Jeremy Scahill: The empire politicians & promoters of Israel’s US-facilitated war against the Palestinians are trying to sell a false narrative. Here is the fact: US security forces are violently attacking students and professors who oppose their government’s open support for a genocidal war.When other nations engage in violent crackdowns, the US media report it as such. When the US does it, they pretend it’s complicated or it’s different because THIS IS AMERICA. Or they say, these are just local police, not federal forces so it’s not a US policy. Let’s be clear: the policy is support for a murderous war and to crush dissent. The tactics on display on US campuses should be reported on by journalists the way US media report on other nations’ violence against nonviolent demonstrators. This American Exceptionalism propaganda needs to be dismantled. ... See MoreSee Less