As Israeli violence crescendos, Western media shuts its eyes

Israeli settler violence led to what would become an 11-day war between Gaza and Israel in May, resulting in 270 Palestinians and 13 Israelis being killed. Yet, similar settler violence is being ignored in Western media as it threatens to open up another armed escalation in the occupied territories. On the 25th of December – Christmas Day -247 Palestinians were reported injured in the villages of Sebastia and Burqa, after Israeli settlers in lynch mob-style groups, protected and accompanied by Israeli occupation forces, attacked. A day prior a similar settler assault on the village of Burqa in…

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