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US Media's Pro-Israeli Bias: Response to the Freedom Flotilla Slaughter

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On May 31, it justified Israel's Flotilla attack saying:


It was "to prevent pro-Palestinian radicals from violating the naval blockade....during which passengers on the Mavi Marmara violently attacked Israeli soldiers boarding the ship and drew fatal Israeli fire" in return. Passengers on board were "inaccurate(ly called) 'human rights activists,' (and) 'peace activists.' "


The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) calls Istanbul-based IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation "a group of charitable people....extend(ing) humanitarian aid (in) every region hit by wars, disasters, poverty and human rights abuses, and believes that civilian initiatives play a complementary role" to activities of governments and international organizations like UNHCR.


CAMERA claims IHH is linked to "global jihad and Islamic terrorist elements in the Middle East (and) served in the past as a cover for Al-Qaeda, acquiring forged documents, enlisting operatives and transferring weapons."


It also accused the Mavi Marmara activists of conducting "rampaging....attack(s on) Israeli troops." So much for impartiality and truth.


US Media Pro-Israeli Propaganda


On June 1, the Washington Post's editorial page headlined, "The flotilla fiasco," saying:


"THE ISRAELI commandos who landed on the deck of the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara off the coast of the Gaza Strip early Monday were totally unprepared for what they encountered: dozens of militants who swarmed around them with knives and iron bars....We have no sympathy for the motives of the participants in the flotilla - a motley collection that included European sympathizers with the Palestinian cause, Israeli Arab leaders and Turkish Islamic activists....some (with) ties to Hamas and al-Qaeda. What's plain is that the group's nominal purpose, delivering 'humanitarian' supplies to Gaza, was secondary to the aim of provoking a confrontation."


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