British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been criticised after publishing a statement on Wednesday night which welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza but recalled the “massacre of Jewish people” while saying that Palestinians “lost their lives”.
The contrasting language used to describe Israelis and Palestinians killed in the conflict has been a constant source of scrutiny with activists arguing that the deaths of Palestinians are downplayed by media outlets and government.
Points of contention have been not mentioning the perpetrators of Palestinian deaths, which is invariably Israel, and also using the passive voice when talking about those killed.
Middle East Eye has contacted Downing Street to ask how the prime minister believed the Palestinians he referred to had died. At the the time of publication, Downing Street had not responded.
People are so amped up that’s it’s impossible to discuss certain topics with being willfully misunderstood. All to assign people a side in the conflict.
I think you’re exactly right.
It’s impossible to discuss this in any reasonable sense because you’ll just get dismissed as a pro-genocide Nazi by some people and as a Jew-hating Nazi by the other.
God forbid I have the opinion that mass-murdering civilians at a music festival is morally wrong and so is working to wipe out people in Gaza.
Apparently only one can be wrong and I have to celebrate the other! And if an extremely deceptive article get published, I have to ignore the lies and claim that it’s 100% true, but only if they agree with my side.
Honestly this comment section is depressing. It’s like seeing climate change deniers. Nobody seems to care about what actually happened, they care about whether the way it was falsely framed pushes their worldview or not.
Stay strong brother. There’s dozens of us.
Probably more, just not making as much noise.