The Washington Post Lied....

 The Washington Post lied; people died. It’s a catchy slogan, one that describes well the blood libel perpetrated by the Post, and not just the Post, regarding Israeli military activities in Gaza. Astonishingly, and uncritically, these supposed news sources take the word of Hamas ministers as gospel truth.

When it comes to anti-Semitism in the American media, that’s not all. USA Today, not to be outdone, wants us all to feel sorry for the daughter of the perpetrator, Mohamed Soliman. They have less empathy for the victims of his hideous attack.

The point should be clear to all. As we watch the proliferation of anti-Semitic incidents across America and Europe, we note with chagrin that the media has been promoting a blood libel against Israel. And that various maniacs and lunatics are picking up the story and using it as a rationale to go out and kill Jews.

The New York Post has this side of the story:

WaPo admitted Tuesday in a post on X that they could not verify the incendiary report published on Sunday baring the headline: “At least 31 people were killed Sunday morning in southern Gaza, according to the Strip’s Health Ministry, when Israeli troops opened fire on crowds making their way to collect aid.”

“The article failed to make clear if attributing the deaths to Israel was the position of the Gaza health ministry or a fact verified by The Post,” the paper said in a post on X, adding, “…The Post didn’t give proper weight to Israel’s denial and gave improper certitude about what was known about any Israeli role in the shootings.”

And now, as though things cannot get any more vile, Europe’s favorite professional provocatrice, Greta Thunberg, having apparently abandoned her crusade against fossil fuels, is leading an armada of ships to Gaza.

The inimitable Julie Burchill has the story in The Spectator:

Neither a singer nor a thespian, she is a professional tantrum-thrower, more comparable to the fictional horrors Violet Elizabeth Bott and Veruca Salt than the trio of troupers listed above.

And also, Burchill has a few words about Thunberg’s blood libel:

Thunberg declared (she’s a big declarer; her statements always sound over-rehearsed and somewhat self-adoring), ‘We are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying. Because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity. And, no matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s not even near as dangerous as the silence of the entire world in the face of the live-streamed genocide’ before bursting into tears. Not a word about the hostages. Not a word about the October 7 pogrom which started this whole tragic mess. Just Greta as a seaborne Jeanne d’Arc, travelling bravely on with nothing but her keffiyeh, a few protein bars and a press contingent for comfort.

Burchill adds this:

Long before entitled brats started chucking paint over works of art and thoroughly discrediting their cause, the pig-tailed pedagogue was a byword for fetishising emotion over logic.

Arriving on the world stage – and I use those words advisedly – at the age of 15 as an ecology doomsayer, Thunberg made an unforeseen leap in 2023 into the epicentre of Middle Eastern politics, a topic about which I’d wager she’s as much an expert on as climate science.

As for the Israeli reaction to the useful idiots, the New York Post reports:

Israel warned Wednesday that it is “prepared” to “act accordingly” to stop Greta Thunberg’s so-called Freedom Flotilla Coalition from reaching Gaza — as the eco-activist frolicked and filmed smiling social media content on the Mediterranean Sea.

Thunberg, 22, set sail Sunday to bring milk and protein bars to Gaza — with the Swedish campaigner posting images of her glamming it up onboard in a keffiyeh and holding a Palestinian flag.

Some of the 11 other protesters onboard soon reported the boat being followed by drones, which appeared to actually be Greek coast guard devices.

The story is not over yet. Sadly.