The Palestine conflict is totally distorted by US media.
It is hard for some people to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is hard for them to understand why it is such an important issue for people outside of that region. The reason it is hard to people not already familiar with the history and nature of the conflict to learn about it is because of the way it is portrayed in the mass media, especially American media.
On TV the conflict always starts the story in the middle. The occupation and property theft is not mentioned. Instead, the story starts whenever there is a provocation done towards the Israelis and then they “respond” to it. Israel is always on the defense. Home demolitions, destruction of farmland, check points, beatings, jailings, shootings, arson and forcibly annexed territory are not in the narrative. The childish excuse for this behavior is the claim that god is a real estate agent and that he gave that particular land over exclusively to a particular ethnicity according to books written by that same ethnic religious group. It is as ridiculous as declaring manifest destiny to justify genocide in the Americas. The difference is, all of this is happening in Palestine presently. What is the excuse for the lopsided coverage in American news outlets especially? How can a state openly practice a racial apartheid complete with Jewish only colonies and roads, segregated high schools, and laws that forbid interracial marriage, persist without a single word of opposition from a single television station?
The free press is a myth. There is nothing free about the press.
Opposition to Zionists is journalistic suicide. It will get professors fired from colleges as well. This is the civil rights issue of our day.
Where it is very safe and agreeable to demonize Nazis or Stalin, or the institution of slavery, it takes no courage to voice such opinions today. They are indefensible, however migrant camps, racial colonization and free range bombing of civilian centers, continues today in Palestine year after year by Israel and the only question western states ask them is “how much more money can we give you next year?”
