Israel Propaganda Machina In Full Swing

While talking about the war in Ukraine, former US President George W. Bush made a telling slip of the tongue. “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq… I mean, of Ukraine,” said Bush, who then joked: “Iraq too, anyway…” This was illustrative of how decisions are taken lightly even though they affect millions of people.

Two decades ago, the US claim that Saddam Hussain had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq was not easily verifiable. Still, a majority within the international community went with it because the intelligence of the world’s most powerful military establishment was supposed to mean something. The then US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, made a notorious speech at the UN, calmly listing his evidence-free claims. It took years for this lie to be exposed.

Today, the Israeli ambassador to the UN is not as calm as Powell. He was furious because the international community didn’t take his denial of the mass casualties of Gazan civilians at face value. Gilad Erdan was also outraged by the lack of acceptance of the Israeli narrative of what happened after 7 October.