• Antaeus@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I am probably steeping on a land mine here. But, could the difference sentence be because they are scared of Israel’s wrath? They tend to be quite aggressive when someone asks questions.

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      2 days ago

      I think framing it as “american media is afraid of Israel’s wrath” is getting things a bit backwards.

      Yes, the whole US media ecosystem runs cover for Israel. However it’s not because Israel has any real power over western media, it’s because the US government supports Israel.

      Israel only has power because they’re a proxy of the US.

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        2 days ago

        Yup. Israel is settler-colonial outpost of the US military empire in the ME. Israel is the Vassal, the USA is the mothership. Of course American institutions will be protecting the ethnostate of Israel.