In these last nine months, we have seen a carefully orchestrated and systematic war aimed at depriving Palestinians of our land and basic right to dignity: more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed, our journalists have been murdered and hospitals destroyed, and children have been the primary victims of this assault. The international criminal court has indicated that many of these actions constitute war crimes.
However, in the west, if you were to turn on the news or read mainstream papers, you would probably see continual regurgitation of lies from Israeli officials, with no mention of the 200 Palestinians murdered every day, no mention of Palestinians using animal feed as food as they slowly starve, and no mention of the children trapped under rubble – in fact, many outlets refer to Palestinian children as “minors” to downplay the acts of violence perpetrated by the occupation…..more
