Western Journalists Aren’t Even Ashamed of Their Collective Amnesia
If you read the headlines in the last couple of days, the narrative is clear. You would be informed that Hamas carried out a ‘completely unprovoked attack’. Western journalists will also ask you to stand with Israel. Because Human Rights abuses like the ones Hamas carries out are unacceptable. Well, I agree about the Human Rights abuses. What I do not agree about is how Western journalists and politicians try to frame this as ‘unprovoked’. Because it was not. The narrative can only be upheld through collective amnesia in the West. All those media reports conveniently forget some facts. Like the fact that Human Rights abuses have been rampant in Gaza for decades. Israeli settlers occupied Palestinian land illegally by brute force the whole time. Israel routinely forces Palestinians to drink polluted water. Israeli snipers have killed Palestinian women and children for years. This happened out in the open, by the way. The Israeli human rights abuses are very well documented. Even by western Human Rights Organizations. As usual, because Israel is the biggest ally in the Middle East, no one cared. Let’s not even talk about the Israeli bombing campaigns in Syria.This attack has been a long time coming.If it wasn’t so tragic, it would be funny how blatant the hypocrisy is in the West. Especially, when it comes to human rights and the so-called rule-based order. Day after day, western journalists are busy documenting human rights abuses. Always in countries that are far away, and just happen to be our perceived enemies. We don’t need censorship by the government. In fact, our hypocritical Western journalists censor themselves. You will never find a Western news outlet that has any balls when it comes to Human Rights. They never confront the West and its allies about their human rights abuses.
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