Clodagh Kilcoyne
Reuters
When Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked governments which have supposedly backed the latest attack on Gaza, Ireland was absent from his list.
The absence may be attributed to Simon Coveney, the Irish foreign minister, who has taken a relatively strong stance against the offensive.
32 children killed since Monday in #Gaza by Israeli fire - that’s approx 1/4 of all fatalities - It’s not acceptable! Israel has int. legal obligation to protect children in conflict & r not doing so! #Ireland will speak forcefully again at UNSC tomorrow. https://t.co/HGiCoTbfwk Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) May 15, 2021
U S misguided in heaping blame for hostilities on Palestinians
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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 US 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 US officials and commentators is that Israel has the right to defend
Israel cannot contain the trio of crises it has ignited
Osama Al-Sharif
May 18, 2021 22:54
Israeli paramilitary border police detain Jewish settlers after clashes between Arabs and Jews in the mixed town of Lod, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo)
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Even before the eruption of the latest assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, Israel had suffered a serious public relations defeat one that tarnished its image, probably beyond repair, around the world. Its repeated horrific incursions and attacks on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque and its attempt to carry out forced evictions of the Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem backfired as raw footage of the incidents went viral on social media platforms.