Article by Ahmad Wuhidi in The Intercept, 10/4/24

Headline: “U.S. Media’s Doublespeak: Israelis Live in ‘Densely Populated Areas,’ Palestinians Are ‘Human Shields’

Subhead: “But Palestinians in densely populated Gaza are all Hamas’s “human shields” — letting Israel deflect the blame for civilian death”

” . . .The Western media’s double standards when it comes to Israel and Palestine are hardly new. The discourse around “human shields” — or the failure to use the term — is an example of hypocrisy pushed to the extreme. Earlier this year, several of CNN’s own staff complained of “a systemic and institutional bias within the network toward Israel.”

” . . . The U.S. media has a long history of accusing America’s ideological foes of using civilians as “human shields.” In 1967, the Associated Press reportedly described the Viet Cong as “using children as human shields.” President George W. Bush highlighted Saddam Hussein’s use of civilians as “human shields” to justify his Iraq War.”

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/04/israel-human-shields-hypocrisy/