It's come to this: Israel Television begging 'human rights watch' for comment on 3-year old 'Palestinian' throwing stones at soldiers
Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.
Over the weekend, IDF Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner (who runs foreign and social media for the IDF spokesperson's office) posted the following video of a flag waving 'Palestinian' toddler being sent by his father to throw stones at IDF troops.
The so-called 'protectors' of human rights have had NOTHING to say about this video. The Israel Broadcast Authority is now begging 'human rights watch' and Sarah Leah Whitson (who once raised money from the Saudis by bragging about how bad her organization makes Israel look) to comment.
Zainab Abbas said Abdullah Kurdi had lied to the world after the
image of his dead three-year-old son on a Turkish beach sparked a global
outpouring of support for Syrian refugees.
“Yes, it was Abdullah Kurdi driving the boat,” Ms Abbas told Network Ten through her cousin Lara Tahseen today.
Ms Abbas also lost two children when the boat capsized shortly after leaving Bodrum for the Greek islands.
After the tragedy, Mr Kurdi told the media he took over steering the boat after the captain panicked and jumped ship.
But
Ms Abbas said Mr Kurdi was the driver of the boat, and the man she paid
to book her passage told her it would be safe because the driver was
taking his wife and two children.
“When I lost my kids, I lost my life, how can he lie to the media?” her cousin Ms Tahseen said, translating for Ms Abbas.
“He said, ‘Please don’t dob me in.’ That was in the water.”
Ms Abbas said Mr Kurdi was speeding in the overcrowded boat, which did not have enough life jackets.
She said her husband told him to be careful just before the boat capsized, reportedly killing at least 12 people.
Ms
Abbas is now in Iraq and her family has called on the federal
government to include them in the 12,000 refugees Australia has pledged
to take in.
There are a lot of opportunistic people trying to use this to leave the Middle East for the West. And some of them belong to ISIS. What could go wrong?
Oh my.... Make sure to read through to the bottom.
An investigation by AGnews
has discovered that the photo of a drowned 3 year old Syrian boy whose
body was discovered washed up on a beach off Turkey, was moved for a
better photo opportunity.
The first photo can be seen here and clearly shows an officer/photographer moving the boys body. The second photo, The one spread by western media shows 3 year old Aylan laying face down further along the beach.
...
The photos were taken by State Run media agency Anadolu Agency who did not reply when asked to comment on this story.
Aylan and his father and brother had been attempting to escape Turkey
by crossing the Mediterranean into Europe to reach Canada, when, in a
series of horrific events, he ended up drowning along with his brother.
It is believed Aylans father, had made two previous attempts to escape
to the Greek Island of Kos before his attempt to make it to
Europe. Kurdi’s father arranged a third attempt because he needed new teeth which were too expensive for him in Turkey
Update: A close up of the soles of both shoes has found they are
different boys. Although we were wrong on this occasion and quick to the
conclusion it is always good to remain vigilant and open minded.
In an announcement to the press: @bogie_yaalon: We're sorry for the death of Abu Ein. We will investigate & continue coordination with PA
— Peter Lerner (@LTCPeterLerner) December 10, 2014
You would think that by now, the government of Israel and the IDF would have learned not to take responsibility and apologize every time a 'Palestinian' (seemingly) dies. And as you can see from the tweet above, you'd be wrong. The Minister of Defense is apologizing for the death of 'Palestinian' terrorist Ziad Abu Ein at a demonstration earlier on Wednesday, and promising to investigate Abu Ein's death in the name of continued coordination with the 'Palestinian Authority' - the same coordination that the 'Palestinians' announced that they were cutting earlier today.
In a live report for the UK’s Sky News broadcaster, Middle East
correspondent Tom Rayner reported that Ziad Abu Ein, a convicted
terrorist who was appointed by the PA to organize campaigns against
Jewish settlements in the West Bank, was lying on the ground
“unconscious” after the clash – although separate footage shot by Kremlin broadcaster RT displayed Abu Ein conscious and sitting up after his altercation with the IDF officers.
“When he’s on the floor, an Israeli medic does come up to him, she
tries to clear an area around him, but Palestinians pick him up and take
him straight to a vehicle,” Rayner said, in footage viewed by The Algemeiner.
The medic was “not able to deliver any first aid,” Rayner continued,
and Abu Ein was “declared dead when he got to a hospital in Ramallah.”
As The Algemeiner reported today, Rayner had earlier said on Twitter that
“When Abu Ein is unconscious on ground, Israel medic attempts to
assist, asks crowd to make space, Palestinians rush him to a vehicle
instead.” Rayner also reported that Abu Ein repeatedly asked the Israeli officer he clashed with for his name, calling him a “dog.”
As a result of Abu Ein’s death, the PA announced that it was
suspending security cooperation with Israel. PA President Mahmoud Abbas
lauded Abu Ein as a “martyr,” while PA official Hanan Ashrawi accused
Israel of having carried out an “extrajudicial killing.”
We're apologizing for this? Have we learned nothing?
Some of you may recall an incident in the summer in which four 'Palestinian' kids were killed on a Gaza beach in what was claimed to be a strike by Israeli gunboats. At the time, I told you not to rush to conclusions, that we had seen something like this before and it turned out to have been caused by a Hamas land mine.
I can’t tell you what actually happened, but the boys weren’t playing
soccer, the target was legitimate, and the IDF did not deliberately
kill children. Yes, the Israelis took responsibility for the deaths;
however, the IDF stopped using the M825A1 smoke shell for no reason. The IDF was also unable to determine how Mustafa Tamimi and Bassem Abu Rahmeh died. From the standpoints of PR and forensic investigation, the IDF needs major reform.
Knowing what I do about Hamas, my gut tells me that someone tossed a
hand grenade. At close range that would cause all the wounds, burn the
children, and tear off their clothes.
Hamas are just the type of creatures to instantly exploit a situation by murdering children.
Mohammed Bakr, Ahed Bakr, Zakaria Bakr, and Mohammed Bakr were living souls, not objects to be used in film production.
Pallywood exposed? Autopsy to be performed on Naqba day victim
At the request of his family, the body of a 'Palestinian' teenager who was allegedly killed during a Naqba Day riot in Beitunia - just north of Jerusalem - was exhumed on Wednesday and an autopsy was performed. The results of the autopsy have not been announced.
'Palestinian' medics claimed that the boy was killed by bullets fired by IDF soldiers, but the IDF has said consistently that its soldiers only used rubber bullets that day, and video has shown that there was no blood when the victim was removed from the scene. Moreover, a bullet allegedly recovered from the boy's body that was shown on CNN showed no signs of having actually been through a body.
Palestinian medics have said that Nadim Nuwara, 17, and Muhammad Abu
Thahr, 16, were shot dead by Israeli troops using live ammunition on May
15 as they took part in an anti-Israel demonstration in the West Bank.
The
Israeli military said its forces fired only rubber-coated bullets that
day, and that an investigation of their deaths was still under way.
Both
teenagers were buried the day after they were killed. Palestinian
officials said an autopsy would be performed on Nuwara's body on
Wednesday, at his family's request.
Palestinian pathologist Saber
Al-Aloul said US and Danish pathologists would be present at the autopsy
in the Palestinian Institute of Forensic Medicine in the West Bank town
of Abu Dis. He did not say if or when results would be published.
An Israeli physician will also attend, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
Don't expect any of those 'human rights' organizations that have accused Israel to apologize. It won't happen.
Even the Palestinian Authority, despite its declarations, is not hastening to assist in finding out the truth. After two weeks, the Palestinian security forces have yet to hand over to the IDF the bullets removed from the bodies of the two young men during the autopsy in the Ramallah hospital.
And still, the shooting of rubber bullets, for which the soldier was suspended, reveals a few things about the conduct of the army during violent clashes with demonstrators. The soldier was suspended from his job, and a Military Police investigation was opened against him, because the firing of rubber bullets was not part of his assignment during the demonstration. Although he was trained as a combat soldier, his job (the precise nature of which cannot be disclosed due to a military court gag order,) is connected primarily to communications.
The Border Policeman and the other soldiers who fired rubber bullets during the demonstration were authorized to do so; the communications soldier was not. His suspension, which under ordinary circumstances would not have aroused any interest, attracted media attention because it took place in the wake of an incident that was to a great extent documented by security cameras and television cameras. Had it been a matter of soldiers who killed unarmed Palestinians in undocumented incidents — which take place almost on a monthly basis on the West Bank — there probably would have been no news coverage.
But the soldier is not so exceptional. A fact that is not widely discussed is that for quite a few soldiers who participate in dispersing demonstrations it’s a chance to take part in the “action” - firing shots, albeit it with non-lethal ammunition, in the midst of the chaos, and the adrenaline rush of a confrontation. We can reasonably assume that the soldier was seeking an exciting experience, or an escape from boredom, and that the Border Police acceded to his request to allow him to fire rubber bullets at the demonstration.
In recent years, most of the clashes between the IDF and the Border Police on one hand, and Palestinian demonstrators on the other, take place at times and in locations that the two sides have chosen in advance — what the army dubs “focus points of friction.” Although the encounter takes place repeatedly, sometimes on a weekly basis, the commanders do not have total control over the soldiers. There is always a possibility that a soldier will violate the rules of engagement, without his commanders knowing exactly what he is up to during the demonstration.
The potential for damage is exacerbated when the shooter is a soldier attached to a force and is not part of an organic unit. In the IDF there are many such job-holders — drivers, dog handlers, intelligence operatives and others — who wander among the units and join them for a few hours or a few days. This is potentially dangerous because the soldier is not part of the regular chain of command. The operational commander in the field didn’t know him before they were teamed up for the assignment, whereas his commanders are at the base and are unable to supervise him and to make sure that he is following orders.
During the years of the second intifada there were several incidents in which non-combat soldiers who found themselves in the line of fire caused problems for the unit to which they were attached, whether by firing irresponsibly on civilians or by operational mistakes (and even firing inadvertently at other soldiers). This is a weak point which almost invites mishaps, although judging by what the investigation has found until now, the soldier from the communications unit is not connected to the killing of the demonstrators.
The items I highlighted in bold reflect unsubstantiated allegations by Haaretz. The first paragraph (that I quoted - there were a couple of others before it) and the last half sentence reflect reality. And with good reason: There is no proof thus far that the IDF is responsible for the alleged killings.
B'Tselem has released their full video of the Naqba day incident in Beitunia in which two 'Palestinians' were allegedly killed. The video is about an hour long.
As you will see in this clip, at least some of the video is definitely Pallywood. How much more? I can't tell you yet.
'Palestinian' high tech develops new kind of 'protester'
The 'Palestinians' have finally gone high tech. They have developed a new kind of 'protester' who doesn't bleed when shot.
If accurate, this assessment reflects a major technological
innovation, as until now, the bodies of protesters and rock-throwers
have not been known to function without a comprehensive circulatory
system. Since every Palestinian claim is accepted by large swaths of the
media and society as reliable, the operating assumption of the analysts
has been that in fact live ammunition was in use at Beituniya. Israeli
assertions and evidence that the border police were only using
rubber-coated bullets, which do not pierce the skin at the ranges
involved, do not adequately explain the outcome, experts say, since such
evidence would not portray the IDF as murderous thugs bent on executing
teenagers.
As such, say the analysts, the only reasonable conclusion at the
dramatic lack of blood involved in the death of the demonstrator remains
that Palestinians have developed a more advanced model of protester.
The lack of blood makes it easier for other rock-throwers and
demonstrators to offer assistance where the sight of blood might
otherwise frighten them.
Additionally, say experts, as greater and greater numbers of the
model are rolled out, it will take significantly less effort to have the
demonstrators fall, as if injured, and more plausibly claim to have
been shot by IDF soldiers. The compliant media will continue to take the
Palestinian version of events at face value, driving up the number of
apparent Palestinian casualties while not actually subjecting
demonstrators to bona fide wounds. Ideally, the same protester,
variously attired, can stage multiple incidents in the space of a single
afternoon.
Elder of Ziyon has spliced together the CNN video and two closed circuit television videos of the alleged Naqba day killings of two 'Palestinians' in Beitunia in an effort to learn more about who actually shot the 'protesters.' CNN and two CCTV videos, synchronized, of the incident shows that the
shot that coincided with the youth's falling down came from a gun with a
rubber bullet attachment. (CNN implied it was the second shot, but it
was the first.)
Of course, this could be resolved with an autopsy but that would deny the 'Palestinians' the opportunity to blame it on Israel, so of course it won't happen. Remember Mohammed al-Dura?
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman let the US and the European Union have it on Wednesday over demands for an investigation into the deaths of two 'Palestinians' at a Naqba Day demonstration in Beitunia on Thursday.
“"We don't need an American request to inquire the subject,” Liberman
said on Wednesday during a visit to Ariel University in the Samaria
region of the West Bank.
“I reject any request and the hypocrisy we see worldwide,” Liberman said.
...
In response to a reporter’s question about the incident in
Washington, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that America
expected Israel to conduct a prompt and transparent investigation.
The
European Union missions in Ramallah and Jerusalem also spoke of the
need for a more thorough investigation and denounced the use of lethal
force. “We reiterate the need for security forces, whether Israeli or
Palestinian, to refrain from the use of lethal force, except in cases
where there is a real and imminent threat to life,” the missions said.
Liberman said in response, “the IDF is the most moral military in the world, and the IDF is checking his actions continually.
“I
only wish that this sort of requirements will appear in other cases, in
Syria around 170,000 people were killed and I didn't see any request
from the international community to inquire these killings.
“Hamas
has executed two men in the Gaza strip after accusing them of spying
for Israel, without a lawyer or a fair trial. I didn't see any request
to investigate that.
“We will inquire this event do to our obligation to the moral code of the IDF,” Liberman said.
“Furthermore,
I find it odd that the video was published with a large gap from the
occurrence of the events in question, and all of these things will be
examined,” he said.
The IDF has also attacked the authenticity of the video footage published, including those from B’Tselem.
The
NGO had taken footage from security cameras used by store owners on the
street where the teens were shot and produced two short videos that
showed the moments of their death.
It said that it had 12 hours of footage, from the incident, which are available to those who are interested.
Well, yeah. Except that the full videos are only being made available to 'the media' rather than being publicly posted. So the video that's posted (I'm embedding one of them below) shows the shooting in isolation. It's not clear who shot, and it may not have been the IDF. The IDF says that it only used rubber bullets, which are not usually lethal. And the 'Palestinian police' just happened to be at the demonstration.
Let's go to the videotape.
By the way, anyone think that running toward someone who has been shot is a normal reaction? Shades of al-Durah....
Unreal: US State Department issues condolences over killing of Hamas terrorist
.@StateDept spox exp. condolences to families of 2 Palestinian teens killed in W Bank; calls for investigation. http://t.co/LmDrlYRBHd
— Richard Buangan (@RichardBuangan) May 21, 2014
As you can see in the tweet above, Richard Buangan of the US State Department has issued condolences to the 'Palestinian Authority' over two 'teenagers' who were allegedly killed in 'Nakba day' demonstrations last week. One of the 'teenagers' (Were they really teenagers? How does anyone know?) was buried wrapped in a Hamas flag.
There is plenty of reason to believe that what we have here is Pallywood II (recall the al-Durahfraud from 2000).
This was sent to me by email as a press release. It's not clear to me who put it out. From the picture of ISM members above, which is several years old, it should be clear that this is not the first time the ISM has supported violence.
International Solidarity Movement activists in Hebron on Monday caught deliberately distorting and hiding facts and openly supporting violence
On September 24, 2013, a day after an Israeli soldier was killed in Hebron ISM activists were caught staging a Palestinian boy's injury in Hebron.
ISM activists posted a story online http://palsolidarity.org/2013/09/vicious-settler-attack-leaves-15-year-old-in-need-of-hospitalisation/ about a vicious settler assault on a Palestinian boy that left him unconscious and provided an edited video to support the story. Unfortunately for them, some Jewish tourists that were in Hebron for the holiday of Sukkot were also filming and uploaded a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5udL8XoO4 that exposed the ISM and the Palestinians staging the boys injuries and unconsciousness.
In the video, the boy is seen trying to get up and is repeatedly pushed down by the Palestinians around him, afterwards, he appears lying lifeless on a different pavement. Furthermore that same boy is seen earlier lying to the Tourists' camera repeatedly (obviously) pretending that he does not know what Hamas is.
When some pointed to the Tourists' video in the comments on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXi3Z3Szn5I, ISM responded by disabling comments for that video.
Another video taken by the Tourists show one of the activists, responding to a question if she supports "Arabs killing Jews", saying that she supports their right to "violently resist". This is despite the ISM purportedly being against violence . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4qhBzZcuwU&src_vid=0q5udL8XoO4&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_2469772933
Video: Pallywood training in Egypt as Muslim Brotherhood "protesters" pose for the cameras
This video shows a Muslim Brotherhood "demonstration" in Egypt that was
specifically staged to get the most dramatic poses, as the actors freeze
their poses for the photographers. Injuries and even bloodstains are
faked.
Report: IDF had full al-Dura video the entire time, left defenders to fight France 2 on their own
Who decided to let the IDF shoot the country in the foot? This is simply beyond belief.
It turns out that while Phillippe Karsenty, Dr. Yehuda David and others were defending the IDF against charges that it shot Mohamed al-Dura, the IDF had the full video that proved the death was staged and didn't bother to tell anyone.
Now [Israel Police Weapons Lab director Elliot Springer] has revealed that just weeks after the alleged shooting,
senior IDF officials met and watched the entire video, rather than the
edited version presented by France’s Channel 2 that sparked the
accusations against Israel.
"Despite the media reports based on edited and doctored video
footage, we watched the original, and all sounds of IDF fire was muffled
- far away in the background. When the barrage fired at al-Dura was
fired, the audio was suddenly close by - in other words Arab gumen right
beside the camera near al-Dura fired them, not the IDF,” he reported.
Springer’s testimony strengthens those of other witnesses and experts
who have declared the IDF innocent of shooting Al-Dura. However, it has
also raised a disturbing new question: if the IDF had the original,
full footage of the shooting, why did it not share it with Dr. Yehuda David, French media analyst Philippe Karsenty, or others who attempted to advocate on Israel’s behalf?
Both David and Karsenty fought in court to force France’s Channel 2
to reveal the full footage. Both needed it to help their own cases:
Karsenty was sued for accusing French media of deliberately staging the
video, while David was sued by Al-Dura’s father, Jamal, for revealing
that scars Jamal had claimed were the result of bullet wounds sustained
in the shooting were in fact from an incident years earlier in which Jamal had been attacked by an Arab gang.
Both men fought lengthy legal battles over their attempts to defend
the IDF from libel – and yet the IDF apparently did not offer them help
when it could, by making the full video available to them.
It is also not clear why the IDF did not make the whole video public
in order to boost the growing body of evidence showing the IDF did not
cause Al-Dura’s death.
Yes, you guessed it. With the exception of Yaalon, who took over three months ago, every single one of them belongs to the Left (don't let the Likud next to Mofaz's name fool you - he's belong to Kadima since late 2005). In fact, Ehud Barak's two terms add up to nearly 8 of the 13 years in question. Do you think he knew about this? I would bet on it. So why didn't he tell anyone?
I leave speculation about that question to the reader rather than making my blood boil.
Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday, June 27.
Karsenty, Accountability lose
A few weeks ago Israel's government released a critique
of the Al Dura case. During the so-called "Aqsa intifada," Mohammed
al-Dura was allegedly killed by the IDF during a shootout at the
Netzarim Junction in Gaza. Or so it was reported by France's Channel 2
and its reporter Charles Enderlin. Al-Dura became a cause in the Arab
world. His image was put on postage stamps to inflame the "Arab street" against Israel. The Palestinian Authority released a video starring "Al-Dura" encouraging other children to become martyrs.
When the report was released, the Jerusalem Post's diplomatic correspondent Herb Keinon wondered:
But still. Israel, by releasing this report 13 years on, has put this
picture back into people’s minds, and it is not entirely clear whose
interests are served by resurrecting this potent image.
What I’m afraid Keinon and the many others like him might be saying
here is, in addition to our enemies, who will never drop that bone as
long as there’s the most remote trace of the taste of blood on it – al
Durah as symbol of Israeli evil – they also fear that the should-be
rational people in the West, the liberals who should care about the
truth, the journalists whose job it is to care about the truth – who
won’t listen either.
But it’s these folks who are our target audience. They are the people –
especially the journalists – who need to learn, when they see that
image, that it is a symbol not of Israeli desire to kill children as
Osama bin Laden and other blood libelers interpreted it, but a symbol
of the incompetence of the media and the devastating impact of that
incompetence, fortified with a stubborn, honor-shame reflex to deny any
fault. Because we – and here I speak on behalf of democracies around
the world, indeed all peoples who wish to live in peace and tolerance
of the “other,” – we cannot afford the destructive impact of lethal
journalism. We cannot afford to have our public sphere become the
sewage dump of toxic, hate- and war-mongering lies, especially those of
our enemies.
I agree. It wasn't simply about setting the record straight, but about
holding the media accountable. Israel's decision to take a look at the
case was a sign that Israel wasn't going to let the media get away with
broadcasting straight propaganda anymore.
Yesterday, however, a French court disagreed. In 2008 media critic, Philippe Karsenty was vindicated
of the charge that he had libeled Enderlin and France 2. Apparently a
major factor in that verdict, was the Enderline was ordered to release
the all the footage of the incident, but refused. But the case was
appealed and yesterday Karsenty was found guilty of defamation. The AP reports:
In a report issued in 2004, Philippe Karsenty said the footage was
orchestrated and there was no proof that the boy had been killed.
France-2 sued for defamation, and after a long legal battle, a Paris
court fined Karsenty 7,000 euros Wednesday. He called the verdict
“outrageous.”
Over the past decade Karsenty has amassed hours of video about the day
of the shooting. At the heart of his claim is the fact that, according
to the reporting by France-2, father and son received a total of 15
high-velocity bullets but in the video, neither appears to be bleeding.
He says the firefight is real, but the shooting of the man and boy was
staged for the camera.
At the end of the article, the AP gets reactions. Here's one:
Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers said the ruling confirmed that Israel and
their supporters lied about the military’s practices in the coastal
territory.
“They deceive and cover their crimes in front of the media and the world,” said spokesman Fawzi Barhoum.
A spokesman for Hamas?!?!!?
Hamas is a terrorist group committed to Israel's destruction and that's who the AP gets a reaction from! Jonathan Tobin addressed statements like this that is encouraged all too often in the media:
The al-Dura myth is significant not so much because it annoys Israelis
and their friends but because it reinforces the way Palestinians think
of themselves and gives them carte blanche to commit any outrage.
Debunking it is not pointless. It is the starting point for any effort
to answer the lies about Israel that have become the foundation for
efforts to isolate and boycott the Jewish state. Friends of Israel
ignore it at their peril.
There is no libel against Israel that is too outrageous not to be published uncritically.
Perhaps the best debunking of the report comes from James Fallows who wrote Who Shot Mohammed al-Dura? in the Atlantic ten years ago.
The footage of the shooting is unforgettable, and it illustrates the
way in which television transforms reality. I have seen it replayed at
least a hundred times now, and on each repetition I can't help hoping
that this time the boy will get himself down low enough, this time the
shots will miss. Through the compression involved in editing the
footage for a news report, the scene acquired a clear story line by the
time European, American, and Middle Eastern audiences saw it on
television: Palestinians throw rocks. Israeli soldiers, from the slits
in their outpost, shoot back. A little boy is murdered.
What is known about the rest of the day is fragmentary and additionally
confusing. A report from a nearby hospital says that a dead boy was
admitted on September 30, with two gun wounds to the left side of his
torso. But according to the photocopy I saw, the report also says that
the boy was admitted at 1:00 P.M.; the tape shows that Mohammed was
shot later in the afternoon. The doctor's report also notes, without
further explanation, that the dead boy had a cut down his belly about
eight inches long. A boy's body, wrapped in a Palestinian flag but with
his face exposed, was later carried through the streets to a burial
site (the exact timing is in dispute). The face looks very much like
Mohammed's in the video footage. Thousands of mourners lined the route.
A BBC TV report on the funeral began, "A Palestinian boy has been
martyred." Many of the major U.S. news organizations reported that the
funeral was held on the evening of September 30, a few hours after the
shooting. Oddly, on film the procession appears to take place in full
sunlight, with shadows indicative of midday.
Fallows critique is important. He is not, in any way pro-Israel. He
also refuses to believe that Mohammed al-Dura is alive. Still he
carefully reviewed all the available evidence and concluded that
Enderlin didn't tell the correct story.
That is what any reasonable critic should have concluded. Unfortunately
many in the media simply don't care.
They would rather see their
preconceived narratives confirmed rather than examining their
prejudices, premises or procedsses. Yeterday's verdict was a victory for
continued media malpractice.
Palestinian
terrorists hide behind journalists while firebombing Israeli soldiers.
Interesting symbiosis - terrorists use journalists as human shields, and
journalists use terrorists to generate news.
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