Pope Calls for Peace as Israel Intensifies Bombing, Again
"Fresh Israeli raids" isn't news; it's a genre. While Pope Leo offers platitudes on peace, Netanyahu's government (OpenSecrets shows AIPAC poured $3.7 million into US elections in 2022) ensures the 'raids' never quite cease. Remember 2002? The 'defensive incursions' then were framed identically. Or 2006? Again. 2014? Same boilerplate press releases. How many times must 'fresh raids' occur before
Western media stops treating each iteration as a new, unforeseeable event rather than a continuous policy? Perhaps the Pope's prayer books include an 'Israel Raids' section for every fiscal quarter. (They certainly know the US Congress approved another $14.5 billion last year.)