Manufacturing Consent, Gaza and the Anthropocene

In a world that where numerous countries perpetrating genocide have signed the Gevena convention projecting to the world, they value human life, how can said countries get away with such crimes against humanity? Through an analysis of manufacturing consent this paper hopes bring to the forefront its contribution to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and wider Palestine. More specifically, this paper is interested in the way social media has interrupted the framework of western propaganda and manufacturing consent, garnering widespread support across the western world. Support which could perhaps be considered the largest support for Palestine the western world has seen since the Nakba 76 years ago.

Whilst we bear witness to genocide in real time, the American propaganda machine continues to manufacture the consent of the slaughter of Palestinian people in the name of human rights, self-defence and assumed Israeli sovereignty. However, simultaneously Palestinian journalists have been producing a counter narrative through social media. A narrative that has evoked powerful solidarity for the Palestinian cause.

Given this, this paper hopes to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine, by highlighting the way in the which the American propaganda machine has been interrupted by Palestinian voices. Ultimately, highlighting how the wider world has come to know about the injustice perpetuated by Israel, which in turn has helped affect a more urgent want for justice for Palestinian people by the wider world. Inspiring love and solidarity for Palestinian people. In the Anthropocene, where information flows rapidly and narratives collide, the power of local movements and social media can disrupt entrenched systems of propaganda, fostering a greater global awareness and solidarity for the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people, inshallah resulting in a free Palestine in our lifetime.