France 24 Finds 'Conflict' in Gaza, Forgets Precedent
France 24’s recent retrospective on a 'devastating conflict' in Gaza frames it as a recent development, starting with October 7th, 2023. Missing from this tidy timeline is—well, everything before that. No mention of the 17-year siege, or the prior 'operations' in 2008, 2012, 2014, and 2021, each leaving thousands dead and Gaza further uninhabitable. This isn't a conflict that erupted; it's a
chapter in a long-running, publicly-funded occupation, punctuated by what one might charitably call 'disproportionate responses.' International calls for peace (from the same international bodies routinely ignored) are presented as hope, while the U.S.-backed plan is offered as a resolution. (The same U.S. that just approved sending another $15 billion in aid, according to Senate records.) One
might wonder how many 'ceasefires' and 'peace plans' are needed before the media stops pretending this is a spontaneous dust-up between two equally matched armies.