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Whitewashing 'Israel's' war crimes? CNN’s problematic report on soldiers' mental health
CNN’s latest article titled “He got out of Gaza, but Gaza did not get out of him” has sparked a storm of backlash on social media. The piece portrays Israeli occupation soldiers as victims of mental health struggles post-combat in Gaza, while conveniently glossing over the atrocities committed by these same soldiers against Palestinians. The same soldiers whom CNN presents as "victims" have been instrumental in demolishing homes, burning people alive, imposing blockades, and creating mass graves. Yet the piece fails to mention any of this context, instead painting the occupiers as broken and misunderstood, struggling with the horrors of war—horrors they themselves inflicted on others. How is that okay?