Pro-Palestine protesters rally in Barcelona
Pro-Palestine demonstrators march in Barcelona on January 31, 2026, to demand Spain cease all relations with Israel
Gaza death toll: How the US gov’t attempted to ‘gaslight’ the world
In the first 18 days of Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza, the Israeli military killed more than 7,000 people, including nearly 3,000 children.
But in the US, Israel’s top ally, then-President Joe Biden cast doubt over the suffering and death count of Palestinians, as provided by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, to push back against calls for ending the brutal Israeli assault.
“I have no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using,” Biden said in October 2023.
More than two years later, as the Palestinian death toll grew tenfold, the Israeli military acknowledged that it killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, confirming the ministry’s data.
Rights advocates say Western officials and media outlets helped the Israeli denial of the scope of atrocities in Gaza, contributing to the dehumanisation of Palestinians.
Abed Ayoub, executive director at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said the US government attempted to “gaslight” the world and discredit the ministry numbers.
“This government played a role in that, and the Biden administration played a role in that,” he told Al Jazeera. “They laid the groundwork for the Israeli officials to do the same thing. But ultimately, at the end, you cannot keep lying about what the world has been watching and witnessing with our own eyes.”
Yeah, still waiting for an arrest warrant for genocide Joe.
