Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate of The Gray Zone discuss Israeli official investigations of numbers reported, whether Israeli or Palestinian, and cause of deaths in the October 7 massacre at a festival in Israel. This is important because coverage of this event has been used to justify or excuse the Israeli Government genocide of Gaza Palestinians, to mitigate international condemnation, and to apparently justify US participation in this war. The mainstream western media has failed to investigate the Israeli announcements of Hamas guilt for Israeli deaths, and has often also failed to question allegations of Hamas raping Israeli victims on the day, even though Israel has presented no material evidence of such crimes to date. The western press is therefore guilty of uncritically promoting genocidal propaganda. Blumenthal and Mate also note that the Israeli foreign minister is a South African immigre - 'from one apartheid state to another.'
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