Israel-Palestine conflict and the imperial agenda of Western mediaThe media, mainly in the US but also in Europe, has largely misrepresented the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East. There is hardly any objective, balanced and critical coverage. Instead, we are witnessing an organized and systematic campaign to decontextualize the conflict, hide its underlying causes and sway public opinion. Many news sources in the West have characterized the recent attacks by Hamas as “Israel’s 9-11” and as a "war on Israel". Israel is depicted as the victim of “unprovoked” and “unbearable” attacks, as if they had occurred in a vacuum. The larger historical context is usually left out. Operating from a position of moral superiority, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups are labeled as "barbarians" and "terrorists". Yet, the daily experience of Pa ...