lennart
16-12-03, 17:05
Out of sight, out of mind - a ploy Israel has often used with brutal effect, most recently today. With the media and world attention on Saddam's capture, Israeli occupation forces demolished 22 homes in a Gaza refugee camp, making over 200 people destitute (again). As shameful as this atrocity is the fact that if you followed British news coverage, you would be none the wiser.
The event was ignored, save for the last few paragraphs of an article on the BBC's website - it seems making Palestinian refugees homeless again is not deemed newsworthy, especially if there is news elsewhere. Israel has long been aware of this media flaw, and has honed it into a cruel art.
Contrary to Israeli claims that the buildings in the Khan Yunis camp were uninhabited and used "by Palestinian terrorist cells to launch mortar bombs and fire missiles" at Israeli targets, preliminary investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) revealed that 178 Palestinian civilians (25 families) were left homeless. In addition, homes belonging to six families (approximately 40 civilians) have become uninhabitable.
http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/3079/
The event was ignored, save for the last few paragraphs of an article on the BBC's website - it seems making Palestinian refugees homeless again is not deemed newsworthy, especially if there is news elsewhere. Israel has long been aware of this media flaw, and has honed it into a cruel art.
Contrary to Israeli claims that the buildings in the Khan Yunis camp were uninhabited and used "by Palestinian terrorist cells to launch mortar bombs and fire missiles" at Israeli targets, preliminary investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) revealed that 178 Palestinian civilians (25 families) were left homeless. In addition, homes belonging to six families (approximately 40 civilians) have become uninhabitable.
http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/3079/