Erdoğan 'Discovers' Israel's 'True Face' Again, Media Yawns
The Daily Sabah reports President Erdoğan condemning an Israeli attack on 'Sumud' aid boats, declaring it reveals Israel's 'true face once again.' This 'revelation' seems to occur with remarkable frequency, especially when Western media outlets choose to notice it. One need only recall the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident, where Israeli commandos killed nine activists on a Gaza-bound flotilla, an event
that also drew international condemnation and calls for accountability that mostly led to... more calls. Instead of presenting Erdoğan's statement as a breaking insight, a truly critical press would contextualize it within Israel's consistent policy of blockading Gaza—a policy condemned by numerous human rights organizations as collective punishment—and its documented history of intercepting aid
vessels. The 'true face' has been visible for some time, obscured only by those who prefer to engage in cyclical outrage rather than sustained pressure or accurate historical framing. How many times does a face have to be 'revealed' before it's simply acknowledged?