
The media has been criticized for repeatedly failing to mention children killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. The Onion examines every word used besides “children” to describe Palestinians under 18.
The media has been criticized for repeatedly failing to mention children killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. The Onion examines every word used besides “children” to describe Palestinians under 18.
Used in an effort to be more politically correct.
Can’t let them get any sympathy by publishing their names.
Every time an IDF soldier gets 100 points, they are promoted.
With their greatly diminished population outside of captivity, Palestinian children risk being lost forever.
For whatever reason, Palestinian children seem to love being on the receiving end of bombing operations.
Premature babies in Gaza are often referred to by this more threatening term.
Don’t let their sad little eyes fool you. These kindergartners are mass murderers who thirst for blood.
Or, depending on the news story, “itty-bitty murder gals.”
AP guidelines specify that any Palestinian younger than 12 should be referred to as this.
Israel’s state media often tries to malign young victims in Gaza by painting them as no-good ragamuffins who rarely behave.
Hoping to spin their deaths as a kind of blessing, IDF propaganda posters often paint innocent children as extremely old people who are in a great deal of pain and ready to let go.
What are they even, like, doing in Gaza?
Spanish for “little Hamas.”
A more formal term for children. That’s it. No subtext here, just a nice synonym to beef up your vocabulary.
Palestinian children collectively have earned themselves the moniker of a notorious serial killer.
Nothing to mourn here. Just a few thousand little brown things have been extinguished!
At least the media is willing to acknowledge that they may be near personhood.
And adult deaths aren’t sad! Sorry, we don’t make the rules.
Them rascals keep gettin’ in the way of the IDF’s dang bullets!
This phrase comes from the Zionist belief that Palestinian children all come from a negative dimension and are the inverse of the Jewish people.
The IDF is getting around to shooting them all, they promise.