Thread by @JewhadiTM

The media must stop demonising Israel

Hamas is a murderous, anti-Semitic organisation. But broadcasters barely ever mention this.

via Misha Mansoor @spikedonline
spiked-online.com/2021/05/24/the…

“On the BBC News at Six on Friday, @BowenBBC spoke to a Gazan man who, he said, is proudly ready to give not only his life for Jerusalem, but also those of his wife and child. We were left to wonder how on board with that his wife is.

Certainly Bowen didn’t seem surprised by such an outrageous statement, or seem to want to question the sense and rationality of it.

His report showed many hundreds of young Gazan men, parading along the streets and rubble, proudly claiming they have achieved victory over Israel – despite the considerable ruins of many buildings – and saying they will never give up until Jerusalem is theirs.

On social media the same comments are made over and over. Israel is behaving like the Nazis. Israel is an apartheid state. Israel (or the Jews) wants to grab all the land in the Middle East. Israel shouldn’t even exist.

Delve a bit deeper and you’ll read about organ stealing and the drinking of the blood of Palestinian babies.

Of course it is horrendous to see children killed – from whichever ‘side’. War is ugly, heinous and horrific. Civilian casualties and destroyed buildings aren’t what any normal human being wants to see.

Reporters need to stop ignoring the even uglier truth, however: that if Hamas had the opportunity, it would wipe out every Jew on Earth.

There is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas. There’s a disparity in casualties, a mismatch in military might, and an altogether different approach to the value of civilian life and protecting it.

And there’s also a disparity in how each side of this conflict is reported on in the Western media. Reporters should put their house in order.”