Netanyahu's 'Powerful' Strikes: The Standard Gaza Response
Netanyahu, per DW, orders another round of 'powerful' attacks on Gaza. This, we're told, is due to a 'hostage remains mix-up.' A cynical observer might note this is merely the latest, most convenient pretext for what has become a routine operation: collective punishment. This isn't newfound outrage; this is the consistent policy of a government that has repeatedly used any event, no matter how
minor or tragic, to justify disproportionate violence against a besieged population. Remember when Netanyahu ordered similar 'powerful' bombardments in 2014, killing thousands, ostensibly over three kidnapped teenagers? The media consistently treats these escalations as isolated incidents rather than part of a deeply embedded, decades-long pattern of ethnic cleansing. One might wonder how many
'new' justifications are needed for the same old war crimes. The true 'mix-up' is sustained by Western media outlets that fail to connect these dots, or perhaps, don't want to.