Once again, we have two perfect examples of the dehumanization of Jews by major media outlets, a practice that contributes to the dislike of Israel so prevalent throughout the world.
Exhibit One: Our current favorite whipping boy, the Associated Press:
An Israeli aircraft launched missiles Thursday at a group of militants from the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades holed up in a house near the northern Gaza town of Jebaliya, Palestinian witnesses and health officials said.
The strike killed Iyad Nasser, 27, and Iyad Qaddas, 21, hospital officials said. Six others were wounded, including an 11-year-old girl, hospital officials said.
The army said Qaddas was involved in numerous attacks on Israelis, including suicide bombings.
Those are the palestinian terrorists killed by the IAF. Note that they are named, aged, and the age of a bystander is also quoted, mostly because the palestinians love to say how Israel is murdering their children. In that same article, they note the following about the murdered Israeli soldier:
In other violence, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier in the neck and killed him near the Qalandia checkpoint – a main crossing point for West Bank Palestinians entering Jerusalem.
The attacker, a Palestinian man from a village near Ramallah, was immediately arrested by soldiers and herded into a waiting vehicle. The blindfolded man, his lips trembling, was seen sitting on a bench inside the vehicle before he was taken away. Young soldiers sat nearby, consoling each other.
If you can find a name in there, I will cut you a personal check for a thousand dollars. Apparently, our soldier’s name was “Israeli soldier.” Unbelievably, the AP practically names his murderer–instead opting to tell you two things: 1) That he was afraid and blindfolded (gee, ya think? After murdering a soldier, being afraid of what was going to happen to him when captured by soldier’s unit?) and 2) The checkpoint is a main crossing point for palestinians to enter Israel. But just in case you missed it, there’s also this next paragraph:
The army indefinitely closed the checkpoint, where thousands of Palestinians cross every day, while allowing people lined up to return to their homes in the West Bank.
And just in case you missed the intent of that paragraph, there’s this:
Stepping up the pressure, Israel has suspended talks to open up a road link to ferry Palestinians between Gaza and the West Bank, an Israeli official said Thursday. He spoke on condition of anonymity since he was not authorized to discuss such matters with the media.
[…] The movement of Palestinian people and goods between the two areas is considered vital to the Palestinian economy. The link was to have opened Dec. 15. A similar arrangement was in effect for a year but was canceled after violence erupted in late 2000.
We’ve just about run out of room for Exhibit B, our pal Reuters. We’ll make it quick.
The men were identified as Iyad Qadas and Iyad al-Najr, senior militants involved in cross-border rocket attacks on Israel. The air strike wounded a third militant, medics said, as well as a four-year-old girl and five other Palestinians.
[…] At a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, a Palestinian fatally stabbed an Israeli soldier in the neck, security sources said. The attacker was captured but there was no word on the motive for the stabbing.
Another thousand dollars to anyone who can find the name of the Israeli soldier in that Reuters story. And notice, too, how the age of the girl has been reduced seven years. That’s an example of palestinian spokesliars.
Once again, we have proof positive of the anti-Israel media bias of the major wire services. The Israeli victims are almost never named; the palestinian victims are always named, and often you also get their ages, quotes from relatives, number of children, and what brand of toothpaste they use. The Israeli victims? Nothing, outside of the Israeli press. Dead Jews don’t count, you see. Or if they do, it’s only as a hindrance to palestinian access to jobs in Israel, or some other need of the palestinians.
Honest Reporting is accepting nominations for the Dishonest Reporter of the Year. I nominate AP and Reuters, for consistent anti-Israel reporting throughout the year.
I liked the part from the Reuters report where it says that the motive for the Pali fatally stabbing the Israeli was unclear.
Gosh and gee, I wonder what might have been behind it?
Arabs kill Israelis at the crossing point? OK, Israel doesn’t need the checkpoint. Close it permanently. If the Palis want to move stuff, like ammunition I suppose, between Ramallah and Gaza all they have to do is truck it to Aqaba, put it on a ship, sail through the Suez canal, and lighter it ashore at Gaza, or truck it from Port Said.
That would have an adverse effect on the Pali economy? TS. Cry me a river. Killing Israelis has an adverse effect on Israel, and the sooner the Palis stop it the sooner they can build a state and a viable economy, if they want to, which is doubtful.