According to a United Nations report released in June, Israel has destroyed more than half of all religious and cultural sites in Gaza. The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said of the findings that attacks on cultural sites, including museums, mosques, and archaeological landmarks, hinder Palestinian self-determination and will have impacts for generations to come. Although it is known that the destruction of cultural and religious sites serves to erase historical connections to the land, the issue is rarely the focus of nuanced reporting, according to human rights journalist Mischa Geracoulis. In her new book “Media Framing and the Destruction and Cultural Heritage” (Routledge, 2025), Geracoulis, who is the managing editor of the media literacy organization Project Censored, argues that the way assaults on heritage are presented to the public is critical to linking these attacks to atrocity crimes, including genocide and war crimes. To read the full article by ...