Monday, January 05, 2009

More Palestinian Fauxtography?

It certainly looks that way. Try and get people to think that there are more children injured than there really are by getting the injured child to be carried by more than one person. Aussie Dave at Israellycool has the details (scroll down halfway into the post)

The same child is being paraded around by different men. If the kid is truly injured, why all the photos since that would be getting in the way of the kid's medical care. Instead, they're parading the kid for the cameras.

It's typical of the media in Gaza. They're milking the crisis for all its worth.

We can tell it's the same child based on the clothes and the facial scars, which are common to both.

UPDATE:
More media bias, this time courtesy of AP. They're busy
reporting statements without questioning the source or veracity, and cutting together quotes to demonize Israel's defense in the face of terrorists who hide behind women and children, and who are using hospitals as command and control centers for carrying on their war with Israel.

First, AP states:
At least 14 Palestinian children were killed on Monday, raising the known Palestinian death toll from the 10-day onslaught to 540 — including 200 civilians, the U.N. and Palestinian officials said. Gaza's biggest hospital said it was overwhelmed.
Then, it states:
The Israeli army said "dozens" of militants have been killed or wounded, but Hamas has not released casualty figures. A Palstinian health official said 80 people — including 70 civilians — have died since the ground invasion began, fueling international outrage.
If the second guy is accurate, that's some genocide ISrael is carrying out - 80 out of 1.4 million living in Gaza. If the first part is accurate, that 540 were killed, why include the second quip, especially since it's out of tune, unless the writer was specifcally hoping to latch the 70 civilians killed out of 80 reported deaths - to claim that Israel is targeting civilians.

It's that latter bit that I see loud and clear.

The headline includes its own bias, ignoring that it is up to Hamas to have a ceasefire. Hamas must stop attacking Israel and disarm, in order for Israel to stop, but as we all know, Hamas can't help itself.

Besides, Hamas keeps telling everyone exactly what it wants to do, and the only ones stopping them from making good on their promise is Israel.

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