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Hamas Wanted War, They Got It
Flopping Aces —
... same people wailing about todays attack did nothing to condemn the rocket attacks. Same as our MSM. Amazing how that happens….eh?
Hamas wanted this. Practically begged for it, so let them have it. The world needs to step aside and watch from the sidelines as the terrorists get their just desserts. As long as Hamas exists they will spread this kind of violence but destroy them and it stops.
UPDATE
Check out this hypocrisy from the NYT’s:(h/t Cheat Seeking Missiles)
Still, there was a shocking ...
Israel Launches Attacks on Gaza: 205 Reported Dead, at Least 300 Wounded
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... “it won’t be easy and it won’t be short”.
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It is the worst attack in Gaza since 1967 in terms of the number of Palestinian casualties, a senior analyst told the BBC in Jerusalem.
Haaretz has the death toll higher than does the BBC: Palestinians: At least 205 dead, over 200 hurt in IAF Gaza strikes
According to the NYT (Israeli Attack Kills Scores Across Gaza/):
The Israeli Air Force on Saturday ...
NY Times: 'Vast majority of those killed Hamas police and security men'
Israel Matzav —
NY Times: 'Vast majority of those killed Hamas police and security men' For those of you who have watched the videos further down the page, I am sure that you noticed that all of the victims in the live shots were adult males. Now, even the New York Times is confirming that the 'vast majority' of those killed are Hamas police and security men (Hat Tip: ...
The New York Times scrubs a story; Fauxtography at WaPo
Israel Matzav —
... . For those of you who have watched the videos further down the page, I am sure that you noticed that all of the victims in the live shots were adult males. Now, even the New York Times is confirming that the 'vast majority' of those killed are Hamas police and security men (Hat Tip: ...
Calling Hamas, part 2
Power Line —
... Authority Arab neighbors."
At Mere Rhetoric Omri Ceren has been following the repsresentation of the conflict in the media. Yesterday Ceren appeared to have caught the New York Times scrubbing a story reporting that "[m]ost of those killed were Hamas police officers and security men, including two senior commanders, according to Palestinian officials." The original version of the story is here.
What Ceren calls the scrubbed version of the story is here.
Whether or not it was "scrubbed," the Times story by Taghreed El-Khodary and ...
CNN’S Rick Sanchez Leads The Charge Against Israel
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... Israel’s military campaign in Gaza that began Saturday December 27th has triggered global coverage, some of it notably fair and complete and some skewed and misleading. American reporters in the first days produced a number of stories that contained important context for readers and viewers, including in the New York Times (Israelis Say Strikes Against Hamas Will Continue, Dec. 28). On the other hand, the BBC’s World Service, true to form, skewed the story in segments like a Dec 29 one hosted by Claire Bolderson in which two interviewees – one British and one Israeli agree that ...
