Western Media “lens”

Asif Mahmood Columnist

Western media is reporting that Tehran is being evacuated, but it is not reporting that Tel Aviv is also being evacuated.

Western media is reporting that Iran was trying to build a nuclear bomb, but it is not reporting that Israel has already built one.

Western media is saying that Iran is a threat to Israel, but it is not telling us that Israel is a threat to the entire Middle East.

Western media is reporting that Iran hasn’t had meaningful talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but it is not telling us that Iran’s nuclear facilities were open for IAEA inspections, while Israel has never once allowed the IAEA to inspect its nuclear sites.

Western media is portraying Iran as an irresponsible state, but it is not telling us that Iran is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), while Israel has never signed it.

Western media calls Iran a threat to peace, but it doesn’t mention that Iran has not occupied the territory of any other country, whereas Israel is occupying land from all its neighbors. It is occupying Palestine, including the city of Jerusalem, over which the United Nations has repeatedly declared Israel’s occupation to be illegal.

Western media gives excessive coverage to protests by a few anti-government individuals in Iran but ignores the massive pro-government and anti-Israel demonstrations in Iran. Nor does it analyze the protests against Netanyahu in Israel with the same “regime change” lens.

Western media refers to Jewish settlers who have unlawfully occupied Palestinian land, in violation of UN resolutions, not as usurpers or occupiers, but as “settlers.”

Western media refers to ordinary Israeli citizens involved in the massacre of Palestinians not as terrorists, but as vigilantes.

Western media meticulously reports how Israel has hit various Iranian targets, but it does not report that Iran has hit Mossad’s headquarters — Unit 2800 — nor does it report that Israel’s General Staff Headquarters has also been hit. It doesn’t mention that Israel’s Ministry of Defense has been targeted. It fails to report that Israel’s biological weapons facility has been destroyed, that the Nevatim Airbase has been hit, that Ramat David Airfield has been demolished, and that the Haifa oil refinery has been obliterated.

The region which the United Nations has declared as occupied Palestine is still referred to as Israel by Western media.

And despite all this, Western media is still considered highly credible — a telling aspect of the brutality of white civilization that demands attention.

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