"A Day in the Life of Abed Salama": 5-Year-Old's Death Sheds Light on Life Under Israeli Apartheid

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2. Things like this happen regularly in neiboughring Syria and Lebanon

Every warring faction has its own bureaucracy, its own IDs, its own access regime, no offers of help for passage throughout a particular swat of land one has to navigate, adding to countless tragedies occurring within the official borders of these states that are left unreported.

Does Democracy Now ever accuse these states of apartheid on this basis? The idea would seem ridiculous. Yet, it is not ridiculous when it comes to Israel, and Israel alone.

I know, I know, I shouldn't compare the democratic state of Israel with those other countries. Well, I should.

I am not comparing the autocratic Syria or dysfunctional Lebanon to Israel. Nor am I excusing Israel's occupation of the West Bank. I am comparing the unabashedly one-sided, prejudicial and borderline antisemitic coverage of Israel in the media of the radical left. In this particular case, my beef is not with any of these countries. It is with Democracy Now.