Bulletin N°60 2025 The media in France, and those to whom they give a platform, are redoubling their efforts to present a version of events in Palestine that perfectly conforms to the propaganda of the Zionist colonial state. They are only confirming their role as vehicles of the dominant ideology.
They won't talk about it
While we are bombarded with information about the bodies of Zionists handed over by the Resistance to the authorities of the genocidal colonial state, not a word is said about the 52 bodies of Palestinians returned on October 14th by the Zionist entity. These were Palestinians unlawfully captured by the occupying army, detained without trial, and who died in custody, most often tortured to death. Forty-five bodies showed clear signs of severe torture, executions on the spot, blindfolds, and ill-treatment.
According to data from the CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists, a US-based association), in a report published on October 14, the colonial state is responsible for nearly 95% of the assassinations of journalists and media professionals in the Middle East since October 7, 2023.
Released after two years in Gaza, Nimrod Cohen, one of the former captives of the Resistance, told his father Yehuda that food had started to run out when humanitarian aid was blocked in March.
On October 15, Israeli Foreign Minister Smotrich asserted that there would be " Israeli settlements in Gaza " and that, regardless of any agreements, the Zionists remained determined to seize control of the Palestinian enclave. He was not speaking solely on his own behalf, as the government of the genocidal Zionist entity had declared the previous day, after the release of all prisoners, that it would maintain control of the Philadelphia Corridor, including the Rafah crossing. This clearly implies continued obstruction of humanitarian aid.
Greta Thunberg recently described the mistreatment she endured during her five days of captivity in Israel: “The guards deliberately placed an Israeli flag next to me and beat me every time it brushed against me.” They repeatedly struck her while she was tied up. They called her “Lilla hora” (“Little whore”) and “Whore Greta.” Deprived of food and drinking water, the detainees were forced to drink from a dirty sink. Guards took selfies with her while cutting up her belongings, including items bearing Palestinian symbols. Finally, Greta Thunberg emphasized that this was nothing compared to what is inflicted on Palestinians held prisoner and hostage by Israel.
Noa Avishag Schnall, a Jewish American photojournalist who was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, was tortured in an Israeli prison. Images of her show her with a prominent black eye. She testified that she was hung by her wrists and ankles with metal chains and beaten on her stomach, back, face, and head by a group of guards. " One of them sat on my neck and face, blocking my airway ," she also stated.
The ubiquitous content of communication
Only one thing interests our media and most of our political leaders: the fate of the last soldiers held captive in Gaza, referred to as hostages. A selection of official reactions is unnecessary. Here is one that sums them all up, coming from the Socialist mayor of Montpellier, Michael Delafosse, who has distinguished himself by his complicity with the prefect of Hérault in banning demonstrations of solidarity with Palestine.
" The hostages held by Hamas terrorists have all been released; this is a joy and a relief. The memory of the victims must be honored. Our thoughts are with the bereaved families. The guns have fallen silent, and may they remain silent for a long time; life must go on. May the anti-Semitic hatred unleashed throughout the world since October 7th cease. "
As we can see, for all these supporters of the Zionist cause, the Palestinians, their 100,000 to 200,000 dead, those still buried under the rubble, the systematic destruction of Gaza, its buildings, its historical symbols—none of this exists. Delafosse participates as much as Netanyahu in the denial of a people and their more than thousand-year-old history.
Furthermore, on October 14th, France Info published a video with the following introduction: “ Ceasefire in Gaza: A Palestinian prisoner discovers after his release that his wife and children are dead. ” However, neither the introduction nor the video's content tells us how his wife and children died. It's also worth noting the use of the phrase “died” rather than “were murdered,” or even “killed.” As if some unknown tragedy had struck Gaza. And this is nothing new; this portrayal of Palestinian victims by France Info is recurrent and is the subject of systematic criticism from internet users on X. But France Info is part of the hard core of supporters of the Zionist entity and has been using the same rhetoric with the same “oversight” for two years.
The same media outlet and its colleagues in the "public service" have, for the past few days, been drawing their users' attention to the fate of the traitors used by the occupying army to kill civilians seeking food or destroy humanitarian aid, and whom the army has refused to evacuate. It was obvious that the Resistance would settle accounts with these collaborators, especially after the assassination of journalist Saleh Al-Jafarawi by these same gangs. Yet, surprisingly, our media make no mention whatsoever of these people's membership in ISIS, nor their role as auxiliaries of the colonial army! France Info refers to "Hamas attacks against rival clans," while the Zionists, concerned for the first time with the fate of certain Palestinians, tell us about Palestinians "summarily executed by Hamas." In all cases, the diversity of the Resistance is concealed.
The plurality of the Resistance really seems like the last thing that should be said, probably because it would help to destroy the initial and recurring postulate: terrorism and not resistance.
Information manipulation and pro-Zionist engagement
On October 13, the Huffington Post published an article aimed at justifying the Zionist propaganda viewpoint, offering a rather laborious explanation of the distinction between Zionist hostages and Palestinian prisoners. Independent journalist Meriem Laribi published a very interesting commentary on it.
The idea is to deceive everyone, to pretend to use the arguments of both sides. Thus, as Meriem Laribi says: " He does mention torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, but not the deaths of some fifty Palestinians in detention (including a 17-year-old teenager or the famous Dr. Adnane Al Borsh, very likely sexually abused and tortured to death by Israel). "
Similarly, the "administrative detention" of Palestinian prisoners is mentioned, but not the disappearance of more than 2,500 Palestinians abducted by Israel since October 7, 2023—and these are only the cases for which we know the fate of those abducted. Hundreds of people have disappeared in Gaza without any information about their whereabouts. Are they dead or in detention? We don't know. And not a word about it in the Huffington Post .
To make his point clear, the writer quotes Le Monde , which distinguishes between Israeli and Palestinian hostages: “ The Israelis and foreigners abducted on October 7, 2023, by Hamas are hostages in the literal sense of the word—people whose lives and release depend on obtaining something in return from those holding them .” Neither Le Monde nor the Huffington Post seem to be aware that the Zionist colonial state has kidnapped hundreds of civilians in Gaza (men, women, children, doctors, nurses, journalists, people with disabilities, etc.) with the aim of exchanging them later or blackmailing their families. As Meriem Laribi says: “ There are thousands of documented cases over the years. These people had done absolutely nothing wrong. Le Monde, which is well-versed in the situation on the ground, cannot be unaware of this. They are therefore hostages in the literal sense of the word. When Israel holds an autistic child, what is the purpose? ”
We are finally told that the Palestinians' place of detention is, in most cases, "known," as if to say that they are not cut off from the world and their loved ones. However, knowing where they are being held benefits neither them nor their families, who are often unable to visit them for years or even communicate with them. Many detainees spend months, even years, in solitary confinement, which is in itself a form of torture.
In conclusion to her analysis of the article, Meriem Laribi tells us: " So all the elements are there to talk about Palestinian hostages : expectation of compensation for release, torture, inhumane treatment, detention in unknown or inaccessible places ."
These media outlets have a pro-Zionist, pro-colonial perspective, and that's the problem. Only a reverse perspective could reveal the truth. The true nature of the problem, never mentioned, is that the Zionist entity, the occupying power, has no legitimacy to judge Palestinians, whoever they may be, even those accused and convicted of crimes. These convictions are, in any case, a sham of justice; one only needs to read Salah Hammouri's book, " The Prisoner of Jerusalem ," to get an idea of this. And Meriem Laribi adds: " Do Palestinians have courts where they can judge and convict the Israelis who kill them? No. So, on what basis does Israel judge Palestinians? On the basis of a colonial power dynamic. Period ."
In conclusion
Nader Sadaqa, former regional commander of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was released after 21 years of captivity in Zionist prisons. This revolutionary activist, an example of resistance and dignity, continues and will continue to fight for the complete liberation of Palestine. His first words as a free man were: "There is no word stronger than Gaza." It is worth noting that Sadaqa comes from a Samaritan family, a group of dissident Jews living in Galilee, near Mount Gerizim.
Like all the Palestinians whom the agreement freed in exchange for the 48 captured Resistance soldiers in Gaza, he understands that the situation in Palestine today, despite the massacres and the possibility of their resumption, is far more hopeful than most commentators, including those sympathetic to the Palestinian cause, generally believe. As Georges Abdallah says, "We mustn't misjudge the situation; we are winning ." The ceasefire is a victory for the Palestinian Resistance and the tenacity of this martyred people. The conditions for the aftermath are still to be discussed; the Resistance's rejection of any non-Palestinian government, the disarmament, and the continued demand for the complete withdrawal of the occupying army are key points.
The Palestinian people can only count on themselves, their Resistance, and immense international solidarity. The Zionist colonial state is now ostracized by nations. It has, for the moment, failed to end the genocide and defeat the armed Resistance. International solidarity must now continue and expand. Let us be convinced that if imperialism is to retreat in Palestine, this will be an additional asset to force it to retreat in France and everywhere else!
In order to help the national liberation of Palestine, we need, more than ever, clear, anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist, anti-Zionist actions and discourse, denouncing the actors, the accomplices of the substitute colonization implemented in Palestine . It is not possible to support the struggle for a free Palestine without supporting the armed Resistance, in all its components and in all its actions; without demanding the end of the colonial entity of apartheid, because its existence prevents true peace.
Now more than ever, we need to build a gathering of all those who support the national liberation of Palestine and its armed resistance, to make our militant contribution, in France against our capitalists and their supporters, to "a free Palestine from the river to the sea".
A first event is being planned. It is a rally, a new major anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist event on October 17, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. on the Place de la Sorbonne, in Paris, in support of peoples in struggle and in particular the Palestinian people and their heroic resistance, to be followed, at 7:00 p.m., by the rally of the Collectif 17 octobre 1961, in order to commemorate the anniversary of that fateful day when hundreds of Algerians were massacred during a demonstration organized by the Federation of France of the National Liberation Front (FLN).
The Revolutionary Communist Party is a participant in both of these gatherings. Despite the dark day of October 17, 1961, Algeria triumphed and was liberated. Palestine will triumph and be liberated, and we stand with it.