This propaganda episode has been vile and extremely revealing of the embedded Islamophobia, Orientalism and racism of Western leaders and press towards Palestinian people.

It is made infinitely worse by their callousness towards Palestinian babies being killed right now

I’ve been researching and writing about violence about armed conflict in various forms for over thirty years now.

The one thing I have learned to be wary of is any Global North/western/white claim regarding the ‘enemy’ killing babies. Because that is preferred propaganda trope