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The speaker asserts that YouTube quietly deleted more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations, war crimes, and related abuses as part of an effort by the U.S. government to bury evidence of Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank. According to The Intercept, YouTube surreptitiously deleted these videos in early October by wiping the accounts that posted them from the site along with their channel archives. The affected accounts belonged to three prominent Palestinian human rights groups: Al Haq, Al Mezan, the Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. These three YouTube channels hosted hours of footage documenting and highlighting alleged Israeli government violations of international law in Gaza and the West Bank. The speaker emphasizes the importance of preserving this record to counter Hasbara and ensure documentation of war crimes for historical record, stating that there is a real and successful effort to wipe the Internet of these videos. The deleted content ranges from investigations, such as an analysis of the Israeli killing of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, to testimonies of Palestinians tortured by Israeli forces, and documentaries like The Beach about children playing on a beach who were killed by an Israeli strike. The Intercept notes that the deletion affected the groups’ official channels, and not their alternate channels; videos reposted on other channels remain viewable. The speaker adds that while the official channels were deleted, other channels still host copies.