In 1982, Israel engineered and facilitated the butchering of 3,500 defenseless civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon. The world was shocked by the barbarity. The UN labeled it "an act of genocide"

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In 1982, Israel engineered and facilitated the butchering of 3,500 defenseless civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon. The world was shocked by the barbarity. The UN labeled it "an act of genocide" and people everywhere were stunned to read the details of that horror, calling it one of the worst atrocities since WWII. Of course, American media went into "protect Israel" mode. This

@Newsweek

headline, for example, was the sort of coverage that painted the monstrous perpetrators as victims, while ignoring the actual victims who were literally butchered with machetes, knives, and bullets . Today, as Israel perpetrates the holocaust of our time—with an estimated 680,000 Palestinians killed—American media has again been in "protect Israel" mode. Here, today, the

@washingtonpost

runs a headline meant to elicit sympathy for the people committing a genocide, while ignoring the defenseless families living and dying in unimaginable carnage and horror, courtesy of Israel. I sincerely hope Americans will finally wake up from the zionist induced coma they've been under for decades. I sincerely hope they will stop believing zionist lies...

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