{"id":2063981,"date":"2023-10-11T18:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-blame-israel-for-being-attacked-and-defending-itself\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T18:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:51:16","slug":"how-the-media-blame-israel-for-being-attacked-and-defending-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-blame-israel-for-being-attacked-and-defending-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Media blames Israel for attacks and self-defense."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-the-media-blame-israel-for-being-attacked-and-defending-itself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2063981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Media\u2064 Bias in Reporting on the Israel-Hamas\u2063 Conflict<\/h2>\n<p>According to mainstream media reporting on Hamas&#8217;s slaughter and abduction over the weekend\u200c of hundreds \u200dof Israeli men, women, and children,\u200c Israel had it coming in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n<p>The worst terrorist attack in the history of the Jewish state\u2014with 1,200 people confirmed killed, including at least 22 Americans, and some 150 taken hostage\u2014has not been enough to break the media&#8217;s longstanding habit of treating \u2062Israel as, \u2062at best, morally equivalent to Palestinian terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>News \u2063outlets have suggested Israelis provoked the genocidal violence by, among other things, narrowly electing a right-wing government, allegedly praying \u200bat the\u200c holiest site in Judaism, and, along with Egypt, blockading the\u200b territory run by the Palestinian terrorists who did the attacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/10\/09\/hamas-israel-war-explainer\/?utm_campaign=wp_main&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;What is Hamas, and why did it \u200cattack Israel\u200c now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The coordinated attack by Hamas caught Israel by surprise but comes after months of worsening tensions over violence at al-Aqsa Mosque \u2014\u200c a sacred Muslim site in the heart of Jerusalem located on the same spot as the Temple Mount revered by Jews \u2014 as well as continuing resentment of the punishing blockade and occupation of Palestinian lands. The presence\u200c of once-fringe \u200cJewish supremacists and settler leaders in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s hard-right government has further inflamed tensions with the Palestinians and caused domestic strife inside Israel that has led\u200d to a\u2062 perception of weakness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2023\/10\/09\/what-know-israel-declares-war-bombards-gaza-strip-after-unprecedented-hamas-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>: &#8220;What to know as Israel\u2063 declares war and bombards Gaza\u2062 Strip after unprecedented Hamas attack&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In recent years, Israeli religious nationalists\u2014such as \u2062Itamar Ben-Gvir, the national security minister\u2014have increased their visits to the [Al-Aqsa Mosque] compound. Last week, during the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews and Israeli activists visited the site, prompting condemnation\u2064 from Hamas and accusations \u2063that \u2064Jews were praying there in violation of the status quo agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas also has cited the expansion of Jewish settlements on lands Palestinians claim for a future state and \u2063Ben-Gvir&#8217;s efforts to toughen restrictions on Palestinian prisoners in \u2064Israel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/gaza-strip-controls-s-know-rcna119405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>: &#8220;Gaza Strip explained: Who controls it and what to know&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Despite pleas from the United Nations and human rights \u2062groups, Israel has maintained a land, air\u2063 and\u200b sea blockade on Gaza since 2007 that has had\u200b a devastating effect on Palestinian civilians. Israel\u2062 says the blockade, which\u200c gives it control of Gaza&#8217;s borders and \u2063is also enforced by \u2064Egypt, is necessary to protect Israeli citizens \u200bfrom Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The International Committee of the\u2063 Red Cross considers the blockade illegal and says it violates the Geneva \u2064Convention, a charge Israeli officials deny. The U.N., various human rights \u2062groups and legal scholars, citing the blockade,\u200d consider Gaza\u2062 to still be under military occupation by Israel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/10\/08\/1204545845\/how-the-al-aqsa-mosque-became-a-flashpoint-in-the-israel-palestine-conflict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>: &#8220;How the Al-Aqsa mosque became\u200d a flashpoint\u2064 in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n[Pro-Palestinian activist Yousef Munayyer:]  You know, the Palestinians who live in the Gaza Strip, the vast majority of them\u2014they&#8217;ve been refugees living inside of Gaza \u200dfor 75 years.\u2064 And this is, of course, compounded by decades of military occupation and, in the \u200dlast decade and a \u2064half, \u200ba brutal siege of the Gaza Strip, which has held 2 million Palestinians there hostage. In recent years and months, the escalation of \u2062violence against Palestinians\u200b has been noted by the United Nations and governments throughout the\u2062 region who&#8217;ve been warning \u2062that this escalation \u2063of Israeli violence against \u2062Palestinians is going\u2063 to lead to an explosion \u200cin the region.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/07\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-blockade-israel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&#038;referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;Gaza Has Suffered Under 16-Year \u2062Blockade&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For some Gazans, Saturday morning&#8217;s surprise Palestinian attack into southern Israel seemed a justified response to a 16-year Israeli blockade. Others worried that the coordinated attack would only add to Gaza&#8217;s misery as the tiny enclave braced for a large-scale response \u2063from Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian territory of\u200b Gaza has been under\u2064 a suffocating Israeli blockade,\u200d backed by Egypt, \u2062since Hamas seized control of\u200c the\u2062 coastal strip in 2007. The \u200cblockade\u2064 restricts the import of goods, including \u200delectronic and computer equipment, that could be used to make weapons\u2062 and prevents most people from leaving the territory.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SUPERCUT!<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC\/CNN: Now, \u200bin Hamas\u2019 defense \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uC1iE5Zoxd\">pic.twitter.com\/uC1iE5Zoxd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott \u200c(@tomselliott) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1711405636833923096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since Israel declared \u200cwar on Hamas on Sunday, many\u2063 of the media\u2062 pivoted to\u200d referring to the violence in generic \u2062terms\u2014conflating \u2062the indiscriminate terrorist attack with the targeted military response against the perpetrators.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As images and videos of the\u2062 devastation come out of Israel, many people are also \u2064watching the violence\u200d unfolding in the Gaza Strip, \u200cone of the world\u2019s most\u200b densely populated \u2064and impoverished territories..<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know\u200b about the Gaza Strip. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KvaGcINqTq\">https:\/\/t.co\/KvaGcINqTq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xW1YZwRod1\">pic.twitter.com\/xW1YZwRod1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1711884353968451943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israel has\u2064 bombarded\u200c the Gaza Strip in response to\u2064 Hamas&#8217; surprise attack, and the impacts of the strikes are already devastating. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XUIBAD4DLq\">https:\/\/t.co\/XUIBAD4DLq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062ABC \u200dNews (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1711892659915153577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fighting between Israel and Hamas raged on for a\u200c third day on Oct. 9,\u200c as U.S. officials said \u200bnine Americans had been \u2063killed in the violence.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our live updates: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1I5k5akHnl\">https:\/\/t.co\/1I5k5akHnl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GHAhEOnt1G\">pic.twitter.com\/GHAhEOnt1G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1711384497453678663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The Israeli military \u200csays it is striking targets in the Gaza Strip. Air raid sirens have sounded in Jerusalem as \u2064the Hamas militant group announces a new\u200c operation against Israel. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EH38mRTCHd\">https:\/\/t.co\/EH38mRTCHd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Associated Press (@AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/1710528769885167939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Times<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1711001108578021437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/live-blog\/israel-hamas-conflict-live-updates-rcna119362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outlets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/palestinian-civilians-suffer-israel-hamas-crossfire-death-toll\/story?id=103828889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started<\/a> tallying the Israeli and \u200cPalestinian death tolls side by side. Max \u2062Fisher, an \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2019\/12\/20\/times-columnist-fantasizes-falsely-about-very-large-segment-of-anti-israel-us-jews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Israel<\/a> former \u200b <em>Times<\/em> analyst, approvingly \u200cnoted the trend of treating victims of terrorism as equivalent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-over-100-targets-struck-in-gaza-terror-nest\/\" title=\"Over 100 targets hit in Gaza 'terror nest' during Israel war.\">unintended civilian casualties<\/a> of a defensive military operation\u2063 against a radical\u200c Islamist\u2064 death cult that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2014\/07\/31\/why-hamas-stores-its-weapons-inside-hospitals-mosques-and-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uses its people<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/12\/23\/kids-as-human-shields-evolution-of-hamas-war-on-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human shields<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A sign\u2064 of how\u200c much US \u200bpopular and journalistic attitudes have changed. I did this exact chart at Vox during the 2014 war and \u2064got screamed at for\u2062 weeks. David Frum accused\u200b me of agitating \u200bfor murder of Jews. Ted Cruz condemned. Now it\u2019s on the NYT HP without a blip. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4bK1sxj0de\">pic.twitter.com\/4bK1sxj0de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cMax Fisher (@Max_Fisher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Max_Fisher\/status\/1711374808636690901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flashback: <\/strong>Last\u2063 time Hamas\u200b provoked a major clash with Israel, in May 2021, the<em> Times<\/em> devoted its front page to the 67 Gazan children who died during the 11-day conflict.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What the New York Times didn\u2019t tell\u200b you: How \u200bthese children died.<\/p>\n<p>Their cause of death exposes the criminality of Hamas\u2019s terror campaign and the suffering caused by Hamas\u2019s brutal rule.<\/p>\n<p>They are recruited as child soldiers, used as human shields, and killed by Hamas rockets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bml20fA2VG\">pic.twitter.com\/bml20fA2VG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Fogel (@BA_Fogel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BA_Fogel\/status\/1398684057106628609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, \u200d2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Times<\/em>&#8216;s Jerusalem Bureau did not respond \u2062to an inquiry about whether a similar \u2062spread is planned for the Israeli children\u200b who were slain over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>NBC in 2021 was on the streets of\u200b Gaza to broadcast Hamas&#8217;s &#8220;victory&#8221; parade and talking points.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you didn&#39;t understand the significance of this video, NBC is cheerleading for HAMAS. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The only ones willing and able to stand up to Israel!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wAX219TLm5\">pic.twitter.com\/wAX219TLm5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marina Medvin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1396865584323825668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The reporting during the conflict was \u200cmuch the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even in retrospect,\u200b this is an amazing headline. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TSigpUjszP\">pic.twitter.com\/TSigpUjszP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omri Ceren (@omriceren) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omriceren\/status\/1396787183034540035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a \u200dsurprise. MSNBC brings on the anti-Semitic founder of the anti-Semitic BDS \u200cmovement to \u200btalk about Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Semitism is\u200b now perfectly acceptable at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSNBC<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tcIEIR8q1w\">https:\/\/t.co\/tcIEIR8q1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Media Research Center (@theMRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMRC\/status\/1396186600929779713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NBC host says\u2063 &#8220;Hamas is no more of a terrorist\u200d organization than the Israeli or US governments.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LPsQPCGofq\">https:\/\/t.co\/LPsQPCGofq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2XFXze91Pl\">pic.twitter.com\/2XFXze91Pl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LevineJonathan\/status\/1394392923643551755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NBC News is \u2062among the \u2064worst news organizations when it comes to covering this topic. The health ministry is run by Hamas, but no\u200c way for a casual reader to know that.<\/p>\n<p>So we have no idea how many of the 188 are Hamas operatives or\u200b how \u200bmany have been killed by Hamas rockets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S87ljpx6ci\">https:\/\/t.co\/S87ljpx6ci<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bAG (@AGHamilton29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1394003461486882817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Failing\u2063 to mention that Hamas\u200c was using the building as an intelligence \u200dcenter, NBC political director Chuck Todd \u200bclaims Israel &#8220;targeted a\u200b building&#8221; \u2062used by the AP. Correspondent \u200dRichard Engel then claimed the Israelis \u200bhad\u2062 &#8220;imprisoned&#8221;\u2063 the Palestinians in Gaza. \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CSqB73mUAf\">pic.twitter.com\/CSqB73mUAf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1394019533069901825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May \u206216, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Germany&#8217;s liberal \u200cmedia\u2064 have shown, coverage of Israel doesn&#8217;t have to be this way.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A\u200c striking contrast\u2064 between German and American papers:<\/p>\n<p>Der Spiegel: &#8216;A targeted massacre &#8211; at least \u2064260 confirmed dead at festival near Gaza&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Die Zeit: &#8216;Hamas Now Has an Awful Ransom&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NYT: &#8216;Israel Battles Militants as Netanyahu\u2062 Warns \u200cof Long War&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WaPo: &#8216;Both Sides Reeling.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h2XQgCnmCb\">pic.twitter.com\/h2XQgCnmCb<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yascha \u2063Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yascha_Mounk\/status\/1711167807470121432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dIn what ways \u2063does the media&#8217;s portrayal of Israel as the aggressor \u200bdownplay the actions of Hamas, a recognized terrorist\u200c organization?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Hamas. This kind of reporting fails to acknowledge the underlying issues \u200band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-martyrs-breasts-were-severed-as-an-act-of-torture-but-trans-activists-are-queering-her\/\" title=\"This Martyr\u2019s Breasts Were Severed As An Act Of Torture, But Trans Activists Are \u2018Queering\u2019 Her\">historical context surrounding<\/a> the conflict, contributing \u2062to media bias in the coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The media&#8217;s bias can be seen in the \u200dway they frame the events leading up to the conflict. Mainstream news outlets \u200bhave suggested that Israel provoked \u200cthe violence through\u200d the election of a right-wing\u200c government and allegations \u2064of Israelis praying at the holiest site in Judaism, among other \u2064reasons. This framing paints Israel as the aggressor and downplays the actions of Hamas, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-blame-israel-for-being-attacked-and-defending-itself\/\" title=\"Media blames Israel for attacks and self-defense.\">recognized terrorist organization responsible<\/a> for countless attacks on Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post, for example, explains\u200d the attack by\u200c Hamas as a response to worsening tensions over violence at the\u2064 al-Aqsa Mosque, while also mentioning\u2062 the presence of Jewish\u2062 supremacists and\u2063 settler leaders in the Israeli government.\u200c This framing suggests that Israel&#8217;s actions\u2064 were\u2063 the cause of the conflict, rather\u2062 than\u200b a response to terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Associated \u200cPress \u200bhighlights the expansion of Jewish settlements on Palestinian\u200b lands and efforts to toughen restrictions on Palestinian prisoners as reasons for Hamas&#8217;s attack. By\u2063 focusing on these factors, the AP downplays the responsibility of Hamas and \u200cportrays Israel as the instigator.<\/p>\n<p>The media bias is also evident in their coverage of the blockade on Gaza. Many news outlets, \u2062including \u200cNBC News and NPR, \u200bemphasize the devastating effect of the blockade on Palestinian civilians, citing pleas from the United \u2064Nations and human rights groups. While it is important to consider\u2062 the humanitarian situation\u200c in Gaza, these reports fail to acknowledge the legitimate security concerns that led to the blockade. Israel, along with\u200b Egypt, implemented the blockade\u200c to prevent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to mainstream media, Hamas&#8217;s recent attack on Israel, resulting in the abduction and killing of hundreds of Israeli civilians, was somewhat justified. 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