Posted on 12/10/2025 11:25:13 AM PST by Freeleesy
"Mic-drop" truth bomb. Israeli Ambassador Claps back at NBC Host: "Quoting Gaza Health Ministry is Like Quoting MS-13's Welfare Stats" | WATCH. An on-air clash goes viral as Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter slams NBC’s Kristen Welker for citing Gaza casualty figures, igniting a fierce debate over media bias, wartime propaganda, and the battle to control the narrative.
Welker referenced the ministry's reported death toll while grilling Leiter on civilian casualties during Israel's operations in Gaza and Lebanon. Leiter fired back: "Kristen, you just quoted the Gaza Health Ministry. That’s like quoting MS-13 Social Welfare Ministry."
The analogy, equating the ministry to the brutal Salvadoran gang MS-13, quickly went viral via the Washington Free Beacon's X post.
Leiter's jab underscores Israel's longstanding critique of the ministry's data: Operated by Hamas since 2007, it has inflated civilian deaths, ignored combatant casualties, and served as a PR tool, manipulating the figures for narrative gain.
The full interview delved into ceasefire prospects, with Leiter, appointed ambassador in early 2025 by PM Netanyahu, insisting on Hamas's full disarmament: "We won't stop until the threat is neutralized."
Welker challenged on humanitarian aid blockages, but Leiter's zinger dominated headlines, fueling memes and op-eds on media bias in conflict reporting.
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GGG:
Gaza
Genocidal
Government
This falls into the category of what is known as “Hasbarah” or Hasbara”; Israels’ efforts to “explain itself” (whether you think that is propaganda or objective) which are acknowledged to be about 1/1000th as effective as those of Hamas, Al Jazeera, etc;
After making that comment he should’ve reminded them about the report two years ago, which i believe was from a source as the Gaza Health ministry, claiming Israel bombed a hospital....
Kristen Welker -Ugh a horrible rat propagandist.
Great comment. Probably lots of liberal jaws hit the table on that one.
The ONLY war crime Israel is guilty of is not levelling Gaza once and for all and turning it into the world’s largest drifting course. It would make a great location for the next Fast and Furious sequel, PROMISED LAND DRIFT
NBC is a leftist propaganda platform owned the Roberts family who are the worst kind of elite “progressives”.
“claps back”...?!
Is this a google translation?
That’s a bitch slap.
Big time
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