Now if he'd stated "western media covers broadly equivalent events with similar levels of casualties with a bias towards Europe/Western Countries/Western Allies" then broadly I would agree - African news does tend to take a backseat to events in those regions for likely a whole host of reasons.
They covered El-Fasher as well - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr4qqgdlkjo
Which is double bad since the RSF, the Arab army committing genocide belongs to the same organisation as Hamas does. They are both "descended" from the Muslim brotherhood of Egypt, and receive a LOT of support from Arab countries.
This link says 64,0000 people dead in 2 years in Gaza.
Are you saying more than 64,000 have been massacred in el-Fasher in 7 days?
So yes, news about Israel are more engaging in the US.
It is one thing to read of atrocities commited in an extremely underdeveloped country and another to hear of even notionally smaller ones in an extremely developed one.
"This other genocide is worse" isn't the amazing insight you think it is.
> even though it is far worse than anything alleged in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Hmm. I don't see how this contributes anything, and the two atrocities are linked.
Being a decade deep into a tightened border blockade that leaves little hope of a long-term future for Gaza.
Netanyahu's coalition getting more and more aggressive with their rhetoric as far as forcibly annexing what remains of the West Bank, rather than merely annexing small portions every year to house more and more settlers. Repeated open provocations at the Al Aqsa Mosque holy site whenever Netanyahu was feeling politically vulnerable.
The US first unilaterally tearing up a treaty to reimpose crippling sanctions, and later inviting the #2 or #3 (depending on how you count) top-ranked leader of Iran, by far the most popular person in the country, to peace talks and then assassinating him when his plane landed.
The imminent threat of the Abraham Accords, Israel and the US trying to bribe leaders of regional governments into a coalition against Iran and Palestine.
Around 30,000 rockets and mortars over 20 years, killing 50 Israelis and injuring 2000.
This is why Israel has imposed a "tightened border blockade". If Gaza stopped attacking, Israel would live in peace with it.
The fate of West Bank Palestinians clearly proves that to be an outright lie.
https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/... Halfway through 2023 at least 156 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli action in the West Bank – more than in the whole of 2022 and the highest yearly total since the end of the second Intifada in 2004. At least 28 children are among those killed and thousands more civilians have been injured.
The West Bank does attack Israel, killing 2-3 Israelis per month since October 7. So Israel fights back.
This pattern is simple and logical, if you look at the facts.
And since then it has been a systematic, gradual, takeover of the land and the culture of the palestinians. Palestinians aren't the aggressors, they are the victims, thoses are the facts, you can try however you want, trying to says "yes but the thora says" I don't care about thousands of years ago, I do care about 70 years ago.
In any cases, everyone knows this, the whole world, Israel will always be a nation of murderers that cannot be trusted.
Say what? There was never a Palestinian country, and not only that but the "Palestinians" as a nation didn't exist before the conflict with Israel. There were only families and tribes moving across the broader Ottoman empire.
The original aggression was on the colonists part, not the local people.
Imagine, you lived your while life somewhere, then one day I come, I take your land and I kill your people, then I label any retaliation as "terrorism" and "antisemitism" justifiying your massacre. I don't think you would find that normal and sit by idly, nobody on this planet would.
This hypocrisy is so disgusting, I can't even put words on it.
The fact we even have figures like Ben Gvir in Israeli politics is a result of reactivity in the Israeli public opinion. Any government that promised peace just brought more death and destruction, so now they're trying the other way.
It's the 21st century. Schools, media, politicians, commentators remind us about multiple world wars, millions of "sacrifices" for "freedom". We have technology that was unimaginable to our parents and grandparents.
So what is going on in the world? Who is putting the brakes on human progress?
The UN is an empty shell. Prominent countries which historically created the conditions for endless conflict - let's call them out: the US, Russia, UK, France, China (coincidentally, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council) - are sitting back, diplomatically allowing atrocities and injustices to unfold.
Why is this being allowed to happen?
This isn't even a time to point fingers, assign blame. We need to hold ourselves to the highest ideals.
We already have tens, hundreds, thousands, of talented individuals - graduates from the top universities of the world, who know how to make the world a better place. They understand history, morality, and ethics to an excruciating degree. Where are they? Why are they not in top decision-making positions in governments?
Why are our political structures still struggling with basic competencies? A House of Dynamite was a perfect movie to follow on from Oppenheimer. Scientists created a superweapon; politicians ran with it, and blackmailed the world. It's pathetic and deplorable.
WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
Because sovereign states demanded that it would be an empty shell, and this was accepted because otherwise there would be nothing.
For example, the ICC. Nobody can be convicted by the ICC unless their country allows it. And even that is going too far for essentially all countries, even founding member states like South Africa (who explicitly went against UN treaties they signed to protect Al-Bashir and Putin)
I think it's important to raise awareness, and do whatever we can to oppose this sort of activity, but what is your source for this claim specifically?
I have been unable to find any substantiating information that US is supplying weapons, or aide of any kind, to the Rapid Support Forces of Sudan.