#without offering so much as a paragraph to define administrative detention

[ivie-online]

was going to comment on the ‘failure of basic journalistic dilligence in the mass media’ or whatever but realized it would make it seem as of the problem was a momentary lapse in integrity that had been addressed. and it hasn’t been, not in the slightest.

It is so morally unthinkable that these major outlets never once mentioned the thousands of Palestinian adults and children stolen from their homes and from the streets by Israel. And even now, when it comes to their release, these pieces spend endless paragraphs describing Israeli ‘hostages’, but just a few words on the many children being returned (many of whom were arrested after being accosted by the IOF), who they refer to only as ‘prisoners’.

these white supremacist rags have been very consistent in their efforts to uphold the most violent tendencies of western imperialists, yes. but this refusal to acknowledge the reality of the situation: that Israel took thousands of hostages first, is one of the most blatant examples of their explicit support of this project, and of their mass failure to recognize the humanity of Palestinians.

#palestine #from the river to the sea #western journalism #liberalism #one uses a single sentence to describe how easily Israel kidnaps palestinians #but never once refers to these captives as anything other than prisoners #there’s a connection to be made to the dehumanization of those accused of crime and held in torturous conditions in western jails & prisons #but to state plainly that the iof is harassing/kidnapping/and jailing children for YEARS #without offering so much as a paragraph to define administrative detention #namely the lack of any evidence/proof that wrong doing has occurred #and then complete loss of contact with family and the outside world for these palestinians #it’s so deeply evil