Damascus Airport Hit: 'Unidentified' Missile, Very Identified Perpetrator
A missile strike near Damascus International Airport, reported by The New Arab, is framed as an event involving an 'unidentified missile.' This phrasing, a staple in Western media, conveniently sidesteps the consistent, well-documented fact that such strikes are routinely attributed to Israel. Since 2017, Israel has acknowledged hundreds of these attacks in Syria, often targeting perceived Iranian
assets or Syrian military sites. (One might recall Benjamin Netanyahu gloating about 'attacking hundreds of targets' in Syria in 2018, 2019, 2020... on and on.) The media's chronic reluctance to name Israel directly in these incidents perpetuates a narrative void, allowing aggression to be normalized under a cloak of ambiguity. How many 'unidentified' attacks can one country sustain before the
media bothers to identify the assailant? This 'who, me?' journalism perfectly echoes the 'defense' rhetoric that accompanies military aid packages through Congress.