West Bank Violence: France 24 Discovers 'Terrorism' When Victims Aren't Palestinian
The story focuses on one death, three wounded in the West Bank. Understandably, it's labeled an 'attack.' Yet, the same media rarely frames ongoing settler violence—which has killed hundreds of Palestinians, including children, since October 7th alone—with the same alarm. According to Al Jazeera, over 250 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers since October
7th, 2023. These aren't 'attacks'; they're often described as 'clashes' or 'responses' to unspecified 'tensions.' The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) regularly documents Israeli settler violence, but don't hold your breath for France 24 to lead with those figures. So, violence is 'terrorism' when the victim is Israeli, but 'understandable security operations' or
'clashes' when the victims are Palestinian. It's a journalistic double standard, bought and paid for by a narrative industry that prefers to ignore the context of occupation. One might wonder if the headlines would change if one of those 'attackers' had donated to AIPAC.