Tuesday, June 8, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Khaled Abu Toameh: What About Hamas's Siege of Gaza? - 'As Israeli naval commandos raided the flotilla ship convoy that was on its way to the Gaza Strip, Hamas security officers stormed the offices of five non-governmental organizations, confiscated equipment and documents, and ordered them closed indefinitely. Ever since it seized control over the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007, Hamas has imposed a reign of terror on the local population in general and its critics in particular. Hamas has brought nothing to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip other than death and disaster. The raid on the NGOs in the Gaza Strip, which received little coverage in the media, is seen by many Palestinians as part of Hamas's ongoing crackdown on political opponents and human rights organizations...'
Does this type of thing ever make the "news" supplied by the DL/LEM, the dominant left/liberal establishment media? Ever?
Yes, but only very rarely. Some of it made the news in 2005, after Israel rendered Gaza Judenfrei, at a time when it was so blatant that it couldn't be ignored, but other than that instance, it's difficult to recall an example where this type of thing makes the establishment media with any type of prominence whatsoever.