Media Bias

Here's a typical story in the US media about Israel.
With all the added stuff they don't mention.


http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/29/israel.gaza/index.html

Israel reopens Gaza border crossings

Israel reopened some of its border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, four days after it closed all but one passage because of Palestinian rocket attacks.

These are illegal border closings that collectively punish the 1.4 million people living in Gaza for the actions of a very few. And by the way those very few are fighting a war that Israel started and continues to persecute today.

Israel had closed crossings between Israel and Gaza except for Erez crossing on Gaza's northern border.

This is illegal and immoral, to close these border crossings and condemned by human rights groups and international courts. Collective punishment is seen as a war crime.


The Sufa and Nahal Oz crossings were open Sunday to allow for the passage of fuel, food and medical supplies.
Israel closed all but the Erez crossing on Gaza's northern border on Wednesday in response to rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza -- a violation of the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas leaders.

Earlier that same day Israel attacked and killed supposed Hamas militants in the West bank. They killed three people. The rocket attacks came after the Israeli attacks.

Some of the rockets were fired by Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the militant wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.

This is the party of Yasser Arafat, the former PLO, and now Fatah the group that the US is 'supporting' in an attempt to destroy Palestinian unity and power. The US and Israel have funneled money and weapons into Fatah to help them kill Hamas, another war crime.

Israel said that under the conditions of the truce, which went into effect June 19, the Hamas leadership in Gaza is responsible for all militant attacks on Israel and not just those carried out by Hamas militants.

Just another in a long line of absurd and unrealistic 'conditions' that Israel puts on the peace process. Because they don't want a peace process, they want to destroy all the Palestinian people.


In return, Israel agreed to halt raids inside Gaza and gradually ease its economic blockade if the truce holds.

Israel has not halted raids, attacks, assasinations roadblacks, checkpoints, illegal detentions, and incarcerations, collective punishment or building settlements.

Israel has said the truce is a first step toward a broader cease-fire agreement that must include the release of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was taken hostage two years ago by militants in Gaza.

The Israeli government of Olmert indeed would like to get these soldiers back, they are fallen in the polls and it would go a long way towards redeeming them in the eyes of the public, but a first step, this is just a cruel joke,and a big lie. A lie the world knows is a lie. The question, why do we tolerate such deceit in our media, our leaders. Why do we let them lie to us, and why are we so quick to ignore the fact that we are being lied to.