The recent contempt shown for Palestinians reveals that the West hasn’t become less hostile towards them and that any sympathy is confined to their being passive victims In a viral video, Egyptian activist Zein Rahma, right, confronts CNN’s Clarissa Ward on the network’s reporting of the Israel-Palestine war, in Rafah, on 20 October (Screengrab) The ongoing Palestinian-Israeli war …
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Israel-Palestine war: The West’s denial of Palestinian history and humanity is enabling genocide
A demonstrator holds a sign during an anti-war demonstration hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace on the National Mall near the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. on 18 October, 2023 (Reuters) The western love of Zionism has always depended on erasing Palestinian history and humanity. Across the western world, the official and media horror at this month’s unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel, which …
Read More »Israel-Palestine war: Gaza has sparked a meltdown in the West’s colonial mindset
The western world remains unmoved by Palestinian suffering, demanding instead that they condemn themselves for daring to struggle for freedom from settler-colonialism A father mourns as he carries the body of a child killed in Israeli air strikes from the morgue of Al-Aqsa Hospital to be buried as Israeli attacks continue in Rafah, Gaza on 15 October, 2023 …
Read More »Israel-Palestine: Names released of 7,028 Palestinians killed after Biden questions death toll
A mourner reacts amidst the bodies as people attend funeral for Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on 24 October 2023 (Reuters) The Palestinian health ministry on Thursday released the names of 7,028 people killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, a day after US President Joe Biden questioned the death toll since the war began on …
Read More »Israel-Palestine war: State Department officials prepare dissent cables in opposition to Gaza assault
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to the statements of Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister in Doha, on 13 October 2023 (AFP) By Azad Essa in New York City and Umar A Farooq in Washington Published date: 25 October 2023 23:13 BST | Last update: 1 day 3 hours ago US State Department staff are preparing urgent dissent cables over Washington’s support for Israel‘s relentless bombing campaign of Gaza, …
Read More »Israel-Palestine war: Senior US State Department official resigns over Biden’s approach to Gaza
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a press conference in Tel Aviv, on 17 October 2023, after an overnight meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP) By MEE staff Published date: 19 October 2023 02:18 BST | Last update: 1 week 19 hours ago A senior official at the US State Department issued his resignation on Wednesday evening, citing the Biden administration’s approach to …
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