On Friday IDF has stroke a terrorist cell in Gaza, 2 people were at the last stage of preparing terrorist attack. In total 14 or 15 have been killed - all members of terrorist organisation. In response the rain of rockets have been showered over southern Israel, during last 24 hours well over 100 (closer to 150 or 200 in fact). Some were intercepted by Iron Dome, but not all. At least 4 people (according to some sources 8) have been wounded, 1 seriously. At least 5000 people - many of them children - spent the last 24 hours in shelters. School have been closed, normal activity ceased....
Whereas Israeli fire was well targeted rockets from Gaza are indiscriminate - they are meant to hurt people without any consideration to their age, gender, views; they do not discriminate between Jews, Israeli Arabs or others, they don't ask about citizenship. They are just thought to kill, to bring terror, to hurt.... And this is the difference!
Yet in mainstream media (at least European) the whole incvident was described under titles like: 15 Palestinian killed by IDF and - at least at the beginning - it was hardly possible to find the information that ALL Palestinians killed were terrorists and that there have been casualties in Israel and that most of the south is under rocket fire! These pieces of information appeared a bit later (in some cases, in some not) but nearly as a post scriptum.
I have seen many news about Israel in Europe, hardly ever they were concerned with rockets being fired on Israel, nearly never was there any mention about terrorist or suicide bombers. And the same media that showed with some sick delight every Palestinian victim picture they could put their fingers on started shouting about "lack of ethics" when pictures of murdered Fogel family were released (this one time when Israeli victims pictures were released contrary to normal policy).
So many times have I read about "IDF striking aims in Gaza" rarely saying that it was in retaliation for rain of rockets or in response to terrorist threat. Judging by European media Israel without any reason is attacking peaceful Gaza that is under Israeli occupation without any provocation. The fact that IDF actions are in response to terrorist attacks against civilians, that in Gaza (since Gilad Schalit was freed) there is no single Israeli, that Hamas is building ever stronger hatred towards Israel and calling for genocide of Jews, that many rockets are fired when a bit relaxed safety policy easies the transportation of goods and Hamas-controlled smuggling tunnels bring less profit (few rockets put the alert level higher, and bring more money from smuggling for Hamas) somehow skips the media.
Tell the truth I am sick and tired of these biased information! Israel is no angel (no country is) but compared to Hamas - terrorist organisation recognised as such by international community - come on! Yet the blame in European media always is put on Israel even if the news have to bit completly changed.
Like in the anegdote about such incident in European zoo - it so well illustrates it that I will put the anegdote here:
In a zoo a little girl fell into the lions' cave and - in the view of terrified people - she was about to be devoured when a brave young man jumped into the cage, grabbed the child and managed to get them both to safety to the cheering of the crowd. The news reporter who happened to be there approached a hero and told him "We have to write about it on the first page, just tell me mister, who you are, what you do and what are your views". The answer was: "I am Israeli, I serve in IDF and I vote for Likud". Next day on the first page of the paper one might find the subsequent information; "The right-wing Israeli soldier attacked African immigrant and has stolen his lunch".
And unfortunately that is the way of bringing to public attention all the stories from (or about) Israel. Sad!
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