Israel’s crimes. But on June 24, Americans woke up to a CNN headline that must have made more than a few of them choke [] The post UN, MSM: Israel Is Deliberately and Genocidally Murdering Children first appeared on Attack the System.

Jacobin

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· Jul 5, 2026

Holocaust and Genocide Scholars Are Navigating a Minefield

Since October 7, academic institutions have applied overt and covert pressure to discourage Holocaust and genocide scholars from criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza. Still, many academics are organizing new networks to defend free inquiry.

Al Jazeera English

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· Jun 28, 2026

How to sell a genocide: Israeli Hasbara and the Western media | UpFront

Israel continues to violate the Gaza ceasefire brokered by the US last October, killing more than 1,000 Palestinians including at least 265 children. A recent attack on Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp killed Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Wishah. He is one of more than 200 Palestinian journalists - and the 12th Al Jazeera journalist - to be killed by Israel since October 7, 2023. Has Western media helped normalise Israel’s violence against Palestinians? And how has US corporate and legacy media coverage of the genocide in Gaza over the last two and a half years shaped public attitudes and political decisions? This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks to journalist Adam Johnson, author of the new book “How to Sell a Genocide”. #gaza #palestine #israel #unitedstates #media #journalism #westernmedia #aljazeeraenglish

Haaretz

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· Jul 5, 2026

Channel 12's Tel Aviv offices vandalized amid escalating attacks on Israeli media

The attack is the latest in a series of incidents targeting prominent reporters at Channel 12 and other Israeli media outlets, amid months of incitement against the network by senior coalition figures

Utusan Malaysia

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· Jul 5, 2026

Sekolah perlu perjelas tindakan susulan aduan buli pelajar

PETALING JAYA: Pihak pengurusan sebuah sekolah di Bau, Sarawak perlu tampil memberi penjelasan berhubung tindakan susulan selepas menerima aduan mengenai gangguan terhadap seorang pelajar perempuan Tingkatan Dua. Ahli Parlimen Mas Gading, Mordi Bimol berkata, aduan itu difahamkan dibuat kira-kira dua minggu sebelum kejadian buli yang menyebabkan mangsa cedera. Katanya, perkara itu amat membimbangkan kerana tindakan ... Read more The post Sekolah perlu perjelas tindakan susulan aduan buli pelajar appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

The Young Turks

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· Jul 4, 2026

Ana makes IDF Soldier CRY to Piers - Piers BACKS Ana & Cenk!! #tyt #breakingnews #piersmorgan

Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur make IDF Soldier and spokesperson cry to Piers Morgan, and Piers defends Ana and Cenk, because unlike this guy, our house don’t cry when face with basic questions about human rights abuses and offenses. The Young Turks to discuss Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Gaza, Palestine, the war in Iran, military interventionism, and the obvious civil and human rights atrocities meted out on populations in places like southern Lebanon, Syria, and beyond.

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Related coverage for "Interrogations of journalist and academic trigger online backlash and renewed concerns over free speech in Lebanon": Attack the System — UN, MSM: Israel Is Deliberately and Genocidally Murdering Children. Jacobin — Holocaust and Genocide Scholars Are Navigating a Minefield. Al Jazeera English — How to sell a genocide: Israeli Hasbara and the Western media | UpFront. Haaretz — Channel 12's Tel Aviv offices vandalized amid escalating attacks on Israeli media. Utusan Malaysia — Sekolah perlu perjelas tindakan susulan aduan buli pelajar. The Young Turks — Ana makes IDF Soldier CRY to Piers - Piers BACKS Ana & Cenk!! #tyt #breakingnews #piersmorgan