American Propaganda

"Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes Saturday throughout the Gaza Strip in retaliation for rockets fired into Israel from the Hamas-ruled territory, killing at least 205 Palestinians and wounding more than 350, Palestinian health officials reported."

American media is completely slanted towards Israel. First of all, in the first paragraph of this article, the author must mention that this was "in retaliation" to something. What is that something? Rocket fire which as killed one person in the last month? And why must they mention in this first paragraph that it is Hamas-ruled territory? Its not like Israel wasn't killing Arabs before Hamas. Whats worse in this article is that there was no mention at all to the blockade that Israel has had on Gaza for months. How can you claim to be balanced and not even mention that? And why in the third paragraph do they mention Palestinian retaliation rockets without using the word retaliation? And did you notice that they tell us that the rockets killed a resident in a specific town? Why didn't they tell us where exactly Israel hit? Is it because they hit too many towns? Or is it because they have already dehumanized the Palestinians in the Washington Post and other American media outlets that they don't even come from towns anymore? It is pathetic that this comes from one of the most popular and biggest newspapers in the country.