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Imagine the Headlines if Israel Did This

I’m not seeing much coverage of the latest Syrian butchery in Daraa. Syrian forces kill 6 in mosque attack: residents Can you imagine the headlines if Israel were accused of doing this? Due credit to…

Pesach Benson
March 23, 2011
12:00 am

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I’m not seeing much coverage of the latest Syrian butchery in Daraa.

Syrian forces kill 6 in mosque attack: residents

Can you imagine the headlines if Israel were accused of doing this?

Due credit to Time’s background piece . . .

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Tags: Arab uprising, Daraa, Syria

Pesach Benson

A Baltimore native, Pesach was with HonestReporting from 2011 to 2020. He edited the Israel Daily News Stream and authored the e-book, Red Lines: HonestReporting’s 8 Categories of Media Bias. Before moving to Israel in 1995, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. Pesach has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he was executive editor of the campus newspaper.

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