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About time! I am so wearied at the anti-Israel slant that fails to report what is actually happening.........

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Media War on the Flotilla Clash: AP Anti-Israel Bias Exposed
Sivan 20, 5770, 02 June 10 07:49
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

(Israelnationalnews.com) The Washington Times daily wrote a rare verbal attack on the venerable Associated Press Wednesday, exposing clear anti-Israeli bias and false reporting in coverage of the flotilla clash.

The AP usually is outside of the range of critics, but the Times ridiculed the most widely known news service for “falsely” reporting, “The pro-Palestinian flotilla had been headed to Gaza with tens of thousands of tons of aid that Israel bans from Gaza.”

The Times wrote, “Yet, not even the Free Gaza folks claim to have brought ‘tens of thousands' of tons of aid. Their claim, which has been widely repeated and accepted by the mainstream media, is that the ships were carrying 10,000 tons…. Furthermore, much of the aid brought by the Free Gaza ships is material that Israel already permits to enter the Gaza Strip -- medical equipment, imperishable foods, and toys.”

AP, relied on by millions of readers for objectivity, reported the flotilla clash by stating, "Dozens of activists and six Israeli soldiers were wounded in the bloody predawn confrontation in international waters. The violent takeover dealt yet another blow to Israel's international image.”

The mass media followed the AP story line and generally ignored the hundreds of tons of food, merchandise and supplies that are transferred every day via Gaza crossings under Israeli supervision.

The Times pointed out that only after the Mavi Marmara ship ignored Israeli Navy orders to change course from Gaza, “Israeli marines and commandos boarded the ship, some by rope ladders from helicopters. A fierce fight erupted on deck, and only after taking casualties and fearing for their lives did the commandos fire back, trying to aim first at the feet of the ‘peace activists.’"

Mass media also highlighted the one-sided coverage by blandly reporting charges by pro-Hamas elements that the IDF videos of the attack on its soldiers were doctored.

Occasionally, pro-Israel columnists were able to insert the full picture, and the pro-Israel New York Post published a hard-hitting editorial Wednesday under the headline “Terrorists at the Helm.” It stated, “The convoy was organized and manned by the Foundation for Human Rights and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) -- as bloody-handed a terrorist gang as exists in the Mideast… The media is in full-throated condemnation mode, as is the 'nternational community.' No surprise there -- that's what they do best."

“Has a seaborne intifada now begun? If so, its purpose is not peace, but rather the destruction of Israel and the eviction of democracy and human rights from the Middle East.”

However, the overwhelmingly unquestioning acceptance of flotilla’s organizers’ statements and accusations, echoed and encouraged by Arab and most Western countries, precluded any room for discussion. The result was that the IHH could ignore Israeli documentation that its militants staged a lynch of Israeli Navy commandos expecting peaceful resistance by activists.

In an article was otherwise critical of Israel, Richard Spencer, a London Daily Telegraph Middle East correspondent, noted that the media acceptance of the Turkish militants’ claims allowed them to pay no attention to the IDF documented evidence of a lynch.

He wrote, “The flotilla’s supporters simply refused to engage with [Israel’s] arguments. There was no violence by the activists, they asserted, often with footage of club-wielding activists replayed as they spoke…"

“It wasn’t that they argued the violence was justified as needed to repel an illegal attack by the Israelis: it was as if it wasn’t taking place at all. This paradox largely went unchallenged by the presenters.”
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Video: Flotilla Muslims Club Navy Commandos
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The IDF videos provide proof that the “peace activists” that Navy commandos expected on the flotilla actually were armed extremists who had carefully planned to ambush the soldiers. One commando suffered serious wounds after a being thrown 10 meters from the bridge of one ship to the deck below.
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Video link here: Demonstrators aboard the Mavi Marmara use violence against Israeli Navy soldiers

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The demonstrators had clearly prepared their weapons in advance for this specific purpose,” IDF spokesmen said.

The attackers assaulted the commandos as they descended on deck by rope from helicopters hovering above the flotilla. The Navy soldiers were virtually defenseless because of their orders as the attackers beat them with metal clubs and knives and fired at them with two pistols that had been snatched from the commandos.

The soldiers were under orders not to shoot, but the “open fire” command was given after stun grenades failed to disperse the attackers. Nine people were killed, most of them from Turkey, where the radical IHH group organized the flotilla.

The Navy ships initially requested the ships to change course peacefully from Gaza and head for Ashdod, where they would be able to unload their aid material, which would then be transferred over land to Gaza after undergoing security inspections.
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Video link here: Soldiers who were attacked and examples of weaponry found on ships
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I've had enough of the bias too. You can't trust the mainstream media anymore.
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