UN Rapporteur Labels Israeli Strike War Crime, Media Yawns Predictably
A UN Special Rapporteur, Morris Tidball-Binz, has officially labeled Israel's 2023 attack in Lebanon, which killed a journalist, as a 'premeditated war crime.' This comes years after similar incidents, like the 2006 Qana massacre during Israel's invasion of Lebanon. The mainstream media, however, largely frames such condemnations as 'allegations' or 'criticism,' carefully avoiding terms like 'war
crime' unless, one might ask, the accused isn't receiving billions in US military aid. While this formal UN finding surfaces, you won't see politicians who routinely greenlight military packages to Israel—such as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who received $27,000 from AIPAC in 2023 according to OpenSecrets.org—rushing to condemn the act. How many 'war crimes' does it take before such 'allies'
become 'accountable states' in major news outlets?