A US-BASED publication has been called out for an article which “justifies the murder of Palestinian children”.
Now, the campaign group Writers Against the War on Gaza has called out The Atlantic for a new article on Palestine.
Titled The UN’s Gaza Statistics Make No Sense, campaigners took to social media to express anger at the article.
The section of the article shared by the group reads: “Even when conducted legally, war is ugly. It is possible to kill children legally, if for example one is being attacked by an enemy who hides behind them.
“But the sight of a legally killed child is no less disturbing than the sight of a murdered one. And Israel has discovered that shutting out the press carries its own risks.
“An infanticide that no one can see is also going to attract suspicion.”
Writers Against the War on Gaza commented: “@TheAtlantic published a justification for the murder of Palestinian children today.
“Eight months into the genocide and western media is still manufacturing consent for Zionism.”
The post from the campaign group has now been viewed seven million times on social media with many reposting the tweet to share their own frustrations.
One Twitter/X user said it was one of the “most depraved sentences” they had read while another said it had left them “sickened”.
Another user called on people to cancel their subscription to The Atlantic if they had one while another said that “legally killed child” is “not a phrase that should exist”.
The National has approached The Atlantic for comment.
It comes as aid groups say they have been left “horrified” after an Israeli strike on tents housing displaced people in Rafah left at least 35 people dead.
Footage from the scene showed destruction at a camp with reports that people were “burning alive”.
