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1/6/09
The Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip that began in late December have reportedly killed over 500 Palestinians, many of them civilians and children. As is often the case, U.S. corporate media's presentation of the events leading up to this dramatic escalation in violence have laid the blame for the violence mostly with Hamas, whose rocket attacks on Israel are often cited as the cause for the current Israeli attacks.
In many media discussions about the events that led to the fighting, emphasis is placed on Hamas' decision in late December to allow a cease-fire agreement with Israel to expire, or the group's failure to adequately suppress rocket attacks into Israel during the cease-fire.
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- Posted by Peter Hart on 01/09/09 at 12:51 pm
Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer continues to support Israel's assault on Gaza in today's paper (1/9/09). He displays a remarkably odd notion of what a cease fire is for, citing the lessons of Lebanon as a cautionary tale:
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[...] Read more» - Posted by Julie Hollar on 01/09/09 at 12:48 pmEditor & Publisher reports that the musings of Bono will begin appearing on the New York Times opinion pages this Sunday--the latest episode in a long media tradition of choosing Western celebrities to address issues concerning Africa, one of Bono's pet projects. Given Bono's record of cozying up to Western leaders on issues like debt [...] Read more»
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When you routinely report about Israel and Gaza through the eyes of Israelis, the results can be awkward, like today's New York Times front-pager that frames what was a human catastrophe for many Palestinians--the killing by Israel of some 40 Gazans at a U.N. school--into a mere military and PR "pitfall" for Israelis. As the headline read, "For Israel, Lessons from 2006, but Old Pitfalls."
In the third paragraph of the story, reporter Steven Erlanger mentions the killings along with other earlier "pitfalls":
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