Israel Matzav

The New York Times blames the 'settlers'

I want to highlight a few phrases in this New York Times article that are meant to create the impression that what happened on Friday night in Itamar is the 'settlers' fault, Israel's fault, the Jews' fault. The Times continues its outrageous pattern of blaming Israel for the lack of peace in our region. The article was written originally by Al-AP.

Palestinian opposition to settlement construction on lands they want for a future state has brought negotiations to a virtual standstill over the past two years, with Palestinians refusing to negotiate directly with Israel as long as it persists.

In other words, there are no 'negotiations' because Israel insists on continuing to build 'settlements.' But for 16 years before Prime Minister Netanyahu took power, there were negotiations regardless of whether there was construction. And Israel never agreed at any time to stop construction. The first item of the road map was that the 'Palestinians' had to disband the terror organizations, something that we were bitterly reminded on Friday night has never happened although the Times will try to dispute that too further on.

"We condemn this act of accelerated settlement construction," senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said. "We urge the international community to intervene and implement the two-state solution. This is the only way out of this vicious circle of violence and counter-violence."

And of course, that has been the goal behind the 'Palestinian' refusal to negotiate all along. They want the quartet to impose a 'solution.' They don't want to have to negotiate with Israel. They want to be handed their reichlet on a silver platter without having to reach any compromises with Israel.

The attack Friday night in Itamar, home to some of Israel's most radical settlers, was the deadliest against Israelis in years, and security forces were on alert Sunday for possible settler retaliation against Palestinians.

Note what I highlighted - that's Times-speak for "they had it coming to them."

The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a mostly defunct Palestinian militant group, took responsibility for the killings. But it was not clear if the group really was responsible because it frequently takes credit for attacks it didn't commit in a bid to raise its profile.

Note that they don't mention al-Aqsa's connection to Abu Bluff's Fatah. Note how they try to minimize the probability that al-Aqsa carried out the attack. Note how they won't take the terrorists at their evil word. Unbelievable.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the killings and Palestinian security forces were also searching for the perpetrators, Palestinian officials said. But in Gaza, ruled by Islamic Hamas militants, officials applauded the attack and residents celebrated the killings.

Actually, Abu Bluff didn't exactly condemn the killings.

The usual media bias.

By the way, here are pictures of the 123 children murdered by 'Palestinian' terrorists between 2000 and 2006, just after the current Defense Minister and then Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered the 'Palestinians' all of Gaza, nearly all of Judea and Samaria, and much of Jerusalem for their reichlet. What was their excuse then?

Labels: anti-Israel media bias, Fogel family massacre, Itamar, Palestinian terrorism

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:42 PM