Post by Teddy Bear on Jul 12, 2013 22:17:40 GMT
We have shown numerous examples where the BBC doesn't report about attacks made by Hamas against Israel until Israel retaliates, and then the headline usually makes it appear as if Israel was the aggressor and targeted the militants in an unprovoked attack.
Now is it out of sympathy for Hamas, or simply using any excuse to demonize Israel?
Well this story should answer this question.
Yesterday Honest Reporting ran this story:
The BBC decided not to run this story, so we see that it's only when Israel kills Hamas operatives, even one, that it becomes news. Egyptian troops kill 32 and it's ignored.
The story they did run today about Israel, and they rate it as 3rd most important on their Mid-East webpage, is this.
A 5 year old boy was throwing rocks at Jewish motorists as they were driving by in Hebron. His parents were not supervising him. Because he was endangering lives an Israeli patrol picked him up. They then took him first to his parents, then together with his father, drove to the army base for questioning. The troops then turned them both over to Palestinian police who shortly after released them.
With all that's going on throughout the Mid-East, this is the THIRD most important story for the BBC.
They also omit this story:
Interfaith outreach in Egypt: Muslims behead Christian shopkeeper in Sinai
Here's how the BBC do their best to demonize Israel over this 5 year old boy:
Now is it out of sympathy for Hamas, or simply using any excuse to demonize Israel?
Well this story should answer this question.
Yesterday Honest Reporting ran this story:
According to Arab reports picked up by YNet, Egyptian forces in the Sinai killed and arrested some 200 Islamists, including quite a few from Hamas.
Meanwhile, the Times of London got this interesting scoop: Egypt’s military is seeking an Israeli green light to expand its offensive against the Sinai jihadis. The 1979 Camp David accords limit the number and activities of Egyptian forces:
More background on that development at the Times of Israel.
He said 32 Hamas members were killed and 45 activists were detained. “Hamas is flaring up the situation in Sinai after (former Egyptian President) Mohamed Morsi’s ouster,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Times of London got this interesting scoop: Egypt’s military is seeking an Israeli green light to expand its offensive against the Sinai jihadis. The 1979 Camp David accords limit the number and activities of Egyptian forces:
Israeli officials said they would agree to the request. “We consider securing Sinai a top priority and have no wish to tie the hands of the Egyptian Army against clearing the area of dangerous terrorists,” said an Israeli military official based near the Egyptian border.
More background on that development at the Times of Israel.
The BBC decided not to run this story, so we see that it's only when Israel kills Hamas operatives, even one, that it becomes news. Egyptian troops kill 32 and it's ignored.
The story they did run today about Israel, and they rate it as 3rd most important on their Mid-East webpage, is this.
A 5 year old boy was throwing rocks at Jewish motorists as they were driving by in Hebron. His parents were not supervising him. Because he was endangering lives an Israeli patrol picked him up. They then took him first to his parents, then together with his father, drove to the army base for questioning. The troops then turned them both over to Palestinian police who shortly after released them.
With all that's going on throughout the Mid-East, this is the THIRD most important story for the BBC.
They also omit this story:
Interfaith outreach in Egypt: Muslims behead Christian shopkeeper in Sinai
Dialogue. "Egypt: Second Christian killed in Sinai by suspected Muslim extremists," from AKI, July 11 (thanks to C. Cantoni):
Cairo, 11 July (AKI) - A Christian shopkeeper's headless corpse was found in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, the second slaying of Christian there since the military deposed Egypt's Islamist president Mohammed Morsi on 3 July.
Here's how the BBC do their best to demonize Israel over this 5 year old boy:
Israel 'illegally detained' five-year-old Palestinian
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said the child should not have been detained because the age of criminal responsibility in Israel was 12.
Video showed the boy taken into an army jeep accompanied by a Palestinian man.
The army said the boy had endangered passers-by and that soldiers only accompanied him to his parents.
B'Tselem said Israeli soldiers detained Wadi Maswadeh after he threw a stone near a checkpoint on Tuesday.
The group's video showed how the boy was led into the jeep, before being taken to his parents' house.
B'Tselem said the soldiers later also picked up Wadi's father and took them both to an army base, holding them there for about 30 minutes. The father was blindfolded - a military official was quoted by the Associated Press as saying this was because he was in a military base. He was also handcuffed.
The two were eventually handed over to Palestinian police and released shortly afterwards.
B'Tselem said it had formally complained to the Israeli authorities over what it called a "grave incident".
It said Israel was a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which stated that minors must be protected in criminal proceedings.
In response, the Israeli army said Wadi Maswadeh had been throwing rocks towards the street, endangering passers-by.
"IDF [Israel Defense Forces] soldiers intervened on the spot and accompanied the minor to his parents. From there he was passed on to the care of the Palestinian Security Forces, all the while accompanied by his parents. The child was not arrested and no charges were filed."
It said more than 150 Israelis had been injured in over 2,050 rock-throwing incidents across the West Bank between January and May this year.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said the child should not have been detained because the age of criminal responsibility in Israel was 12.
Video showed the boy taken into an army jeep accompanied by a Palestinian man.
The army said the boy had endangered passers-by and that soldiers only accompanied him to his parents.
B'Tselem said Israeli soldiers detained Wadi Maswadeh after he threw a stone near a checkpoint on Tuesday.
The group's video showed how the boy was led into the jeep, before being taken to his parents' house.
B'Tselem said the soldiers later also picked up Wadi's father and took them both to an army base, holding them there for about 30 minutes. The father was blindfolded - a military official was quoted by the Associated Press as saying this was because he was in a military base. He was also handcuffed.
The two were eventually handed over to Palestinian police and released shortly afterwards.
B'Tselem said it had formally complained to the Israeli authorities over what it called a "grave incident".
It said Israel was a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which stated that minors must be protected in criminal proceedings.
In response, the Israeli army said Wadi Maswadeh had been throwing rocks towards the street, endangering passers-by.
"IDF [Israel Defense Forces] soldiers intervened on the spot and accompanied the minor to his parents. From there he was passed on to the care of the Palestinian Security Forces, all the while accompanied by his parents. The child was not arrested and no charges were filed."
It said more than 150 Israelis had been injured in over 2,050 rock-throwing incidents across the West Bank between January and May this year.