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After the bombing started, the propaganda began.

The western media regurgitated Israeli propaganda that these were ‘strikes on nuclear and military targets,’ (like the BBC here) and then we found out that more than two hundred civilians had been killed across Iran, including children, in apartment blocks in Tehran and other cities.

Iran inevitably retaliated. But what was completely missing from all western news coverage was the fact that under international law, Israel’s bombing of Iran was illegal (first strike, no UN resolution, not in response to an attack), whereas Iran’s was legal (a response to actually being bombed and therefore a legitimate claim of self-defence). On top of that, attacking nuclear power stations (Israel bombed Iran’s Natanz power station) is explicitly prohibited under Article 56 of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. The IAEA said Israel’s strike had caused ‘radioactive and chemical contamination,’ but I’m guessing you missed the news. (Compare this to when Russia attacks Zaporizhzhia or Chernobyl. Bombing nuclear power stations is only selectively bad, appears to be the western rule). On social media, experts in international law were exasperated that none of the coverage mentioned this at all. One of the world’s pre-eminent experts on the subject, Professor Ben Saul, the head of Sydney University’s international law department and the UN special rapporteur on human rights, was clear: Israel’s action was illegal and Iran’s was legal.

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https://www.donotpanic.news/p/manufacturing-consent-machine-goes