Deconstructing Anti-Israel Bias: The Jerusalem Yeshiva Massacre

American Thinker ^ | Mar. 9, 2008 | Gary Wolf

[Alouette]

The bias of the mainstream media against Israel never ceases to amaze me. It must rank as one of the most curious sociopolitical phenomena of our era. The further the Palestinian Arabs move toward a barbaric Islamic theocracy, the deeper the support for them among the cadre of "progressive" journalists.

An example of the entrenched bias is last Thursday's (March 6) article from the Associated Press, "7 die in shooting at Jerusalem seminary."

Let us first examine the headline: "7 die." Seven what-people? Jews? Martians? And they are not killed, they simply "die," in the passive sense, as if from a stroke. The main reason why this is so insidious is that such language is never used when the enemies of Israel are the ones who die. One of the calling cards of Leftist journalism is that when Arabs die, you know how they died, who killed them, and whether they had any special characteristics worthy of pity. If the sides were reversed, the headline would read, "Israeli extremist massacres 7 youths learning Koran at Gaza holy place."

[Alouette]

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[Zionist Conspirator]

This is an excellent article. Unfortunately, it isn't just the "progressive" (or "palaeocon") press that is biased against Israel. The entire world resents the presence of a sovereign Jewish state in the Holy Land and thus surreptitiously uses the Arabs to destroy it.

The only exceptions to this rule are those horrible "anti-Semitic" Bible-thumping rednecks.

[MSSC6644]

If I were still teaching English in high school, I’d use this wonderful article to help kids learn to read and write. Any English teachers out there?

[sobieski]

Where, outside of AmCon, can you spot a ‘paleocon press’?

[Cinnamon Girl]

Good analysis. The AP clown assists the anti-Israel nuts in making their case that this was some kind of retaliation for collateral damage in gaza. Please, don’t bother investigating the background of the murderer to learn that he was planning this well before last week’s gaza incident.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The media is totally opposed to Israel and completely favors the death cult that wants to eliminate it.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Of course the leftist media will not critically investigate the terrorists. The left believes the Marxist doctrine that the ends justify the means. They also believe that the West is evil (especially America and Israel). Therefore, any terrorist act against the West is in some sense justified and if there is any blame, it is Israel’s fault for merely existing.