I'm not surprised by Israel's disgusting behavior, instead I'm sickened further and further by Western media's framing of this and how they talk of Iran's response; at this point I think it's 100% fair to say that beyond most Western countries (thank you Ireland and Spain for being normal) every nation on earth (even the ones celebrating this genocide) recognize entirely that this is a genocide.
What do you even call it when the news tells you something anyone and everyone can tell is a blatant lie?
Iran has attacked military targets solely, landing critical attacks, and meanwhile for the last year and even in response to the response, Israel has attacked civilian targets. Does the news think we're all stupid? ARE we all stupid? Are there actually that many people falling for this?
I admit I have to keep reminding myself that much of Western countries willingly pulling the wool over their own eyes is intentional because the victims here are Arabs.
I sincerely hope, I genuinely hope, I hope with all my heart I hope, that Western news gets dragged forevermore EVERY time they give their hateful interviews and talks with foreign leaders and representatives; I've seen some of the awesome African leaders who've been interviewed by American and British media, and I've been blown away by how amazing they are, but the media always tries to dirty their image by making them seem like dictators who crush the media or do this or that, etc. I hope Western media can NEVER again give an interview without being absolutely dragged for their complicity in this genocide, for running defense for this genocide.
And you know what else is crazy? Apparently Israelis are celebrating the attack by Iran because they believe that because no Israeli civilian died that the attack was a failure; these people are actually judging military successes literally by civilian body count; how can any nation on earth ever reason with those psychos?
This is what it is like to live under Fascism. It’s been like this the whole time, but for the first time in history the victims of genocide are able to broadcast their lived reality directly to the Western populace, largely via TikTok, and that makes maintaining the facade that the ‘Liberal, Rules-Based World Order’ is anything other than the continuation of violent imperialism much harder.
Honestly seeing how modern Israelis are reacting makes me understand what Germans were really like back then; On the one hand Israelis feign ignorance and say most or every photo or video of violence coming out of Gaza is Pallywood, and on the other hand they openly admit to one another that they have zero care for the lives of Gazans and even wish them all dead (Israeli media is insanity).
I know the German populace were aware of what was happening in the concentration camps, but I would've assumed they just didn't care; now though, extrapolating from what I'm seeing with Israelis, I believe the Germans were most likely quite happy with it (the Ukrainians were certainly known to the Germans to enjoy the killing of the Polish and Jewish peoples; I don't doubt the Germans were the same).