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[–] anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 66 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If it came from an arab or muslim religious figure, western media mainstream media wouldn't shut up about it for weeks. but an Israeli figure calling for extermination of an entire ethnic group passes under their radar and keep giving moral and legal ammunition to Israel to carry on its genocide in Gaza.

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Really? Because searching with the roles reversed I definitely see similar statements had been made but only see coverage by ideologically aligned sites:

https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-787452

https://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptian-minister-quotes-koran-verse-on-killing-jews/

https://m.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/California-Imam-calls-on-Allah-to-annihilate-Jews-500676.

https://www2.cbn.com/news/world/palestinian-authority-issues-call-murder-jews-tells-islamic-leaders-incite-violence

https://www.timesofisrael.com/kill-all-jews-urges-hamas-tv-host/

The only mainstream sources along a similar thread were within days of the Oct 7th attack:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/hamas-covenant-israel-attack-war-genocide/675602/

https://www.newsweek.com/hamas-terrorists-have-genocide-their-hearts-they-say-so-themselves-opinion-1834360

So it just looks more like the mainstream press isn't interested in reporting what religious zealots say outside of very narrow windows of relevance to major recent news stories (and even then rather sparingly).