COMMENT | Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis are militants. Israel is the victim. A Palestinian death is valued so much less than an Israeli. The Israel-Gaza war is a clash between the “civilized” Christian West and a “savage” Islamic world.

That’s the Western media narrative today. It stems from Hamas’ attack on southern Israel on Oct 7 last year. 1,200 Israelis were killed. 250 hostages were dragged off to Gaza. In retaliation, Israel bombed Gaza, killing over 40,000 Gazans, the majority women and children.

Reports by Palestine Chronicle, Al Arabiya, and Al Jazeera highlight the atrocities of Israel’s retribution. American mainstream media such as The New York Times, CNN, and Fox News lean towards Israel.

And, in Israel, Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, and Times of Israel differ in their depiction of Israel’s genocidal retaliations.

For alternative non-Western views, one has to research and scour social media platforms. Here, misinformation, propaganda, and AI-generated images are as abundant as speculations by self-proclaimed experts from the West and non-West.

This media noise reminds me of the Iraq War in 2002 when...