I was shocked when @DailyExpressRB published this front page a few days ago.
But perhaps not for the reason most people would be upon seeing such a vulnerable child.
I was shocked because I was pretty sure this was yet another example of our media lying to us, which continued as @guardian put him on their front page the following day and papers like @DailyMail did big features on the family.
And now that itโs been confirmed how they all failed in basic journalistic standards and were taken in by terrorist propaganda, they should be ashamed of themselves and held to account.
They ignored that this child, like all the others used to promote Hamasโ lies of starvation for the last two years, has an underlying medical condition. They ignored that itโs been proven time and time again how Hamas cynically and disgustingly exploits these children. They also ignored the healthy mother and brother. And they did this because they think thereโs a larger audience for demonising Jews, than for the truth.
The truth is that there is hardship in Gaza. The truth is the doctors and UN and NGOs are liars in hoc to Hamas, and there is no actual evidence of one person having starved to death. The truth is if there is mass starvation then why do they continually need to lie and show staged photos and why are so many people obese. The truth is what hardship there is has been the result of the UN not delivering food that is already in Gaza. The truth is the war could be over this second if the hostages were returned and Hamas surrenders.
But closer to home, the truth is that our media continually fails to do their basic job. In fact they are doing the opposite. So yes @DailyExpressRB, shame on you indeed.