Prepared and Analyzed by the Strategic Media Department – BETH Agency

Since the outbreak of the Gaza War in October 2023, many Western media outlets seemed to choose fear of the truth over reporting it, placing neutrality on the shelf.
Massacres, the bombing of hospitals and schools, and the killing of children were not enough— for many Western channels— to speak of “state terrorism.” These tragedies were instead labeled as “collateral damage” or mere “exchanges of fire.”

This deferred neutrality is not coincidental.
It is the product of an interconnected system of political alliances, cultural dominance, and economic interests.
Despite claims of independence, Western media is deeply entangled in the political and economic networks of its host countries—especially when it comes to Israel, often portrayed as a “fortress of democracy” in a turbulent region.

🟨 When Truth Becomes Too Costly

In the Arab-Israeli conflict, truth is no longer measured by professional ethics, but by “Who does it anger? Who does it please?”
A journalist writing a balanced report on Palestinian victims might be labeled as “anti-Semitic,” risking his job or being sidelined from the screens.

The paradox is striking: freedom of speech is suffocated at its very core—whenever the subject is Israel.

🟨 A Dual Narrative: From Human to Statistic

One of the clearest signs of bias is how Western media often strips Palestinians of their humanity, portraying them as mere numbers, while the Israeli narrative is enriched with names, ages, and emotional imagery.

Here, the victim is human. There, merely a figure.

This is soft discrimination—but deadly—because a storyless human evokes no sorrow, no empathy.

🟨 A Slow Awakening... But It's Coming

Despite this bias, cracks have begun to appear in the walls of silence:

Newspapers like The Guardian and The Washington Post have published voices critical of Western complicity.

Independent platforms such as Democracy Now and Middle East Eye are breaking the dominant narrative and offering alternative storytelling.

Social media has become the refuge of millions of outraged voices bypassing traditional filters.

Still, the battle is far from over.
Major outlets continue to frame events through the lens of “the defending aggressor,” surrendering to the blackmail of language:

“Israeli airstrike”—but never “bloody bombing.”
“Israeli soldiers killed”—while Palestinians merely “die” or “fall.”

🟦 Caught Between Two Fires

Today, the Palestinian people are not only facing state terrorism, backed by global powers—
they are also victims of internal groups that gamble with their blood for the sake of slogans.

Yet the most dangerous dimension is that much of the Western world sees these people only through a biased lens and a conditional narrative.

And herein lies the tragedy:
When truth is silenced because it is costly, when neutrality is postponed because it disrupts alliances—
journalism ceases to reveal and becomes a tool of justification.

🟥 BTH’s Final Word:

We do not ask Western media to stand with the Arabs—
We ask it to stand with truth.
To have the courage to say that the one being killed is not just a number.
And that real neutrality begins when blood is no longer blurred out of the frame.

Delayed recognition doesn’t save the dead...
but it might just save what remains of the profession’s conscience.