"Suicide Activists on the Gaza Flotilla" (DavidAndGoliathBook.com)

Live report from Ashdod examining how the media skewed the Gaza Flotilla event to portray Israel as the aggressors. Shraga Simmons is author of "David & Goliath," the explosive inside story of media bias in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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• Flotilla
• media bias
• Gaza
• Israel
• Free Gaza movement
• media goliath
• rachel corrie
• blockade
• David and Goliath
• Israeli Navy
• Karine-A
• New York Times
• Shraga Simmons

[joeytwomugs]

@KidVolcano Seriously? With an attitude like that no wonder there is no peace. Hatred only breeds hatred and you clearly aren't after peace if that's all you can come out with. Try to be a little less vitriolic, a little more reasonable and maybe people will listen to you more. Should I start listing contentious actions by the Palestinians? No, because it is unhelpful and will only result in the type of bad feeling toward each other that perpetuates the situation and helps no-one.

[markheithaus]

I was in both Israel and Palestine (not the Gaza strip though). (A) I didn't notice any hatred or ill contempt from Israelis or Palestinians. In Jerusalem both Arab Israelis and non Arabs seemed perfectly open - though certainly I did notice guards. (B) it didn't seem that Israelis just want to kill, kill, kill (though I'm sure there are nuts in every crowd). (C) Arabs aren't terrorists just for being Arab. (D) When Hamas declares an official position of acceptance, partnership could start

[ealghweir1]

THEY ARE NOT TERRORISTS

JUST CUZ THEY ARE ARABS

[ealghweir1]

AND ITS OK FOR ISRAEL TO HAVE WEAPONS NOT THE PALESTINIANS

[ealghweir1]

SO ITS OK FOR THE ISRALEE SOLDIERS TO KILL PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

[Kurtlane]

And btw, this is not the first time Reuters shows a Jew injured by Arabs and misdescribes him as an Arab injured by Jews.

[Kurtlane]

Perhaps Jews should begin killing journalists and issuing death fatwas?

[Kurtlane]

As Tim Benson, director of the Cartoon Society, which gave Dave Brown the best cartoon award for cartoon depicting Sharon as a naked monster, eating babies, replied when asked why there are no depictions of Arafat eating babies, "because Jews don't issue [death] fatwas. If you upset an Islamic or Muslim group, as you know, fatwas can be issued by ayatollahs and suchlike. And maybe it's at the back of each cartoonist's mind that they could be in trouble if they do so"

(cont.)

[Kurtlane]

And it will continue, because should media stop it, Palestinians will kidnap or kill journalists.

Thus whoever kills is right, and controls all the coverage.

(cont.)

[Kurtlane]

Exellent video. Excellent anaysis.

The media has always fallen for Paleo / Arab / Muslim propaganda hook, line and sinker. Every single major reported "Israeli attrocity" has turned out to be partial or complete fabrication, with media frenzy playing a major role in fabricating it.

And when Jews are killed, it is hardly even reported.

(cont.)