The media bashes Israel on every occasion, acts as an echo chamber for the Obama administration’s successful attempt to bully the democratically-elected prime minister of Israel into doing what Obama wants him to do. The secretary-general of the UN arrives in Gaza and tells Israel that the blockade must be lifted due to the “unacceptable” suffering of the Gazans.
As for that Gaza blockade causing untold misery? Not so much. Elder has a post (with picture) of the gold boom in Gaza. A starving society, as he points out, would be selling its gold, not buying it. But the pro-Palestinian media doesn’t report on things like this, because it would destroy the narrative of starving Gazans (who are getting fat), homeless Gazans (who have built lavish homes out of mud bricks, an ancient tried-and-true substitute for modern construction materials), and peaceful Gazans (three kassam rockets on Saturday).
Meantime, Ban Ki-moon chides Israel on the blockade, but no word on whether or not he attempted to meet with Gilad Shalit, the prisoner whose capture caused the shutdown of the Gaza crossings. Also, no word on whether or not he called on Egypt to open its Gaza crossings, or allow goods through that end. Because only Israel, it seems, can cause Gazans to suffer.
The hypocrisy of world leaders on Israel continues apace.