As the world remains focused on Israel’s revenge massacre of civilians in the Gaza Strip, where it has killed some 24,000 people, including more than 10,000 children, Tel Aviv has opened an unmonitored front in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Although Israeli soldiers and armed settlers have been engaged in ongoing brutal attacks against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories since taking over the lands in 1967, Israel is using the “cover” of its war in Gaza to increase the violence.

Since the Gaza war began in October, armed extremist settlers, backed by Israeli soldiers, have stepped up their illegal campaigns of intimidation and violence to evict Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem.

If you are Palestinian and dare to speak out against the Israeli carnage in the Gaza Strip, you can be beaten, detained without charge and even killed. Israel, which censors media coverage of its military attacks, then issues press releases placing all the blame on the victims.

Palestinians have no one to support them or to pressure the Israelis to end their violence. Tel Aviv has international carte blanche to do what it wants. And if you dare to challenge Israel, you are demonized as “antisemitic.”

The mainstream Western news media largely avoids reporting on Israel’s carnage, but always showcases on newspaper front pages and leading TV reports when Palestinians respond........

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