Article 6MGZP Which is worse, Israel’s lies about Gaza or its western backers who repeat those lies? | Mehdi Hasan

Which is worse, Israel’s lies about Gaza or its western backers who repeat those lies? | Mehdi Hasan

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Mehdi Hasan
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Useful idiots keep parroting provably false Israeli talking points. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me ...

The Italians having a proverb," wrote the 17th century British courtier Anthony Weldon, He that deceives me once, its his fault; but if twice, its my fault.'"

Today, we commonly summarize that old Italian proverb as: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

Timeline on repeat:

Israel commits massacre

Mehdi Hasan is the editor-in-chief of Zeteo and a Guardian US columnist

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