Credit where it’s due: The AP and VOA are getting the story straight on Israel, at least this weekend.
They got the headlines right.
AP:
Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian militant
VOA:
Israeli Air Strike in Gaza Kills Palestinian Militant
They got the facts right.
AP:
An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip has killed an Islamic Jihad militant and wounded three others as they were preparing to fire rockets into southern Israel.
VOA:
Israel has carried out an air strike in the Gaza Strip against militants as they were preparing to fire rockets into Israel.
And they got the backstory right.
AP:
Islamic Jihad says the men were members of the group, which also fired rockets into Israel a week earlier, killing one civilian and injuring others. That rocket attack also triggered Israeli strikes that killed several militants.
VOA:
The militant group fired about 20 rockets into Israel a week earlier, killing one Israeli civilian and wounding several others. That rocket attack triggered Israeli strikes into Gaza that killed nine Islamic Jihad members.
That’s all I’ve been asking for: Print the truth. Stop whitewashing Palestinian crimes against Israel, and stop demonizing the Israelis for their responses.
We’ll see how long this lasts.