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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Gaza war continues; media believes there is a 'lull'

Israel's UN Ambassador Gillerman: "The rockets out of Gaza have not stopped."

[Aggregated from Meryl Yourish. http://yourish.com/ ]
So let’s see what the Palestinians sent out of Gaza yesterday.

Mortars:
Palestinians fired five mortar shells from the Gaza Strip into the Eshkol area in the western Negev on Tuesday. The shells fell in agricultural areas in one of the kibbutzim in the region.
There were no reports of wounded or damage.

Bombs:
Palestinians detonated a bomb next to the Gaza border fence on Tuesday night.
No one was wounded and no damage was reported.

Kassams:
Two Kassam rockets fired from northern Gaza landed in the Sha’ar Hanegev region on Tuesday.
No one was wounded and no damage was reported.

But there is a “lull.” A “calm.” And if Israel sends in troops to try to stop mortars, kassams, and bombs from being used against Israelis, the news media will scream in unison that Israel is “violating” the “calm.” Because for some reason, incoming artillery, rockets, and bomb attacks don’t seem to count. Only outgoing defensive measures against them.

And there were two more kassams today, scoring a direct hit on a kibbutz

April 1 in Ames: Lecture on Media Coverage of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

You are invited to a lecture sponsored by the Israel Education Committee of the Ames Jewish Congregation and ISU Hillel:

Media Coverage of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Gary Kenzer Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., 1414 Molecular Biology, Iowa State University (Lots of parking space available)

Gary Kenzer is the National USA Executive Director of Honest Reporting, a watchdog organization that monitors media coverage of Israel and the Middle East. To ensure that Israel is represented fairly and accurately, Honest Reporting exposes cases of bias and promotes balance. As a result of its efforts, since 2000 there have been hundreds of apologies, retractions, and revisions from news outlets. Mr. Kenzer has over 25 years experience in the non-profit industry. Prior to assuming his present position, he served for 9 years as the Executive Director of Magen David Adom USA (Israel's emergency medical health, blood and disaster services) and with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), both grassroots organizations in the US. He has a degree from Loyola University of Chicago.