Last week, former Israeli Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said the quiet part out loud. Speaking in Tel Aviv, the former journalist turned politician slammed the international media for what he saw as perceived bias against Israel. “If the international media is objective, it serves Hamas. If it just shows both sides, it serves Hamas. If it creates symmetries between sufferings without first checking who caused it, it serves Hamas,” Lapid argued.
The very next day, Wael was back on the air, explaining in a video posted by Al Jazeera that it was his “duty to get back to work as quickly as possible despite everything. As you can see, the firing is ongoing everywhere. There are airstrikes and artillery shelling, and things continue to develop.” The work these journalists do on the ground, especially in Gaza, is crucial to helping the world understand the full story of the war and those affected by it.