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'Israel retaliates' The ridiculous trope that sums up 'mainstream' reporting on the Middle East. Israel: so often the victim, rather than the aggressor. Fake news.

The Guardian and Oliver Holmes

5:10 AM · May 10, 2018

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Distorting the timeline of events is an longtime Israeli strategy to make its enemies look like aggressors. Its massive aerial attacks today on Iranians and Syrians is carrying out this propaganda strategy to perfection. j.mp/2IxBF30

Sir Scott Hennessy MA

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Israel bombs several positions in Syria & receives 20 rockets back in response. A serious escalation just days after the Trump announcement on Iran. But "Israel retaliates". Really?

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It was #Israel that fired first and #Syria responded. Provocation to give EU excuse to back out of #Irandeal Syria did step into it and can't blame them. Useless to keep turning cheeks for yet another slap. War with Israel is gonna happen anyway unless Russia and China help avoid

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Wael 🇸🇾 @WaelAlRussi 4h4 hours ago 1 #Israel Targeted SAA in south #Syria 2 #SAA responded by targeting the Israeli army positions in Jolan Heights 3 Israel tried to target Syrian positions with Stand-off missiles 4 SAA intercepted 70% of the missiles and re-targeted Israel

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At least the Golan Heights were described as occupied - unlike in

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Power, corruption and lies

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Israel fired on Syrian positions around the last pocket of ''rebels'' protecting them. SAA returned fire. The Iranians were not involved. Syrian rockets and shells penetrated the Israeli Iron Dome defences. On the Golan Heights. Then the Israeli's invoked a news blackout.