Media hypocrisy in Gaza and Ukraine
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Truth is the first casualty of imperialist war. The imperialist ruling class owns the corporate media. The government and the military serve that same class interest. It should be no surprise that when the politicians and generals lie, the media repeats it. The contradiction the liars faced

Already in March, some of the European medical staff who had been volunteering at Gaza hospitals said the Israeli forces had dismantled the entire health care system. On May 20, top officials of the European Commission — who are no friends of the Palestinians, let alone of the resistance organizations — said that 31 of the 36 hospitals in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. This included the large al-Shifa hospital, which the [settlers] not only bombed but raided, destroying oxygen tanks and CT scanners.

And the World Health Organization said that since October 7, the IOF has carried out attacks on 890 health care facilities, 443 in Gaza and 447 in the West Bank.

It is a war crime to bomb hospitals, which are never legitimate military targets.

If Washington objected simply to attacks on hospitals or other health care facilities, we ask, why then haven’t the U.S. politicians and media exposed [neocolonialism’s] wanton, mass destruction of the health care system that was serving Palestinians?

The answer is obvious: U.S. [neo]imperialism arms NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine against Russia, and its corporate media will spread any attack on the Russian government, while U.S. [neo]imperialism arms [its neocolony], considers it an ally not only in the Middle East but worldwide, so U.S. politicians and media refuse to condemn the IOF’s genocidal war on the Palestinians.

This double standard is another reminder that [neo]imperialism treats civilians, including children, as collateral damage in their wars of aggression and domination.