Three hours after the end of the 72-hour ceasefire, Israeli finally retaliated with air strikes. \u00a0Hamas missiles were fired at a range of different target’s in southern parts of Israel.<\/p>\n
The BBC headline at the moment reads:<\/p>\n
Gaza rockets fired as ceasefire ends<\/strong>
\nPalestinian militant group Hamas rejects any extension of the three-day Gaza ceasefire, with rockets fired at Israel as the truce ends.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThat seems a fair statement of things. But here’s what the Guardian leads with:<\/p>\n
Israel orders response to rockets fired from Gaza<\/strong>
\nA rocket trail over the northern Gaza Strip after the expiration of the 72-hour ceasefire with Israel.
\nLIVE Israel claims at least 10 rockets were fired by Hamas after temporary truce expired on Friday morning
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\n\u201cThe Israel Defence Force has confirmed it has renewed strikes on Gaza:\u201d
\nGaza ceasefire ends<\/p><\/blockquote>\nNow, Hamas has been threatening to break the ceasefire since it began on Tuesday, so it’s hardly a surprise. <\/p>\n
From the BBC account, you’d learn that Hamas is responsible for the renewal of violence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
But from the Guardian, you’d think that the Gaza ceasefire ended because the IDF renewed strikes.<\/p>\n
Though it does says that “Israel claims<\/em> at least 10 rockets were fired”.<\/p>\n
The use of the word “claims” in this context is deliberate; while the IDF’s decision to bomb Gaza is taken as a fact, the rocket attacks on Israel (which at least the BBC thinks are real) are cited as “Israeli claims”.<\/p>\n
It’s this kind of totally unfair, biased and inaccurate reporting that it helping to whip up anti-Israel (and anti-Jewish) hysteria to new levels in Britain — something which, ironically, is the subject of a top Guardian news story today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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