See The Guardian’s moral equivalence between Israeli soldiers held hostage by Hezbollah and Lebanese captives held by Israel in this staff-ed:
The lack of balance in the draft resolution poses further problems. Israel is called on only to end “offensive military actions”, but it claims the whole disproportionate campaign so far has been defensive. The demand for the immediate release of Israeli soldiers, whose capture triggered the war, is not mirrored in respect of Lebanese prisoners held south of the border.
Unfortunately, this staff-ed fails to acknowledge that before the fighting broke out in July, Israel only held four Lebanese nationals. But aside from that, how can The Guardian compare reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev to Nissim Nasser, Yehia Skaff, Ali Faratan, and — the most notorious of the foursome — Samir Quntar (pictured), all of who have blood on their hands?
