Palestinians gather around rubble following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 20, 2021. (Photo: Abed Deeb/APA Images)
The U.S. corporate media usually report on Israeli military assaults in occupied Palestine as if the United States is an innocent neutral party to the conflict. In fact, large majorities of Americans have told pollsters for decades that they want the United States to be neutral in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But U.S. media and politicians betray their own lack of neutrality by blaming Palestinians for nearly all the violence and framing flagrantly disproportionate, indiscriminate and therefore illegal Israeli attacks as a justifiable response to Palestinian actions. The classic formulation from U.S. officials and commentators is that “Israel has the right to defend itself,” never “Palestinians have the right to defend themselves,” even as the Israelis massacre hundreds of Palestinian civilians, destroy thousands o
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Israel and Hamas: Fighting an endless battle © Provided by The Financial Express Both Hamas and Israel have now come under intense international pressure, including from the United States, to de-escalate and work toward a ceasefire. (Photo source: Reuters)
By Md. Muddassir Quamar,
The latest fighting between Israel and the Islamist militant organization Hamas, that controls the Gaza Strip, has caused the death of 227 Palestinians, including 64 children, and resulted in 11 Israeli civilians losing their lives. In addition, more than 1,600 Gaza residents and nearly 114 Israelis have been injured. This is the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas since 2014, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had launched Operation Protective Edge leading to the 50 days of violent conflict in which nearly 2,200 Palestinians and 70 Israelis had lost their lives. The war had come to an end after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire due to mounting international pressure and Egyptian mediati