How pro-Israel trolls exploit the people of Sudan and the DRC

How pro-Israel trolls exploit the people of Sudan and the DRC Submitted by Barry Malone on Wed, 05/27/2026 - 14:22 While it is right to call out a lack of attention on forgotten conflicts, bad faith arguments reduce African victims to pawns in a propaganda war Protesters at a rally for Gaza hold signs urging global attention on Palestine and other conflicts in New York City on 31 May 2024 (Gina M Randazzo/Zuma Press Wire via Reuters) Off Those who defend Israel’s genocide in Gaza have a script. If you spend any time online, watching TV news debates, or listening to both Israeli and western politicians, you will be familiar with much of it. “They use civilians as human shields in Gaza” is a common line. “The Palestinians shouldn’t have started a war they couldn’t win” is another. “The Israeli military is the most moral army in the world” is among the most absurd. There are questions, too: “Do you condemn Hamas?” “Do you defend what happened on 7 October?” “Does Israel have a right to exist?” They are all traps. Here is one, though, that is a little newer and centres on events happening far from Gaza and the occupied West Bank. It’s this: “What about Sudan and Congo?” The implication is clear. You only attend protest marches about what is going on in Gaza because you want to blame Israel. The accusation is often accompanied by the refrain: “No Jews, no news.” And that’s what is at the heart of the charge. If you don’t protest against the conflicts in Sudan or the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), you are antisemitic , and you are only moved to care about the Palestinian people because it serves your anti-western agenda. I’m going to go out on a limb here and cont...

Original source: Middle East Eye