Who is to blame for the wave of vicious stabbings, shootings, and car attacks that many are calling a new “Intifada?”
CNN published “Israel’s New Terror,” in which the presenter introduces:
Well the conflict has been going on for over a hundred years, as for this current wave of violence, [who is responsible] depends on who you ask.
Certainly, Israelis and Palestinians are saying different things to the media to describe what is happening. But should the media simply report what both sides say and leave it up to the public to decide who is telling the truth?
No. The media have an obligation to not only report what people are saying, but what is really happening on the ground. If one side is saying things that have no basis in fact, the media needs to expose this, not simply say “it depends who you ask,” or “on the other hand…”
CNN talks about the use of social media by both sides:
The spark, according to Harel, is incitement shared and amplified on social media. Each side largely shares the videos and stories that support its own narrative. As Israelis show videos of Palestinian attacks, Palestinians share pictures of every checkpoint, every roadblock, and every time Israeli security forces open fire.
Fact: Palestinian social media is full of images, videos, and posts encouraging people to commit murder.
While CNN says that the Palestinians are sharing pictures of checkpoints, here are a few examples of what is really being shared. Why is this part of the Palestinian “narrative” not being reported by CNN?
(The following images were originally reported by the Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI) and published in the Jerusalem Post.)
In fact, so many similar images were posted to Facebook, that 20,000 Israelis sued the social media giant demanding they be taken down.
We have no record of comparable Israeli images encouraging violence against Palestinians.
To publish the truth about the two “narratives” would show that there is absolutely no moral equivalency between the Israeli victims and their terrorist attackers.
[sc:graybox ]CNN asks for your feedback. Give it to them here. (The CNN story “Israel’s new terror” was published November 3.) Tell them to stop “other-handism” and report the facts.
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