why is the world suddenly focused on the irsali-palestine conflict and hamas group?

Smokeydope@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 48 points –

From what I can gather this conflict as been going on a long time and the Hamas group has existed for a while too. Why are all the news cycles suddenly focusing on this the past few weeks?

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It's an easy story, there are clear sides, and there are vocal demographics in the West that really care about it.

So it drives clicks. Local Palestinian, Jewish, and related groups are saying stuff that makes for easy interviews. The "other side" is easy to find, so creating multi-source stories is a breeze. For journalists with tight daily deadlines, it's a gift.

Even better, politicians are courting those groups, so they're saying stuff that, again, is easy to report on. And it's local news!

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