The mainstream media wants to appear objective and universally true. Yet nothing is ever ideologically unbiased. Take the case of the BBC reporting on Israel’s incursions into the Gaza Strip. The BBC first declares the error of it all; how Israel is over-doing things, how violence is not the answer to the ongoing conflicts there, how things are worse than ever for the Palestinians. In short, anarchy has broken out in Gaza. From the initial drift of the report we expect a condemnation of Israel; at least an analysis of the nexus between Israel, the US and the UK. Yet, the BBC characteristically fails to do so. Instead the article ends with the declaration that Israel has a right to defend its own. The message is clear: let Israel do whatever it wants as long as European and US interests are safeguarded. What are, then, the ground realities in the Gaza Strip?

People live like cattle in Gaza. They lack even proper shelter, food and sanitation. Repeated Israeli attacks have forced people in Gaza to live in makeshift tents and agriculture is all but forgotten. Israel has been terrifying in her attacks against any guerrilla activities. Mossad, the Israeli Intelligence Agency, is deviously active, hunting out any hint of rebellion within Palestinian ranks. And like cattle, the people of Gaza are being hunted. Israel bombs them at will and has virtually confined them to the Strip. They are imprisoned in their own land. Interestingly, Israel has forgotten her own history. The Egyptian Pharaohs treated her as she now treats the Palestinians in Gaza. History has a way of repeating itself. The truth of the matter is, that as days pass, the events at Gaza are becoming murkier and no UN charter has been able to redress the situation there. Things have fallen apart and humanity has fled the Middle East.

The BBC latches on to such a disaster not to highlight the plight of Gaza, but rather to vindicate Israel. The first part of this report presents the Western world as caring, sympathetic and understanding. Then it is easier to assault the powerless. The argument is that if any dare to challenge Western allies then the former will not be spared, notwithstanding how many lives are lost. The need of the hour is to engage Hamas, Fatah, the US, UN, Europe and Russia to dialogue for peace in the region. At least, this is what humanitarian-aid workers believe. One fears that while the world dialogues and politicians bicker, a race is being exterminated slowly in Gaza.