¿Sesgo? ¡Nah!

Las maravillas de la progresía y de la corrección política. Hace varios días que el ejército libanés le está dando para que tenga (iba a decir "haciendo mierda", pero no queda fino) a un campo de refugiados palestinos infiltrado por terroristas. Y a nadie se le mueve un pelo. Por ahí se lee alguna que otra noticia perdida en CNN o Reuters, o en la página internacional de algún diario.

Pero, si en la frase anterior reemplazáramos “libanés” por “israelí”, no estaríamos hablando de otra cosa. Seguramente tendríamos las primeras páginas copadas por la “nueva masacre” perpetrada por los judíos, una muestra más del expansionismo del sionismo internacional, tolerado por los EEUU, que es controlado por el “lobby judío”, etcétera, etcétera. Tendríamos condenas masivas a la violencia, llamados por la paz, reuniones en las Naciones Unidas, la OTAN, informes de Amnesty International, y demás parafernalia que acompaña a estas ocasiones.

No hay caso, los problemas de Medio Oriente, y del mundo, se terminarían si sólo desapareciera Israel. Y ya que estamos, todos los judíos del mundo:

Last week, the Lebanese army attacked a squalid Palestinian refugee camp that’s become infested with Islamist suicide terrorists and guerilla fighters. On May 20, government troops surrounded the camp, with tanks and artillery pieces shelling it at close range. Army snipers gunned down anything that moved. At least 18 civilians were killed, and dozens more injured. Water and electricity were cut off. By week’s end, much of the camp had been turned into deserted rubble. Thousands of terrified residents fleeing the camp reported harrowing stories of famished, parched families trapped in their basements.

How did the rest of the world react? The Arab League quickly condemned “the criminal and terrorist acts carried out by the terrorist group known as Fatah al-Islam,” and vowed to “give its full support to the efforts of the army and the Lebanese government.” EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana also condemned Fatah al-Islam, and declared Europe’s “support” for Lebanon. And the UN Security Council called the actions of Fatah al-Islam “an unacceptable attack” on Lebanon’s sovereignty. As for the Western media, most outlets ignored the story following the first flurry of news reports.

At this point, please indulge me by re-reading the first paragraph of this column — except this time, substitute the world “Israeli” for “Lebanese” in the first sentence. Let’s imagine what the world’s reaction would be if the ongoing siege were taking place in Gaza or the West Bank instead of the Nahr al Bared refugee camp on the outskirts of Tripoli, Lebanon.

First of all, a flood of foreign journalists would descend on the camp to document Israel’s cruelty and barbarism, and the story would remain front page news to this day. Al-Jazeera would be a 24/7 montage of grieving mothers swearing revenge on the Zionist butchers, and rumours would swirl of mass graves and poison gas. The Arab League, EU and United Nations would condemn Israeli aggression — as would the editorial board of The New York Times. The Independent would dispatch Robert Fisk to embed with Fatah al-Islam. And the newspaper’s cartoonist, Dave Brown, would produce another award-winning rendition of his signature theme: Jews eating Palestinian babies.

(Link enviado por Liberty Bell)