Wednesday, April 16, 2003
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Wall fears grip West Bank
A BBC story about the building of the "security fence," but is this news or editorial?
Message to Arabs: Stop trying to kill Jews, and there wouldn't be a need for a wall, and no need to complain about the location the wall is laid in. Here's the background the BBC feels is most relevant:
[...]The excavations now separate much of Beit Amin's land from the people who cultivate it - and there are rumours that the security barrier may be moved even nearer to the village, with more trees and land lost.
Apparently, Jewish settlers have complained that the ugly construction has been placed "too close" to their elegant white-washed villas - properties built illegally on occupied land in the eyes of international law.[...]
Apparently, Jewish settlers have complained that the ugly construction has been placed "too close" to their elegant white-washed villas - properties built illegally on occupied land in the eyes of international law.[...]
Then there's this gem:
[...]Project manager Netsach Meshach insists his work has nothing to do with Israel's territorial ambitions, and everything to do with the 750 Israeli lives - 150 of them Jewish settlers - lost to Palestinian militant attacks in the past two years.[...]
Note the term "militant," rather than "terrorist." And why the distinction between regular Israelis and "settlers?"
