In the usual process, the U.S. government, media here -- and most liberal bloggers -- are silent or playing down questions about whether Israel overreacted in its massive air strikes on Gaza, while the foreign press, and even Haaretz in Israel, carries more balanced accounts. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Mitchell goes to the journalistic ethics heart of the reporting, but fails to delve into the causes of the blindness to the genocide of the Palestinians being pursued by the right wing military government of Israel.
When even Obama abandons a balanced human viewpoint to the conflict in order to win an election by affirming strong support for Israel, it takes more journalistic courage to report the disproportionate military reaction of the Israeli right. That courage seems mostly lacking in the U.S. press. Exploring why would be interesting. Have they bought the kool aid?
Great blogging that looks at the coverage of Israel's attacks on Gaza from Israeli and British sources. However, Mitchell doesn't elaborate on the U.S. media playing down the overreaction, or provide links to any of the stories he refers to.
This article quotes a number of sources (mainly Haaretz) with views and information that may differ from the accepted/official US position on what may well be an over reaction by Israel (made the more suspicious by it timing--close to elections, and the fact that the present government may wish to show that it can react strongly to "provocation").
Quick comments on how even Israeli newpapers provide the type of penetrating analysis of the immorality of the militaristic actions of the government of Israel, that are mostly lacking in American newspapers. British media do a better job by far than US media in this regard.
More of Israel's "eye for an eyelash" policy of retaliating by 100 times or more for perceived offences by "enemies" of Israel, be they Hezbollah and the Lebanese, or Hamas and the Palestinians. The US encourages Israeli oppression of the Palestinians and then wonders why so many hundreds of millions of people around the world loath the US.
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