why does everyone call it the israel hamas war when the PFLP and DFLP and PLF etc are fighting as well? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by blakeus12@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Title. it makes no sense, but i assume it's a subtle way to paint the war as a religion thing as Hamas is islamic to distract the focus from colonialism and apartheid.

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[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Think of the average western media consumer brain as a computer with extremely limited RAM. Asking them to remember more than 1 bad guy is a difficult task. Kinda like how 9/11 happened and within 13 seconds people started assuming it was Saddam.