Today's Reuters cute propaganda picture

[rjmacs]

I don't think that anyone who actually reads your posts is blind to this, or should be. I, for one, have not said that the photos aren't problematic. But it appears that you don't seek mere exposure of the editorial bias, you insist that we all agree precisely with your assessment (that Reuters is trying to destroy Israel and murder all its inhabitants).

Failing to equal your volume and venom does not make us deniers. It can be harmful to the cause of raising concern if you attack anyone who does not immediately and fully agree with you. There is a spectrum of perspectives on this, and it can be difficult to hear, 'If you don't totally agree with me, you must support the anti-Semitic maniacs who want to wipe Israel off the map.'

That's definitely not a camp I'm in, but I also don't totally agree with you.

[SteveG]

Friday's Reuters Featured photos: What Reuters shows you.

Weeping Palestinianchildren


Weird Jew Freaks in strange not-like-us clothing and hats and those curly ear things.

[Janit]

Steve G. wrote:
Friday's Reuters Featured photos: What Reuters shows you.

Weeping Palestinianchildren


Weird Jew Freaks in strange not-like-us clothing and hats and those curly ear things.

The point with the second image is why did Reuters choose in particular to show an Ultra-Orthodox celebration of Lag B'Omer, and not a mainstream Israeli celebration? Fascination with quaint stereotype? Ethnic voyeurism? On Lag B'Omer EVERYONE in Israel is lighting bonfires.

My first Lag B'Omer in Jerusalem, I was working in the lab late one night, and the smell of smoke was so heavy that I thought maybe the building was on fire. Fortunately, I went outside before calling the police.

Imagine this phone call:

Me: I smell smoke, there's a fire!
Jerusalem Police: Nu?

[neophyte]

Janit wrote:

Imagine this phone call:

Me: I smell smoke, there's a fire!
Jerusalem Police: Nu?

miley-laughing001:

[SteveG]

Kerem Shalom crossing set ablaze on Palestinian side by protesters
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Confl...hes-553523
Scores of Palestinians are setting fire and destroying the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing. The law-breakers are damaging fuel and gas pipes that serve the people of Gaza, IDF spokesperson unit reports Friday evening. "This is a cynical act which damages the wellbeing of the people of Gaza and the Humanitarian efforts carried out by Israel and other countries," the IDF spokesperson stated.
Around 10,000 Palestinians are taking part in the Friday protests and violent clashes with the IDF are monitored in five locations across the Gaza strip. The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that the number of wounded protesters now stands at around 430 people.
At the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing fires had been set and infrastructure damaged, reports Maariv reporter Tal Lev-Ram.
"The Kerem Shalom riot is happening on the Palestine side of the crossing and includes causing damage to the infrastructure, I don't see the Palestinian Authority paying for the damages soon", wrote Lev-Ram.

Those who disturb the peace along the fence set tires ablaze, throw rocks at IDF soldiers and attempt to set fires within Israel using kites connected to burning items.

Palestinian news site Alrai reports IDF troops use loudspeakers to talk with the protesters warning them against attempting to damage the fence and saying: "It is Hamas that sent you here, you are only a boy, go study, go get a job, Hamas does not care about you."
Two IDF UAV's on a documentation mission of the violent clashes crashed, the case is being examined by the IDF.

Israeli security is responding to the violent protests by using crowd dispersal means and, when needed, opens fire while adhering to IDF procedures. IDF prevented Palestinians from sabotaging the Gazan border security fence and infiltrating into Israel Friday evening. IDF units, who monitor the area closely, arrived at these two locations and the infiltrators fell back.

[SteveG]

Not that Abbas' PA is any more concerned than Hamas.

The Palestinian Authority cut salaries for its staff in Gaza by 20 per cent yesterday and failed to make up for skipping the previous month’s pay, leaving civil servants in the impoverished territory fuming.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/201805...-salaries/
Some 38,000 civil servants in the Gaza Strip learned of the new disruptions to their incomes upon arriving at their banks on payday, intent on withdrawing cash ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins on 15 May.

Last month, they were not paid at all. Many were hoping for two months’ pay this month, but instead received a reduced rate of a single month’s pay, with no explanation.
PA salaries in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were paid in full.

Many Gazans believe they are being used as pawns in a power-struggle between Fatah and Hamas.

“If they’ve failed to resolve this issue through dialogue, it can’t be resolved by [using] the poor employee,” said Eyad Kalloub, a 40-year-old civil servant, as he queued at his bank.

The Gaza wage cuts were the second round in as many years imposed by the Palestinian Authority, which still administers the payroll for civil servants in the territory run by Hamas.

In April 2017, Abbas slashed Gaza salaries by 30 per cent. He has also slashed PA staff numbers in Gaza from 60,000 last year, by ordering early retirement for nearly a third of employees.

PA officials said at time that those moves were meant to pressure Hamas to relinquish Gaza control. However, last month they blamed the latest hold-up in wages on technical problems.

[Wild eep]

rjmacs wrote:
I don't think that anyone who actually reads your posts is blind to this, or should be. I, for one, have not said that the photos aren't problematic. But it appears that you don't seek mere exposure of the editorial bias, you insist that we all agree precisely with your assessment (that Reuters is trying to destroy Israel and murder all its inhabitants).

Failing to equal your volume and venom does not make us deniers. It can be harmful to the cause of raising concern if you attack anyone who does not immediately and fully agree with you. There is a spectrum of perspectives on this, and it can be difficult to hear, 'If you don't totally agree with me, you must support the anti-Semitic maniacs who want to wipe Israel off the map.'

That's definitely not a camp I'm in, but I also don't totally agree with you.

That sure fell on intentionally deaf ears.

[SteveG]

Wild eep wrote:
That sure fell on intentionally deaf ears.

rjmacs is just repeating himself. He doesn't want to hear about the propaganda onslaught against Israel. So he repeats himself with the same slights against me. The pictures, however, keep coming along daily, fresh, new and aimed against Israel. I'm not making those up, they are real and Reuters is pushing them...hard.

[rjmacs]

Wild eep wrote:
[quote=rjmacs]
I don't think that anyone who actually reads your posts is blind to this, or should be. I, for one, have not said that the photos aren't problematic. But it appears that you don't seek mere exposure of the editorial bias, you insist that we all agree precisely with your assessment (that Reuters is trying to destroy Israel and murder all its inhabitants).

Failing to equal your volume and venom does not make us deniers. It can be harmful to the cause of raising concern if you attack anyone who does not immediately and fully agree with you. There is a spectrum of perspectives on this, and it can be difficult to hear, 'If you don't totally agree with me, you must support the anti-Semitic maniacs who want to wipe Israel off the map.'

That's definitely not a camp I'm in, but I also don't totally agree with you.

That sure fell on intentionally deaf ears.
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