The Times deletes grossly misleading Gaza photo

On July 27, 2025, David Collier posted about media complicity in the promotion of a libel against Israel that involved a photo of a tragically sick, emaciated Palestinian baby named Mohammed. The photo was originally taken by the Gaza-based photographer Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini and uploaded to his Instagram account on July 22 – framed, falsely, as how Gaza was gripped by ‘mass starvation’ due to alleged Israeli restrictions on aid.

Video: What NY Magazine didn’t tell you

Has Israel destroyed the entire global legal order? That’s the grave charge leveled in Suzy Hansen’s New York Magazine essay, “Crimes of the Century: How Israel, with the help of the U.S., broke not only Gaza but the foundations of humanitarian law.” To make her case, Hansen must resort to falsehoods and half-truths.

Video: AFP’s ‘starving journalists’ story doesn’t add up

Are the “last reporters in Gaza” starving to death? That’s what AFP declared in a dramatic press release on July 21 claiming its employees would die without immediate intervention. But while the media echoed the story around the world, AFP’s own photographers were still out working.

Video: How the media shifted the narrative and helped Hamas

On July 21, Hamas was broke, couldn’t pay its fighters, and was in ceasefire talks. But on July 22, Hamas rejected the ceasefire deal on the table and submitted new demands that mediators called “unacceptable.” Then the narrative began to shift.