The Western media’s double standards when it comes to Israel and Palestine are hardly new. The discourse around “human shields” — or the failure to use the term — is an example of hypocrisy pushed to the extreme, by letting Israel deflect the blame for mass civilian deaths.
Amnesty International postures about all sorts of trendy human rights everywhere in the world, but then doesn’t cover genocide and spring into effective action… One thing is certain: Amnesty is not part of the solution, it is part of the problem. – Paul De Rooij
One year after catastrophic hospital blast, Israel kills Yahya Sinwar; blocks medical specialists from entering Gaza, kills a woman picking olives
Israel pummels civilian sites in Gaza, Lebanon, using alleged “precise munitions” to kill alleged “terrorists”; Netanyahu denounces Macron’s call for arms embargo.
Israel’s genocide decimates thousands of Gazan families, destroys vast swaths of Gazan farmland, creates a garbage apocalypse; in Lebanon, Israel initiates a refugee crisis – all with help from Western media and US-made bombs; Pope Francis, Jared Kushner weigh in on the conflict; more.
Palestinians in Gaza suffer as Israel mulls ethnically cleansing the entire north; massive casualties in Lebanon as Israel bombs relentlessly; US sending personnel and bombs to help Israel; Palestinian girl in Israel persecuted for sympathizing with Gazan children; more.
Biden’s weapon transfers to Israel under scrutiny; Netanyahu wants to “change the Middle East”; Lebanese diplomat warns of “great explosion” in the region if Israel isn’t stopped; more.
Quadcopters are small but lethal tools that the Israeli military has used to kill 1,000 Palestinians, to maim in horrific ways, and to terrorize the population of Gaza.
An in-depth comparison of The New York Times coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine vs. Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza shows how the Times dutifully launders the news to fit the U.S. government’s agenda.
Hamas is alive and well; West Bank is officially a “combat zone”; Palestinian journalists imprisoned like never before; Int’l Criminal Court decision on Netanyahu war crimes expected soon; US files criminal charges against Hamas members; Netanyahu blatantly erases Palestine from the map; Trump adviser David Friedman has a plan for a Greater Israel; US in “despair” about ceasefire; UK’s David Cameron could have stopped arms sales to Israel months ago; Columbia U students keep protesting for Palestine; more