Even-handed? No. Just inane – Pearls and Irritations

Palestinian mother Asmaa Naser, mourns the bodies of her twin children, Ahmed and Jihan Naser Palestinian mother Asmaa Naser, mourns the bodies of her twin children, Ahmed and Jihan Naser, who were killed as a result of an Israeli air strike on Nuseirat camp, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on December 29, 2023. Image:Alamy / Ali Hamad apaimages Dair El-Balah Gaza Strip Palestinian Territory 291223_Dair_El-Balah_AH_009 Copyright: xapaimagesxAlixHamadxapaimagesx

This cult of balance or even-handedness has now come to the point where it serves only to hinder the pursuit of investigative truth. It obscures wider context, abdicates ethical responsibility to call wrong out for being wrong, provides justification for all manner of evil, and gives air to voices often best left unheard. It has become farcical.

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