“I’m unequivocal and unwavering in my commitment to Israel’s defense and its ability to defend itself, and that’s not gonna change,” said Harris, recounting the horrors of the Hamas-led October 7 attack. “Israel had a right, has a right to defend itself.”
“Israel had a right, has a right to defend itself.”
Obviously I know the answer, but why is such an easily disproven uncritically repeated? Does literally no one in the mainstream media have the guts to call it out?
No. You do not have a right to defend yourself from your own illegal occupation for fucks sake.
This is a bog-standard propaganda tactic. It’s the same reason that US corporate media always qualify Ansar Allah (A.K.A. “the Houthis”) with “Iran-backed.”
Because it’s an attempt to change the conversation from “Israel is killing children” to “anti-semites think Israel shouldn’t defend themselves.”
It is intellectual dishonesty and people who engage in this need to he called on this shit.