Up First, March 17, 2024: The Sunday Story: Losing the Gaza They Knew
The March 17 episode of "Up First" was truly heart-wrenching, all the more because it was made so personal. There is one obvious question: why did you not similarly personalize the story of any of the people who are actually suffering the most in Gaza, far more than either Shema Ahmed or Wafa Abouzadeh and Aboud Okal? One answer is obvious: Nobody other than Gaza terrorists has any access to them; indeed, for those who are not known to have been murdered yet, nobody other than those terrorists know whether they're still even alive. Yet no mention was even made of the suffering of the hostages, all of whom are suffering from inhumane treatment and far worse conditions than those you so sympathetically portrayed. There is also have another trait they have that those you highlighted almost certainly don't share: they are all innocent. Given that 98% of the Arabs polled in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority after the October 7 Massacre said they were more proud of being ...