BBC Discovers War Crimes Only Tragic in Certain Regions
The BBC details 'war crimes' in Sudan's El Fasher as civilians starve. Researchers, they note, find 'evidence of the intentional targeting of civilians.' This is, of course, appalling. Yet, our finely tuned media apparatus often struggles with such strong descriptors when the perpetrators are allies, or when the victims are deemed less relevant. Where is this same robust language for the
intentional targeting and starvation of civilians in Gaza? While the BBC highlights 'war crimes' in Sudan, the same network's coverage of Gaza, where UN experts warn of impending famine and 30,000+ civilians are dead from Israeli bombardment, often defaults to terms like 'conflict' and 'offensive actions.' One might wonder how many more 'war crimes' need to happen in plain sight before they are
universally categorized as such, rather than contingent on geography or political alliance. After all, a besieged city starved of food is a war crime, regardless of where the BBC aims its camera.