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Who are the good guys in the Israel/Palestine conflict? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Greyfoxsolid@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I genuinely do not know who the bad guys are. S lot of my leftist friends are against Israel, but from what I know Israel was attacked and is responding and trying to get their hostages back.

Enlighten me. Am I wrong? Why am I wrong?

And dumb it down for me, because apparently I'm an idiot.

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you believe that, you're just as biased as they are. Check the archive page from last October and tell us that with a straight face. https://mondoweiss.net/news/page/61/

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe provide examples? I see nothing that would prevent me from saying that with a straight face. There, lemme just...

Mondoweiss isn't unconditional pro-Palestine propaganda. It's a well-sourced pro-Palestinian news site.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe provide examples? I see nothing that would prevent me from saying that with a straight face.

Gee, I don't know, I vaguely recall a (perhaps minor) news item happening on the 7th, something about a music festival? I may be misremembering though, since this very impartial news site has no mention of it whatsoever.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So omission bias? All this fanfare for omission bias? Nobody is using Mondoweiss as their primary news source; they have no reason to report on everything, especially an event like Nova music festival was reported on by everyone and their mother.

[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago

Mondoweiss is using the same kind of euphemisms around the 7.10 that the rest of the press is using for Israels crimes.