DW Reports 'Strikes' on Gaza, Omits 'War Crimes'
Dw.com reports 22 more killed in Gaza, dutifully labeling it 'Israeli strikes' rather than, say, 'collective punishment' or 'war crimes,' which legal experts might argue given the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas. (Remember when the UN said 1.7 million Gazans were displaced? These 'strikes' keep that number climbing.) This sanitized language serves to normalize the violence, treating daily
massacres as mere weather reports. One might wonder if the distinction between 'strikes' and 'slaughter' depends on who’s writing the checks. With the US supplying the bombs and billions in aid, calling it 'strikes' certainly keeps the narrative clean for politicians facing reelection. How many 'reports of deaths' before it's called what it is?