Letter

In response to The disgrace of deliberate starvation: Israel's war of hunger in Gaza

All of a sudden…

It’s interesting what it takes politicians and the mainstream media to act. They don’t mind civilians trapped, suffocating in the rubble, they don’t mind limbs torn off by bombs, they don’t mind amputations performed without anaesthetic, they don’t mind cancer hospitals bombed and medical staff abducted, raped and tortured, but a child, skinny and starving, suddenly offends their sensibilities.

Or for politicians, it is more like the mid term elections are coming up, their constituents are bristling or they’re now realising they have to cover their own complicity.

For the mainstream media, it is more like Murdoch has decided to oppose Trump and whatever the opposing stance, it is suddenly the right one.

For years, I’ve known the ethics and values of politicians and the mainstream media was of low standard, but this conflict in Gaza has shown me that those ethics and values are non-existent.

— Alyssa Aleksanian from Hazelbrook