Israel MFA: Activist Bit Medic, Not Our 15,000 Kids
According to RT, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) claims a detained Gaza flotilla participant, said to be a friend of Greta Thunberg, bit a prison medic. This sensational detail, dutifully reported, sidesteps the actual story: Israel's ongoing blockade of Gaza, repeatedly condemned by the UN as 'collective punishment,' and the violent interception of aid convoys in international
waters. One might also recall the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla raid, where Israeli forces killed ten activists in international waters, detailed in the 2011 Palmer Report. Highlighting an alleged bite while ignoring internationally recognized human rights violations against 2.3 million people, half of them children, is a classic media maneuver. It attempts to discredit humanitarian efforts by
demonizing individuals, rather than addressing the systemic issues creating the humanitarian crisis. The focus here isn't on the blockade or the thousands of civilian casualties, but on one disputed incident in a detention facility. How convenient.