Outright media lies are reinforcing the world’s silence about the genocide of Palestinians. The harm it is certain to do in the future to Jews could be just as bad.
Only 11 seconds was spent on what the Maccabi fans had done in Amsterdam (starting at 25:07):
"Israeli hooligans were accused of provoking trouble by tearing down Palestinian flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans."
That may sound as if the correspondent is saying that the claims of tearing down Palestinian flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans are merely *accusations*, but actually, to PBS's credit, they show footage of these actions happening (no translations of the chanted slogans, though). So the correspondent is acknowledging that these actions *happened*, but the *accusation* is that these actions "provoked trouble". As if there might be some debate about whether or not these actions did in fact provoke trouble.
Then the correspondent continues by saying, "But the attacks that followed were widely characterized as a hunt for Jews." Yes, passive voice again. And he doesn't tell us whether or not this characterization (by whomever) was accurate.
You really have drank the Kool Aid
Tonight's PBS News Hour had a story about this, headlined "Antisemitism in Europe":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUe_iyWzwwg&t=23m30s
Only 11 seconds was spent on what the Maccabi fans had done in Amsterdam (starting at 25:07):
"Israeli hooligans were accused of provoking trouble by tearing down Palestinian flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans."
That may sound as if the correspondent is saying that the claims of tearing down Palestinian flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans are merely *accusations*, but actually, to PBS's credit, they show footage of these actions happening (no translations of the chanted slogans, though). So the correspondent is acknowledging that these actions *happened*, but the *accusation* is that these actions "provoked trouble". As if there might be some debate about whether or not these actions did in fact provoke trouble.
Then the correspondent continues by saying, "But the attacks that followed were widely characterized as a hunt for Jews." Yes, passive voice again. And he doesn't tell us whether or not this characterization (by whomever) was accurate.