A Reminder

Last week, we watched as the media played up the fighting between Israel and the Hamas terrorists. There were civilian casualties in Gaza as well as in Israel. The ones in Gaza were used to portray the Israelis as cruel oppressors; the Hamas media campaign included staged pictures of phony injuries. My favorite in this group is the video of Hamas "soldiers" carrying a wounded man to safety which is followed on the same video of the wounded man getting up and walking away.

Meanwhile, one country away, in Syria, there were 158 people killed in fighting just yesterday including 99 civilians. The death toll there is approaching 50,000. When was the last time you saw an article in the media denouncing the cruelty of either side in Syria? Indeed, when was the last time that you saw a prominent article about the fighting in Syria? It just continues and the world ignores it. Hundreds and thousands die, but the world ignores it. Why is it big news if Israel accidentally kills 20 civilians while taking out over 150 terrorists but not big news if the Syrian government and rebels take out 40,000 civilians (many of whom, by the way, are Palestinian?)