(Los Angeles Jewish Journal) Jason Epstein - Western media hostility toward Israel is hardly new. Coverage of the ongoing fighting between Israel and the Iranian regime's patrons, Hamas, Hizbullah, and Houthi group Allah Ansar, as in previous conflicts, features rampant bias. Two days after Oct. 7, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt accused mainstream media of being complicit in a world that allowed the "dehumanization of Israelis and sanitized the terrorism of Hamas." When citing Palestinian casualty figures, outlets like the Associated Press accept Palestinian casualty numbers from the "Gaza Health Ministry," which editors know very well means Hamas. In stark contrast, when sources from the Israel Defense Forces provide figures of enemy casualties, disclaimers that no evidence accompanied the data are often added. Jews in the U.S. have endured hundreds of Charlottesvilles on American city streets and university campuses since the Hamas attack. In numerous instances, demonstrators have physically assaulted Jews.
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