DYING IN THE PASSIVE VOICE.

This article discusses the use of passive voice in Western media when reporting on Israel's war on Palestine. The author, Mona Chalabi, criticizes the media's tendency to name and blame "Hamas terrorists" and "Palestinian militants" for Israeli deaths, while Palestinians are simply described as being killed without specifying who is responsible. Chalabi argues that this language choice shapes Western perceptions and empathy towards Palestinians. The article includes illustrations that highlight the biases in language used by the BBC and the New York Times. Chalabi suggests that language choice is a form of misinformation that distorts the truth and perpetuates the narrative that some lives matter more than others. The payment for Chalabi's illustrations was donated to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate. [Extracted from the article]

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