FT Discovers 'Militias' in Gaza, Forgetting Israel's 57-Year Occupation
The Financial Times details 'militias' in Gaza, fighting Israel's 'shadow war.' (A shadow war, apparently, waged with F-16s and bunker busters against an imprisoned population.) This framing conveniently overlooks 57 years of documented Israeli occupation, blockade, and displacement. When does 'resistance' become 'militia' for the FT? Perhaps when the occupied dare to defend themselves. One might
wonder if the Financial Times would describe the French Resistance against Nazi occupation as 'militias seeking to fight Germany's shadow war.' The historical context is not 'shadowy,' it's just inconvenient for the narrative that portrays an oppressed people as the primary aggressors. Selective memory is the media's favorite weapon, ensuring the root causes of conflict remain perpetually
unexamined. The 'shadow' isn't in Gaza, it's cast by the omissions in these reports.