Mint Press News reported.<\/a><\/p>\nRavid recently went viral for an article that claimed that Israeli attacks against Hezbollah are \u201cnot intended to lead to war but are an attempt to reach \u2018de-escalation through escalation.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Ravid is an Israeli spy \u2013 or at least he was until recently. He is a former analyst with Israeli spying agency Unit 8200, and as recently as last year, he was still a reservist with the Israeli military.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1952, Unit 8200 is Israel\u2019s largest and perhaps most controversial spying organization. It has been responsible for many high-profile espionage and terror operations, including the recent pager attack that injured thousands of Lebanese civilians.<\/p>\n
Ravid is far from the only Israeli ex-spook working at top US\u00a0media outlets to manufacture Western support for Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n
He has quickly become one of the most influential individuals in the Capitol Hill press corps. In April, he won the White House Press Correspondents\u2019 Award \u201cfor overall excellence in White House coverage\u201d\u2014one of the highest awards in American journalism.<\/p>\n
He was personally presented with the award by President Joe Biden, who embraced him like a brother.<\/p>\n
Ravid has made a name for himself by uncritically printing flattering information given to him by either the US or Israeli officials.<\/p>\n
Another former spy, Shachar Peled spent three years as an officer in Unit 8200, leading a team of analysts in surveillance, intelligence and cyberwarfare.<\/p>\n
She also served as a technology analyst for the Israeli intelligence service, Shin Bet.<\/p>\n
In 2017, she was hired as a producer and writer by CNN and spent three years putting together segments for the broadcaster’s Fareed Zakaria and Christiane Amanpour\u2019s shows. Google later hired her to become its senior media specialist.<\/p>\n
Another Unit 8200 agent who went on to work for CNN is Tal Heinrich who spent three years as an\u00a0agent. Between 2014 and 2017, she was the field and news desk producer for CNN\u2019s notoriously pro-Israel Jerusalem Bureau.<\/p>\n
The New York Times<\/em>, meanwhile, hired Anat Schwartz, an ex-Israeli air force intelligence officer with zero journalistic experience. She co-wrote the infamous and now discredited \u201cScreams Without Words\u201d expose, which claimed that Hamas fighters systematically sexually violated Israelis on October 7.<\/p>\nMultiple New York Times<\/em> employees, including its star columnist David Brooks, have had children serving in the Israeli forces. Even as they report or offer opinions on the region, the Times\u00a0has\u00a0<\/em>never disclosed these glaring conflicts of interest to its readers.<\/p>\nSource<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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