While Afghanistan Fills The News, Israel Bombs Syria Nonstop, Media Silent

[G.L.R.]

Israel's airstrikes in Syria are not newsworthy for Western media, as a result status quo continues & civilians suffer

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22 Aug, 2021

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Israel again illegally bombed Syria last week, violating Lebanese airspace to do so and putting at risk the lives of untold numbers of civilians. And following this, crickets in the media, again. On Thursday, just after 11pm, Israeli missiles targeted the vicinities of Damascus and Homs, according to a statement from the Syrian army. Russia's Reconciliation Center for Syriasaid Israel did so via six planes which fired 24 guided missiles at Syria. In its attack on Syria, Israeli missiles put two passenger airplanes in Syrian and in Lebanese airspace at risk, particularly the 130 civilians and flight crew on a Middle East Airlines flight coming from Abu Dhabi to Beirut. Flight trackers show the plane abruptly changed course to avoid being targeted. Flashback to 2018, when Israel attacked Syria using the cover of a Russian plane – whose presence was legal in Syria, having been invited by the Syrian government, contrary to the invading Israeli plane. Syrian air defense missiles responded to the threat, downing the Russian plane.

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Just last month, Israel attacked Syria on multiple occasions, including during Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest times for Muslims. The reality is that Israel's bombings of Syria are so routine that this latest attack is hardly 'news' and it is hard to make it newsworthy to write about. I've written about such attacks before... "Israel's military chief of staff boasted earlier about hitting over 500 targets in just 2020 alone."

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Surely, it would be newsworthy if the routine bombings of a neighboring sovereign country were committed by, say, Russia or China. The entirety of Western media and all of the internet would be livid and demanding accountability. Israel's pretext when bombing Syria is usually that it is, "targeting Iranian-backed fighters," a charge gleefully reprinted in media and by sources supporting the fall of the Syrian government.

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https://www.rt.com/op-ed/532726-israel-airstrikes-syria-lebanon