Suppose you read an article in the media that said that American home builders had announced plans to build 600 homes in El Paso and that there were Mexicans up in arms because they claimed that Mexico should have possession of that area. Would that seem strange to you? Well let's change that a bit. Suppose that the plan was to build 600 homes in Washington DC and that it was the British who were upset since they claimed that they still had a right to their former colony. Does that seem strange? What if the construction was to have been done in Poland in an area that had been part of Germany from 1870 to 1945? Would protests from Germans seem appropriate?
My point is a simple one. Israel announced that construction would commence on 600 homes in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. Palestinians protested the construction of homes for Israelis since they want the area to be part of a Palestinian state and, as a result, they want the area free of all Jews. The mainstream media treats this as a normal objection which is part of a "peace process". The truth is that the media has lost its mind.
Think for the moment the reaction in the media were a European state to decide that it would not allow construction of homes for Moslems in some area. What if a town in Arizona near the border objected to the construction of homes for Hispanics? Any sort of objection to housing based upon the religion, race or nationality of those who would live in them is normally the object of immediate scorn by the mainstream media. Of course, if the homes are built for Jews in Israel, the matter is something quite different. In the media, it is quite okay for the Palestinians to object for Israel to build homes for its own citizens in its own capital. If the Palestinians get their own state, the media sees nothing wrong with the people trying to keep that state free of all Jews.
The hypocrisy is overwhelming.
My point is a simple one. Israel announced that construction would commence on 600 homes in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. Palestinians protested the construction of homes for Israelis since they want the area to be part of a Palestinian state and, as a result, they want the area free of all Jews. The mainstream media treats this as a normal objection which is part of a "peace process". The truth is that the media has lost its mind.
Think for the moment the reaction in the media were a European state to decide that it would not allow construction of homes for Moslems in some area. What if a town in Arizona near the border objected to the construction of homes for Hispanics? Any sort of objection to housing based upon the religion, race or nationality of those who would live in them is normally the object of immediate scorn by the mainstream media. Of course, if the homes are built for Jews in Israel, the matter is something quite different. In the media, it is quite okay for the Palestinians to object for Israel to build homes for its own citizens in its own capital. If the Palestinians get their own state, the media sees nothing wrong with the people trying to keep that state free of all Jews.
The hypocrisy is overwhelming.
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