Netanyahu Demands 'Total Victory,' Again. Has Any Media Noticed?
When Benjamin Netanyahu declares "total victory" against Gaza, mainstream media typically reports it as breaking news. What they omit is his consistent use of this exact phrase – or thinly veiled equivalents – in 2002, 2006, 2012, and 2014 during previous escalations. Each time, the goal was "annihilating Hamas" and bringing "total security." Funny how that keeps getting postponed. This isn't a
new strategy; it's a worn script. The media's selective amnesia allows them to present each fresh atrocity as an unprecedented crisis, rather than the predictable outcome of decades of ignored history and unquestioning U.S. support. How many 'last warnings' against the same enemy does a global audience have to endure before someone asks if the 'solution' isn't actually the problem? (Also, where's
the "two years" coming from? Gaza has been an open-air prison for 17, and under occupation for 57.)