"Five members of an Israeli family were killed in the West Bank early Saturday morning in what the Israeli military is calling a 'terror attack.'
According to a military spokeswoman, an intruder entered the Israeli settlement of Itamar near the northern West Bank city of Nablus around 1 a.m., made his way into a family home and killed two parents and their three children."
Query: Why are we being told that the source of this news item is the Israeli military? Is this to cast doubt upon the accuracy of the report? The story is also being reported by all Israeli newspapers and television stations.
Moreover, why is "terror attack" placed in quotation marks? When two parents and three children are knifed to death in their sleep, can there be any doubt that this was a terror attack? Yes, I know, they were West Bank settlers, but does this make these murders any less monstrous?
Although the attack has been condemned by the Fatah leadership of the West Bank (see http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=211814 ), Hamas in Gaza is labeling the killings a "heroic operation", and candy was distributed to passersby and drivers in celebration of the event in Rafah (http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=211849).
Does the world care about these horrifying murders? Apparently not, and a new flotilla of of ships sailing for Gaza is planned for late May (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=new-flotilla-for-gaza-on-deadly-raid-anniversary-2011-02-07). Events in Iran, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya? Who cares! Persecution of Iranian Baha'is, Egyptian and Iraqi Christians, and Turkish, Syrian and Iranian Kurds? It doesn't matter!
Thank you, CNN, for your tacit support of this abomination (see also: http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/search/label/CNN).
Just sent complaint to BBC as follows:
ReplyDeleteBBC continues its obsession with settler movement in Israel to the extent that the recently murdered family, including a one-month old baby, are dehumanized as "settlers" merely. Also not mentioned was the fact that Hamas in Gaza is labeling the killings a "heroic operation", and candy was distributed to passersby and drivers in celebration of the event in Rafah.
Are the BBC editors too intimidated by Britain's large Muslim population to come out from under their desks long enough to report without tilting toward the Muslim side?