21 November 2012 — Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
When a family of nine is killed in an airstrike, what is the proper way to grieve?
That question might not occur to you, but readers of the New York Times (11/20/12) were treated to correspondent Jodi Rudoren‘s unusual critique of a funeral for members of the Dula family, whose home in Gaza City was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. Continue reading
21 November 2012 — Information Clearing House
Breaking News Gaza Ceasefire Agreed in Cairo
Ceasefire takes effect
By Aljazeera
Israel and Hamas agree to truce after eight days of attacks in which 162 Palestinians and five Israelis are killed. http://is.gd/XP9tr1
21 November 2012 — Black Agenda Report
This week in Black Agenda Report
21 November 2012 — Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
As a general rule, it’d be better if media accounts of war did not stress the surgical precision of the weapons being used. It’s a fixture of U.S. reporting on U.S. wars, but the same rhetoric is used when U.S. allies are dropping bombs. Continue reading
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 — 12:48 PM EST — NYT
Gaza Cease-Fire to Begin Shortly, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Says
The cease-fire, announced with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time.
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na
21 November 2012 —Bellacaledonia
Analysis by Kevin Williamson
The BBC’s reporting on the current conflict in Gaza has been subject to claim and counter-claim of bias from pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli camps. Surely they can’t both be right. I decided to take a closer look at the BBC Breaking News twitter feed to try and determine whether there was any substance to the claims Continue reading
21 November 2012 — Ma’an News Agency
Israeli soldiers check their weapons at a staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip Nov. 19, 2012. (Reuters/Nir Elias)
20 November 20, 2012 – IMEMC & Agencies
Despite talks about truce and mediation, Israeli soldiers continued to bombard Gaza, Tuesday, and killed 21 Palestinians in different parts of the coastal region, while dozens of civilians have been injured. At Least 137 Palestinians, mainly children and civilians, have been killed since last Wednesday, while more than 950 have been injured. Continue reading
20 November 2012 — Information Clearing House
Israel Demands Our Support Because It Fights Its ‘War Against Terrorists’ in Our Name
By Robert Fisk
We westerners set the precedent when it comes to “collateral damage”, now the Israelis are reeling out the same tired excuses.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33095.htm
20 November 2012 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
21 Palestinians Killed In Gaza Tuesday, 137 Since Wednesday
IMEMC – Despite talks about truce and mediation, Israeli soldiers continued to bombard Gaza, Tuesday, and killed 21 Palestinians in different parts of the coastal region, while dozens of civilians have been injured. At Least 137 Palestinians, mainly children and civilians, have been killed since last Tuesday while more than 950 have been injured. …
21 November 2012 — PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights PRESS RELEASE
Time: 10:30 GMT
Ref: 135/2012
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the killing of 3 journalists in two separate airstrikes on Tuesday, 20 November 2012, in Gaza City and the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah. PCHR believes that such crimes are aimed at silencing the press and preventing journalists from reporting on the violations of international humanitarian and human rights law being committed by Israeli Occupation Forces against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. Journalists and media professionals, like civilian persons, enjoy special protection in time of war under international humanitarian law.
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