Financial Times: All Israelis Are Soldiers

Hamas isn't too bothered whether the Israelis it has killed are women, children, babies, soldiers, left-wing or right-wing. To Hamas,…

By December 20, 2011

Hamas isn’t too bothered whether the Israelis it has killed are women, children, babies, soldiers, left-wing or right-wing. To Hamas, the only good Israeli is a dead Israeli and it’s the body count that matters.

Hence the celebratory announcement of some statistics to mark the terror group’s 24th anniversary where Hamas claimed to have killed 1365 Israelis over that time period.

Just as Hamas claims every Israeli to be a potential soldier and therefore a legitimate target, so the Financial Times commits the same error:

Maybe a small typo but, despite causing an equal amount of pain to Israelis who also don’t discriminate between their soldiers and civilians, stating that Hamas has killed only soldiers whitewashes the indiscriminate murderous agenda of the organization and is, of course, an inaccurate report of what Hamas really stated.

 

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Simon Plosker

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020.

Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias.

Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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