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A view from Australia. [1]

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Date: 2023-10-09  

“The condemnations and pledges of support from Western governments were rapid, the media coverage comprehensive. The mass murder of many hundreds of Israeli civilians by terrorists, the barbaric kidnapping of who knows how many Israeli men, women and children to become hostages and human shields, the indiscriminate raining of thousands of rockets on Israeli cities, rightly drew instant outrage and horror from the West.

“Hamas atrocities again reveal Western double standard on Israel’s colonial strategy.

“The steady killing of Palestinians draws virtually no comment from Western governments, and any coverage in the Western mainstream media is minimal. It takes an egregious act of violence by the IDF, like the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, to force Western governments into any critical statements of Israel.

“For the West, Palestinians just don’t count. Twitter doesn’t light up with footage of grieving Palestinian families; there are no headlines and front-page news of their deaths, the prime minister doesn’t rush to offer his support for them after an atrocity takes the lives of civilians.”

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