...filter news due to bias? I've had a discussion with a friend about the way the media reports the middle east conflict, one side claiming that they are extremely biased in favor of the Palestinians and the other saying it's not that bad.
Every bad move Israel does is reported all over the media. However, I have 4 newsbits for you from the Israeli side, my question is - How many of them have you heard about on the news?
1. Israel has been removing dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank over the past few months to allow the Palestinians more freedom of movement, by not stopping them for security purposes in those checkpoints which got removed. This peaceful gesture allowed what happened in points 2, 3 and 4.
2. two weeks ago - a group of Palestinians stopped along the side of the road and faked a car malfunction. When 2 Israeli policemen stopped to help them, they shot the police officers in the head and escaped.
3. 10 days ago, a palestinian put a car wired with explosives inside a busy mall. Luckily, the police managed to circumvent this terrorist attack.
4. Today, a Palestinian entered a Jewish city and began hitting the citizens with an axe. Among the injured, there is a 7 year old who was hit in the head and a 13 year old killed.
My question is - Have you actually heard of all 4 events on the news? Was it covered as sufficiently as events happening in Gaza/West Bank get covered? And what do you think of it all?
