On Wednesday, the Israeli military invaded the Palestinian city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, killing at least 11 Palestinians and injuring scores more.
But it was the deadly occupation by another military power that consumed much of the West and its media’s attention. Just as Israel was once again raiding Palestinian territories, President Joe Biden was returning from a secretive trip to Ukraine celebrating and honoring the country’s heroic resistance to Russia’s yearlong war and even longer illegal occupation.