ynetnews.com - 1/9/2009
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A day with our troops in Gaza Ron Ben-Yishai reports from Gaza after spending day with IDF forces fighting in Strip Ron Ben-Yishai For the first time since Operation Cast Lead was launched, an Israeli journalist was allowed to enter the Strip alongside the fighting forces. What does it ...
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 1/9/2009
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
As the IDF campaign in Gaza continues, so
do attempts by Hamas and Hamas sympathizers to use...
the western media as an often willing propaganda tool. Yesterday, media critic Charles Johnson commented on Little Green Footballs about a 2-minute CNN...
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Anatomy of a Media Hoax
ynetnews.com - 1/8/2009
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ynetnews.com —
Report: Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to
residents Grim picture of Gazans' lives painted by reports...
emerging from Strip, claiming gunmen hiding in civilian homes, using residents as human shields, and hijacking trucks of humanitarian aid Roee ...
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Report: Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to residents ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/9/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
Israel is to keep up its offensive in
the Gaza Strip despite a UN call for an...
immediate end to nearly two weeks of conflict involving Hamas militants. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the latest firing of rockets into Israel showed the resolution was ...
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UN ceasefire call goes unheeded
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War Is Deceit: Gaza family spots cameras, starts crying for food, with stacks of canned goods nearby
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Truthless in Gaza
War Is Deceit Update: "Palestinian" family performs for the cameras, complaining that they have no food -- all the while with their ample provisions, some provided by the Israelis, just out of camera range.
"A day with our troops in Gaza," by Ron Ben-Yishai for Ynet News, January 9 (thanks to Yid With Lid):
For the first time since Operation Cast Lead was launched, an Israeli journalist was allowed to enter the Strip alongside the fighting forces. What ...
Nice Try
The Corner on National Review Online —
... suggests we interview him in English about their plight. [Israeli] troops are extremely concerned about being portrayed as abusing innocent civilians. [Brigade Operations Officer Elion] Perry points to a stack of canned goods, water bottles and other provisions. "We provided some of that and they cook and eat quite well," said Perry. The Palestinians seem to understand him and one of them smiles. It's a war - they had to try. Not quite the Gaza that has been portrayed elsewhere. The rest of this article in Ynetnews has more interesting stories from the Israeli front lines. ...
Fitzgerald: When the "Palestinians" notice the cameras
Jihad Watch —
... their faces changes. "We have no food," they say in Arabic, as one of the youngsters suggests we interview him in English about their plight. Givati troops are extremely concerned about being portrayed as abusing innocent civilians. Perry points to a stack of canned goods, water bottles and other provisions. "We provided some of that and they cook and eat quite well," said Perry. The Palestinians seem to understand him and one of them smiles. It's a war they had to try...." -- from this article ...
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