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.
The following cases represent a small fraction of potential human rights violations committed with American planes, shells, and bombs. The US is complicit in genocide.
The narrative has finally begun to shift on Palestine. Voices have grown increasingly louder demanding that Palestinians have a right to defend themselves.
Gaza waiting on Israel for polio vaccine; only 9.5% of Gaza remains “safe”; Israeli soldiers still sharing their war crimes on social media; occupation of Gaza after war is illegal; calls for ICC judges to issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu; Western media can be held legally accountable for reporting on Gaza; if war continues, Israel may face collapse in under a year; Lebanon reports over 2,000 casualties from Israeli attacks; more
Israel and its all-powerful billionaire funded lobby is indisputably in control of many key aspects of the US… American and Israeli citizens may contribute to a charity in Israel and qualify for an income tax deduction in the US… Pretty soon we Americans will all be terrorized into dancing to the same tune that Congress and the White House dance to…
Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission.
Devastation and death in Gaza City; Israeli soldiers reportedly allowed to do whatever they want; calls for investigation of Israeli soldiers’ behavior; from bodybuilder to feeble and frightened – one prisoner’s story; Israel bulldozes cemetery; Netanyahu trip to US planned to avoid stops where he could be arrested; US: 500-lb bombs ok; 2000-lb bombs not yet; more.
Israel has run an almost decade-long secret “war” against the International Criminal Court. The country deployed its intelligence agencies to surveil, hack, pressure, smear and allegedly threaten senior ICC staff in an effort to derail the court’s inquiries into Israeli crimes….
On Land Day, Palestinians control less of their land than ever; 400 Palestinians reportedly dead in hospital siege; US-Israel intel sharing may be contributing to civilian deaths in Gaza; Israel comes clean on 2 (out of 33,000) Gazan deaths; yet another flour massacre; UK playing fast and loose with int’l law; more
Israel still targeting journalists, lying about it; Israel forces killed Israelis with white flags – then Israeli military chief claims “Israeli forces don’t kill people with white flags”; hostage negotiation possibility; more on women gunned down in church; more on Gazans buried alive on hospital grounds; major Israeli raid on West Bank town of Tulkarm – 5 killed, including a teenager; Netanyahu’s latest plan; Ben-Gvir’s latest antics; humanitarian update.