Why Can’t We Hold Israel Accountable for Its Genocide in Gaza? It’s the Media…
August 11, 2026 Why Can’t We Hold Israel Accountable for Its Genocide in Gaza? It’s the Media… Robin Andersen Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair In a Double Down News (DDN) video report , British filmmaker Richard Sanders begins a summary of a “horrific new [United Nations] report” with a listing of three atrocities committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian children. Sanders tells of an infant who was shot in the head while breastfeeding in his mother’s arms, a 16-year-old boy whose body was mutilated by an Israeli tank, and teenage boys deliberately shot by Israeli soldiers in a game of “target practice.” The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry released the report on June 23. Titled “The Essence of Childhood Has Been Destroyed,” it was the first to focus on crimes and violations against Palestinian children in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Vijay Prashad at CounterPunch called it an “accusation of extraordin...
