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Moments after a certain residence in beautiful, balmy, downtown Tehran was fire-blasted — transforming ex-Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh into a zillion pieces of free-floating biological confetti — the reaction from the global media cabal has been anything but monolithic.
In the center-right West, there was a certain sense of (semi-) muted celebration: The New York Post argued, “Taking out Ismail Haniyeh was morally necessary,” and the Wall Street Journal declared, “Israel Brings Deterrence Back to the War on Terror.” The general stance: Iran deliberately stoked the fires of Israeli blowback and deserved to be caught in the crossfire. Karma’s a [female dog].
Sayonara, Haniyeh.
But that wasn’t the majority opinion, of course.
The AP headline screamed, “Hamas’ top political leader is killed in Iran in strike that risks triggering all-our regional war.” The Guardian ominously warned, “Israel has all but declared war in the Middle East – a conflict it cannot hope to win.” Reuters went with President Biden blaming Israel for having the audacity to defend itself: “Biden says killing Hamas leader Haniyeh not helpful for ceasefire talks.” The New York Times (quite naturally) did a deep dive in anti-Israel waters: “Netanyahu, Defiant, Appears to Have Gone Rogue, Risking a Regional War.
