Opinion: How the West celebrated the Nuseirat massacre

In a column for Middle East Eye, activist and writer Tariq Ali says that western media triumphalism over the rescue of four Israeli hostages at the cost of 270 Palestinian lives was "both short-sighted and repellent". 

He writes: "Although Spain, Ireland and Norway recently recognised Palestine and strongly criticised Israel, the bulk of 'western civilisation' remains hard at work defending it. The desire to kill, which always lurked under civilised waistcoats in colonial times, never truly went away. It was, in most cases, merely hibernating. 

Amid yet another massacre of Palestinians, this time in the Nuseirat camp, western media are toasting the 'triumph' of four recovered hostages. As in Kenya, India or South Africa during colonial times, the lives of the native population do not matter; it is the 'adventure' that must be celebrated."

You can read the full column below. 

Opinion: How the West celebrated the Nuseirat massacre