Every genocide depends on the dehumanisation of its victims. And here is just one nauseating example.
A respectable commentator, joking about the mass slaughter of Palestinian babies, on national television, and then getting raucous laughter from a studio audience. This is a sickness, an example of anti-Palestinian racism being mainstream, acceptable and indeed respectable.
Van Jones is a US political commentator and CNN host who is often described as a classic example of ‘Progressive except Palestine’. He is vociferously pro-Israel and appeared on a show presented by Bill Maher, also vehemently pro-Israel.
Van Jones claimed that younger people have turned against Israel because of a “massive disinformation campaign” waged by Iran and Qatar on social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok.
To make his point, Van Jones said – to laughs and cheers from the audience:
If you are a young person, you open up your phone and all you see is dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby. That’s basically your whole feed! ….more