Playing dead with wingnuts.
Do you know what those dastardly Palestinians are doing now? They're only pretending to be injured or dead! David Frum (he came up with the term "Axis of Evil") quotes Barry Rubin:
Rubin of course has absolutely no evidence whatsoever for such a claim, and even if it was true, Western newspapers are unable to verify the facts because Israel isn't allowing any foreign or Israeli journalists into Gaza. Here for example is a child just pretending to be seriously injured:
While here's one of Lama Hamdan pretending to be dead while her family bury her:
Back in reality, al-Jazeera has footage of what it's like to be right next to an Israeli missile strike:
While Flying Rodent has a comprehensive round-up of the various torturous justifications for Israel's action.
And the casualties are disproportionate: Hamas has arranged it that way. If necessary, sympathetic photographers take pictures of children who pretend to be injured, and once they are published in Western newspapers these claims become fact.
Rubin of course has absolutely no evidence whatsoever for such a claim, and even if it was true, Western newspapers are unable to verify the facts because Israel isn't allowing any foreign or Israeli journalists into Gaza. Here for example is a child just pretending to be seriously injured:
While here's one of Lama Hamdan pretending to be dead while her family bury her:
Back in reality, al-Jazeera has footage of what it's like to be right next to an Israeli missile strike:While Flying Rodent has a comprehensive round-up of the various torturous justifications for Israel's action.
Labels: Barry Rubin, David Frum, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gaza December 2008 raids, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Palestine
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