The mission remains the same, and the war crimes endure, including killings - the method just shifts. Now, the textbook starvation of the enclave is the weapon of choice.
But the British public will not be privy to such details - not if they rely on the mainstream media to report them accurately.
In early March, as the first phase of the ceasefire was ending and the full withdrawal of Israel's forces from Gaza was supposed to take place, Israel decided to block all aid from entering the territory.
The media reported it but, characteristically, thinned out the details.
Israel is "stopping all aid into Gaza", reported Sky News. Israel "blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza", read the online BBC headline. LBC's article stated, "Israel halts all aid and supplies coming into Gaza".
Missing from every outlet was the crucial added context: as concluded by Human Rights Watch (HRW), this was a flagrant violation of international law. Legal experts confirmed it constituted a genocidal act.
But the tried-and-tested strategy of propaganda by omission
reigned supreme. Why provide the intricate details and allow readers to
connect the dots about Israel's cruelty when key information can simply
be suppressed?...<<<Read More>>>...