Comments by "Perry Howell" (@user-ue4rd1mf1v) on "BBC News"
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@happydays4302 the usual media and political response to Israel typically is a backhanded compliment, insult by omission or implied equivalency, coupled with an absolute lack of awareness of context. The fact that most people feel there is a moral equivalency between the two, and worse- that Israel is a colonial state, an 'aparthied state' and that it actually deserves this- that's the constant argument from people which suggests the media has not been successful at conveying the truths of the matter.
I certainly never heard any politician or media outlet suggesting Israel does no wrong- mostly I hear or understand the opposite -in ways direct or veiled.
I agree with you that the cost of the animosity has been huge (though very small and tame compared to the brutality and scale of myriad other conflicts around even now- Isis activity anywhere it still exists (read about the yazidi genocide and the rape and sale of its women and girls in markets, North Iraq) Assad's murder of millions of his own people, many by gas, just a few hundred km away in Syria.
5 Million killed in DRC. Widespread butchering of civilians in Yemen by Iranian backed Houthis. Massive sectarian brutality and casualties happen throughout the mideast- Murder of 100k Christians per year in the mid East and Africa. Boko Haram in Nigeria, Al Shabab in Somalia, etc etc etc - throw a dart.
All of these are far far bigger in scope and brutality than any war or action Israel has ever been a part of.
The bizarre hyperfocus on Israel is another aspect of it's unfair treatment at the hands of the media
- not just the defacto apology offered to the jihadist extremists who drive this conflict forward as with most of the other conflicts I mentioned.
Check out two things that might help:
A speech by Mosab Hassan Youssef before the UN. (On unwatch.org) he's the son of Hamas founder and he tore a strip off dictators who enable people like his father to create chaos and destroy the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis.
(It's 2 mins long)
And check out reports and interviews by the Generals of the High Level Military Group, about their analysis of the last Gaza conflict.
Like you I wish for peace for all.
For the well being of the Palestinians as much as the Israelis, it's important for people to understand the true nature of this conflict, and that can't be casually found in almost any mainstream media.
Take good care.
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