[murermader]

What do you mean by "ignores the horrors happening there"? There is a daily coverage of what is happening, there are even live tickers and articles.

The reports mention what is happening in Gaza, the shelling, the ground invasion, the civilian casulaties, the humanitarian crisis (no water / electricity / no food etc.). I think one problem in this war is that there is a lot of propaganda going around, and there is not enough reliable impartial information. So just because the Hamas is reporting that Israel bombed a hospital (as an example), that the media will immediately pick up on that. For example, bombing a hospital sounds bad, but what if the hospital was acticely used by Hamas terrorists for ammunition storage, and even fighting from there? Is is now OK for Israel to attack the hospital? I don't think the media should immediately pick that up, because that information is not verified, and could as well be propaganda.

In my opinion, one of the reasons the palestinian people are suffering so much is because of Hamas, and how they use civilian infrastructure and hide in the population as their strategy. There is no way for Isreael to "win" without massive civilian casualties. And we should also not forget that Hamas is not innocent, they are not "just defending" their country. They started a war, which they are now loosing. You cannot attack another nation state, and then expect them not to do anything about it?

Also keep in mind that Hamas is recognized as a terrorist organization in Germany, while Israel and Germany maintain good political relations. It makes sense that Germany is more supportive of Israel.

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Meron Mendel says[1] that German reporting on Israel is more sensitive compared to the USA. Criticism of the government is clearly expressed, but he thinks it's _very unlikely that images of killed children from Gaza are printed_.

Axel Springer has a guideline document that demands pro-israel stance and fired journalists[2] who question that or tells pro-Palestinian staff to quit[3]

Axel Springer SE is a leading digital publishing company based in Berlin. Axel Springer SE, is well known for publishing numerous successful newspapers and magazines, including "Bild," one of Europe's most popular daily tabloids, and "Die Welt," a leading daily newspaper.

Journalists associated with Axel Springer have on many occasions mocked the victims of Israeli bombardement, comparing the destruction in Gaza to Dresden, questioning Geneva Conventions (civilians are protected; withholding water, food, medicins is prohibited), questioning the number of killed in Gaza, citing "experts" who argue that it's legal to bomb hospitals.

Germany declares all pro palestinian protests as illegal (long before 10/7), criminalises the protestors, scares them with raids, police brutality, with press, that smears them (Greta Thunberg and others speaking for the Palestinian cause).

[1] https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/staatsraeson-in-den-med...

[2] [Axel Springer Fires Lebanese Employee Who Questioned Pro-Israel Stance - The Intercept](https://theintercept.com/2023/10/26/axel-springer-fires-empl...)

[3] [Axel Springer: German publisher tells pro-Palestinian staff to quit | Middle East Eye](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-axel-spr...)

[gryzzly]

so what is your opinion, it is not legal to attack a hospital if someone is holding captured hostages in it, shoots at you from it, and uses it as an entry to command centres? sorry to say, only human monsters use hospitals, schools and children infrastructure for military purposes, and you are saying that fighting them should not be legal.

or are you simply saying all of that evidence is fake?

what is "pro-palestinian" to you, saying that "Israel is bombing innocent people" that is pro-palestinian? You think that Gaza ruled by Hamas is pro-palestinian?

[gryzzly]

ah! you want images of dead children! something that israel refuses to weaponise an and hamas rather enjoy doing. They have martyrdom cult. Thanks German media for not inciting hardcore reactions in a public that is not directly affected.