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Since @closet-keys doesn't have any of their own, let's exercise our media literacy skills.

The claim:

Israel deliberately rotates which baby formula it lets into Gaza, banning each type right after infants become dependent on it, specifically to cause malabsorption.

The Source of the claim:

Truthout, June 2026, quoting Dr. Ahmad al-Farra, head of pediatrics at Nasser Hospital.

The framing:

This is a strategy of Israel to systematically "torture and kill Palestinian babies."

The Template:

"Jews deliberately poison or torture children's bodies as policy" is one of the oldest blood libel templates in existence, going back to medieval host desecration and well-poisoning accusations.

This post is built on that template and reskinned with the vocabulary of supply chains and pediatric malabsorption to disguise it as humanitarian reporting instead of the racist libel it is.

The nugget of truth:

Al-Farra is a real doctor describing a real shortage.

So what is Truthout, and what did it do with al-Farra's words?

The motives:

Truthout is a nonprofit advocacy outlet that has run pieces attacking other publications for treating "Israel's right to exist" as a legitimate editorial value, framing that position itself as disqualifying.

This is an outlet with an explicit institutional position that acknowledging Israel's right to exist is a problem...reporting on Israel.

This isn't journalism and it isn't social justice activism.

Where did Truthout get al-Farra's words?

In April, the New Arab quoted the same doctor on the same situation:

"the types available change constantly. One type lasts no more than two weeks before it runs out and is replaced by another, which negatively affects children's health"

That's describing chaos. Formula shows up inconsistently, brands run out, whatever's available gets swapped in. No intent, no plan, and no attack on babies.

The New Arab is owned by Fadaat Media, a Qatari company. Qatar has spent two decades bankrolling Hamas's government.

An outlet funded by Hamas's primary patron covering Hamas's war isn't neutral either - but it's less egregious than what Truthout did.

The method:

In June, Truthout turned the same observation into "one of the Israeli strategies," turning a shortage into a malicious plan to attack babies.

They invented the idea that Israel maliciously executed a plan to let one brand in until babies depend on it, then ban it on purpose to cause malabsorption issues in infants.

The medical explanation is recycled almost word for word from April. The verb does all the dishonest work. "Runs out and gets replaced" became "is allowed in, then banned."

Nobody found a new fact. Truthout invented a motive, bolted it onto an old quote, and kept the doctor's name on it so it would appear to be damning testimony.

This isn't bias, this is a lie - and this is how a blood libel gets laundered in 2026.

The anatomy of a modern blood libel:

Writing "Jews poison children" might make someone hesitate. Instead, a real shortage gets a manufactured motive, attributed to a real doctor, published by an outlet that's told you it considers Israel's legitimacy itself the problem, and run through a wire from an outlet funded by the regime bankrolling the other side of the war.

Each layer gives the next one a laundered source to point at. By the time it's a Tumblr infographic, suckers like @closet-keys feel confident saying it's "confirmed repeatedly" without ONCE having actually examined the unconfirmed claims.

The reality check:

Who would actually run a "ban a formula brand every two weeks" policy?

COGAT, Israel's aid office, has publicly denied restricting formula at all, ever - but Truthout doesn't mention this. A journalist investigating an atrocity allegation talks to the accused. Truthout skipped that because engaging with it means admitting "strategy" is their word, not their source's.

Meanwhile, Hamas was repeatedly documented stealing baby formula from UNICEF trucks, creating or worsening the supply issue.

The shortage is real.

What's invented is the accusation that Jews are running a calibrated infant-torture program. This accusation is disguised in the language of pediatrics and laundered through two outlets that each have a direct stake in the war they're "covering."

The idiot spreading transparently racist lies:

@closet-keys

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