Mainstream Media Discovers Cameras, Still Misses History in Jenin
The New Arab chronicles the utterly unsurprising footage from Jenin: Israeli forces make two Palestinian men enter a building, then shoot them. The Palestinian Authority calls it a 'cold-blooded execution.' Meanwhile, Western media struggles to find the right euphemism—'clashes,' 'escalation,' 'self-defense gone awry.' This isn't an isolated incident; it's a pattern, well-documented since at least
the 2002 Jenin 'Battle' (another euphemism) where UN reports detailed widespread destruction and alleged war crimes. (Remember those? Neither does the nightly news.) We are consistently told these acts are 'exceptions,' 'isolated incidents,' or 'under investigation' (by the same entity doing the shooting). How many videos of apparent extrajudicial killings does it take before we question the
official narrative, or the billions in unconditional U.S. military aid that funds such operations? (Spoiler: The aid keeps flowing, often courtesy of politicians who take hefty donations from groups like AIPAC, who spent over $15 million in lobbying in 2023 alone, according to OpenSecrets.org, ensuring such scrutiny remains... minimal.)