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Here’s how the story could have been reported, Part II

Bookworm on Nov 13 2007 | Filed under: Children, Israel, Media matters, Palestinians

A few months ago, I took umbrage at a BBC news story that reported that Israel killed Palestinian children and only saw fit to mention, in the 5th and 6th paragraphs, that the children were fiddling around rocket launchers when Israel fired its missiles. I felt that the news was being reported to demonize [...]

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There’s an ugly irony here

Bookworm on Oct 09 2007 | Filed under: Israel, Palestinians

A Palestinian human rights group is complaining about major abuses against Palestinian civilians. The malfeasors stand accused of

“extra-judicial and willful killings and shooting at combatants and civilians after capturing them;”
seizing people “in their homes” and dumping their bodies “in remote areas;”
executing “wounded persons during their evacuation to hospitals;”
pushing people “to their deaths from tall [...]

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