Ep. 652 - Israel massacred dozens of Palestinian men, women, and children this weekend. With American tax dollars.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Calling it anything other than a massacre is a lie. Not a single Israel was killed while hundreds of Palestinian homes and businesses were hit with bombs and missiles - destroying everything in and around them - including at least 15 young children. It's despicable.

What's almost equally despicable is how hard honest coverage from the American mainstream media is to find. Before I recorded this episode I went to every major outlet in the country and hardly a word has been said in the headlines. And the articles and stories that were written made it out like a fight happened between equals. That's not what happened at all. It was a brutal, ugly massacre where children were literally blown to unrecognizable bits. I saw it with my own eyes. And people are asking why these kids aren't being treated with the love and attention given to Ukrainians - and the answer is simple. The American taxpayers are funding and arming the Ukrainians AND the Israelis. How can you speak out on what you wrote the check for?

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0:20.4	Over the weekend and you would not know this from watching or reading mainstream news,
0:25.3	an absolute massacre happened in Palestine where bombs and missiles from Israel killed dozens
0:34.8	and dozens of people, at least 40 people, including 15 children. I'm gonna unpack and explain what
0:41.2	happened and I'm gonna also break down why you're not seeing this in the mainstream American media.
0:48.3	I have seen the videos, the images of these children and families, men, women and children who were killed
0:58.8	and there is no, there is no reason, no explanation that could ever forgive or explain
1:10.1	a way what happened this weekend. This is Sean King and you're listening to The Breakdown.
1:26.0	For the past four days, Israel bombed and sent missiles that destroyed the homes and lives
1:45.2	of at least 40 Palestinians, including 15 children that wasn't just one attack.
1:50.4	They sent dozens and dozens of bombs and missiles and destroyed hundreds of homes, hundreds of apartments,
1:59.0	offices and I was looking all weekend for some honest coverage of what was going on and there is
2:09.0	none because the mainstream American media has decided that it will not cover these moments,
2:18.2	these war crimes, these crimes against humanity that they will not cover them with any
2:24.4	honesty, truth, decency and here's the thing, I'm not even saying that they need to quote-unquote
2:32.2	cover both sides. This was a one sided affair. Google, how many Israelis were killed this weekend?
2:41.4	It's none. Google, how many Israeli children were killed this weekend? Zero. This wasn't,
2:49.3	this wasn't a fair fight. It never, it never is. It can't be. The Israeli military is one of
2:58.5	the most heavily funded, heavily armed militaries in the world thanks to the United States, which
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