"Iran has the right to defend itself."

Every nation has the right to defend itself...and?

Green Man wrote:


The left are silly: just let Trump speak and leave it at that. This sort of thing gives him votes.

Western media and Gov Puppet politicians endlessly defend Israel's indefensible mass murder of civilians in Gaza.

But they hardly mentioned, let alone condemned, Israel's deadly attack on Iran's embassy.

No Name wrote:
Western media and Gov Puppet politicians endlessly defend Israel's indefensible mass murder of civilians in Gaza.



Do they? What media are you reading/watching?

Conflict reporting is one of the most hyper-colonised corners of the world’s largest newsrooms.

Western journalists are “mediating” the conflict in Palestine, not simply reporting on it. These journalists seem convinced that their countries have fought and defeated particularly immoral and powerful enemies throughout history, stopped evil in its tracks, protected civilisation, saved the day. This is the dominant story of the West and by extension, the story of Western journalism too.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/2/west...olonisers-journalism

No Name wrote:
Conflict reporting is one of the most hyper-colonised corners of the world’s largest newsrooms.

Western journalists are “mediating” the conflict in Palestine, not simply reporting on it. These journalists seem convinced that their countries have fought and defeated particularly immoral and powerful enemies throughout history, stopped evil in its tracks, protected civilisation, saved the day. This is the dominant story of the West and by extension, the story of Western journalism too.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/2/west...olonisers-journalism

Fine, of course. Media reporting is not completely objective, this I understand. But you said that Western media "endlessly defend" the "mass murder of civilians in Gaza". No they do not; and your article says no such thing.

Not reporting Israeli atrocities in full is not the same as defending mass murder.

For western media, Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not ‘deadly’. Right across the Anglo-American mainstream media, the killing of Palestinians is seen as normal. It’s only Israeli lives that matter.

Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Gaza on 22 January. Mainstream media outlets around the world reacted in unison: that this was the “deadliest day” for Israel since 7 October.

This exact phrase was used in headlines on 23 January carried by news agencies such as Reuters and AFP, and major broadcasters including the BBC, CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC and ITV News. The exact same phrase was also used by leading news titles including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, Daily Telegraph, the Sun, Jerusalem Post, Guardian, London’s Evening Standard, Financial Times, Independent and Yahoo News.

On the same day, Israeli forces killed almost 200 Palestinians in Gaza including at least 65 people in Khan Younis alone. These deaths received no headlines in the above outlets. Where they were reported, they were listed as part of the regular daily round-up of events in an unfolding genocide that has now seen more than 26,000 people killed in Gaza.

www.declassifieduk.org/for-western-media...-gaza-is-not-deadly/

I saw a poster for an organised march next week or so.

I can picture a lot of students joining the with banners (made by plastic with oil based inks) shouting slogans. However I bet none of them will know what the slogans mean nor read the Quran and the Talmud.