L'Chaim!

The article is about Döpfner, the German owner of a US website and a UK newspaper. So it's odd that you'd focus so much on America, especially since American employers have always been able fire any employee as long as no reason is given. That's called "at will" employment. Just don't say it's because of their politics, their race or their gender.

Possibly, but you don't have to be in the Epstein files to be a fuckwit.

it has worked in the past, how about we just report what is happening

I'm sorry sir but such a thing does not exist, i fear you must have dreamt it.

Döpfner's publications have never reported on what's actually happening before; why should they start now?

This is a ridiculous idea that no serious journalist abides by. Journalism is inherently political and biased. Just choosing WHAT to report on, when and how prominently, it’s already political. And believe it or not, humans aren’t really capable of ignoring their biases when producing any kind of writing. Even if you try very hard, you won’t see where you’re biased, that’s kind of the nature of biases.

What journalists should do is always be upfront about where they are coming from and where they stand. To not hide behind “neutrality” and “objectivity”. That really doesn’t exist and only makes readers misinformed as they believe the biased reporting of a journalist is objective reality.

Ok, then they’ll just limit what they report to the news that reinforces the worldview they want to cultivate. Even objective facts can be manipulative if used properly.

The nation-state is an institution of violence control - how israel is acting is how all countries fundementally are.

Mostly they are bullying behind closed doors, or the bullying stays in a pre-kinetic stage because the risk/reward ratios don't yet recommend large scale killing.

With israel's most important ally, the US empire, controlled by enemies of the US who hasten its demise, Iran having made some real steps towards normalising some international relationships and the israeli population in the grip of rampant bloodlust, there will never be a better time for israel to gain some much need strategic depth by seizing gaza, the west bank and southern lebanon. Like germany starting ww1, israel felt the clock ticking and struck before their window closed forever.

As to why the US still supports this, like all succesful mid-tier states in history, israel has become expert in manipulating the internal politics of the empire to its benefit.

No, they should spend six days in Palestine.