Five more rockets hit Israel today.
Five Qassam rockets were launched from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel early Sunday morning.
Four of the rockets landed in open fields, and the fifth landed close to Sapir Academic College near Sderot. One of campus’ buildings, which was under construction, sustained damaged by the attack, however no injuries were reported.
The al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad’s military wing, claimed responsibility for the rocket attack. Nobody really noticed. And by “nobody” I mean “nobody outside the Israeli press.” They’re too busy blaming Israel for shooting a Hamas propadandist, calling him a “journalist” and issuing statements denouncing the fact that he was shot in the legs while lying wounded.
Funny how these same groups have yet to denounce the Palestinians for driving Palestinian journalists to seek refuge in Norway from their own people.
Seif al-Din Shahin, the correspondent for the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel network, left the Gaza Strip together with his family, they said, noting that he had received many death threats over the past few months.
Shahin’s request has yet to be approved by the Norwegian government. Several other Palestinian journalists are also reported to have fled the Gaza Strip out of fear for their lives.
Earlier this year, masked gunmen set fire to the offices of Al-Arabiya in Gaza City, causing heavy damage to furniture and equipment. Although no group claimed responsibility, Palestinian journalists blamed members of Fatah’s armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades.
The group was also responsible for beating Shahin in two separate incidents in 2001 and 2004. The second assault followed Shahin’s live broadcast of a rally held on Fatah’s anniversary. The report angered Fatah leaders who had instructed Shahin and other journalists to report that tens of thousands had participated.
What time is it folks? That’s right. It’s Israeli Double Standard Time, which occurs on every day of the week that ends with a “y.”
I came across this story, which noted that the Lebanese military was shelling UNRWA positions in the Palestinian camp where Fatah al Islam is holed up. Had Israel done that, the outcry would be so loud and from so many media outlets, it would drown out all other news on the day. That Lebanon is doing it, not so much.
That Israel is defending itself is a violation of International Law! (At least, on every day of the week that ends with a “y.â€) Which tells you the exact intrinsic value of “International Law”.
Meryl, you should immediately e-mail this story to the British journalists’ union. No doubt they will respond quickly with a denunciation of the Palestinian abuse of the press.
Alex:
Sorry, Meryl is a “Zionist”. Thus the British Journalist Union is forbidden (by terms of the boycott) from recognizing anything from her. Besides, it is obvious that the Palestinian journalists being driven out of the Gaza must be to blame. Otherwise they would still be working as spokesliars.