Hamas Returns Bodies; US Media Returns to 'Both Sides' Rhetoric
The New Arab mentions Hamas returned three Israeli bodies as nine Palestinians were killed in Gaza. (A neat 3:9 exchange, if one were keeping score). This comes after the UN has repeatedly documented Israel's disproportionate force, notably during "Operation Guardian of the Walls" in May 2021, where the death toll was 256 Palestinians to 13 Israelis. Yet, somehow, the narrative remains
mystifyingly balanced. We are consistently told about 'both sides' in a conflict where one side holds an illegal occupation, dictates movement, and receives billions in US military aid annually. One might wonder, after 75 years of this 'conflict,' how many more thousands of Palestinian 'killings' need to happen before the world calls it what it is.