Media Bias on Palestine/Israel

[Free Palestine]

New York Times Minimizes Palestinian Deaths (http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=7730)

We found that in 2004, at a time when 8 Israeli children and 176 Palestinian children were killed – a ratio of 1 to 22 – Times headlines and lead paragraphs reported on Israeli children’s deaths at a rate almost seven times greater than Palestinian children’s deaths.

Children killed:

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118 Israeli children (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/children.html#source) have been killed by Palestinians and 680 Palestinian (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/children.html#source) children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000.
For every 1 Israeli child that has died, 5.76 Palestinian children died.
1:5.76


Total People killed:

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3,617 Palestinians (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/deaths.html#source) and 1,049 Israelis (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/deaths.html#source) have been killed since September 29, 2000.
That would mean for every 1 Israeli that has died, 3.44 Palestinians has died
1:3.44

Children Killed Reported, by NBC/ABC/CBS:

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In 2004, ABC, CBS, and NBC news reporting on Palestinian children’s deaths followed virtually the same line as Israeli children’s deaths, in stark contradiction to the reality, in which Palestinian children were being killed at a rate 22 times greater than Israeli children.


Children Killed Reported, by NY Times:

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The New York Times reported the death rates of Israeli and Palestinian children almost identically despite the fact that almost five times more Palestinian children were actually being killed.

Children Killed Reported, by SF Chronicle:

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The San Francisco Chronicle reported 150% of Israeli children’s deaths and only 5% of Palestinian children’s deaths in headlines and/or lead paragraphs.

[Free Palestine]

Injuries:

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28,743 Palestinians (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/injuries.html#source) and 7,178 Israelis (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/injuries.html#source) have been injured since September 29, 2000.
For every 1 Israeli that has gotten injured, 4 Palestinians have gotten injured
1:4

Demolition of Homes:

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0 Israeli homes (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/homes.html) have been demolished by Palestinians and 4,170 Palestinian homes (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/homes.html) have been demolished by Israel since September 29, 2000
No Israeli homes have been demolished, and 4,170 Palestinians have had their homes razed since September 29, 2000
0:4,170

(By the way, Amnesty International, in 1999, reported that "Since 1987 the Israeli authorities have demolished at least 2,650 Palestinian homes in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.... As a result 16,700 Palestinians (including 7,300 children) have lost their homes." (Source (http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engMDE150591999)))


Daily U.S. Aid:

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The U.S. gives $15,139,178 (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/usaid.html) per day to the Israeli government and military and $232,290 (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/usaid.html) per day to Palestinian NGO’s.

UN Resolutions Targeting Israel and the Palestinians:

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Israel has been targeted by at least 65 UN resolutions (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/un.html) and the Palestinians have been targeted by none (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/un.html).

Israeli and Palestinian Unemployment Rates:

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The Israeli unemployment rate is 10.4% (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/econ.html), while the Palestinian unemployment is estimated at 37-67% (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/econ.html).

Political Prisoners and Detainees:

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No Israelis (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/prisoners.html) are being held prisoner by Palestinians, while 8,043 Palestinians (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/prisoners.html) are currently imprisoned by Israel.

New Settlements Built (March 2001 - July 2003):

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60+ new Jewish-only settlements (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/settlements.html) have been built on confiscated Palestinian land between March 2001 and July 11, 2003. There have been 0 cases (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/settlements.html) of Palestinians confiscating Israeli land and building settlements.




Why should the average American care?

Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S.
Aid to Israel


Grand Total
$84,854,827,200

Interest Costs Borne by U.S.
$49,936,680,000

Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers
$134,791,507,200

Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli
$23,240

[Man of the Century]

It's ok, I got the cash.

[Paradox]

http://www.palestinemonitor.org/nueva_web/...erials/home.htm (http://www.palestinemonitor.org/nueva_web/infos_materials/home.htm)

^ Link to a number of fact sheets regarding u$ aid to Israel, torture of Palestinians, control of the water supply, poverty, etc., etc..

Yeah, I wouldn't expect u$ media to present things fairly. Sad.

[Free Palestine]

Bump.

[Clarksist]

It is not the freeing of Palestine that I am against.

The Isrealis have made an attempt to marginalize Palestinians to terrorists. But the Palestinians make it too easy for Isreali's to do so.

[Xian]

I think that the suicide bombers should stop targeting civilians and start targeting military equipment and supplies.

And some how I hope the American public realizes what our Government is doing. They clearly haven't discovered the reason for 9/11.

Peace.

[Livetrueordie]

i support palestine, but i do remeber vaguely being taught they were terrorist.
i gave up on that bullshit and settled for a C- in the class

[Paradox]

I think that the suicide bombers should stop targeting civilians and start targeting military equipment and supplies.

I think the suicide bombers should stop completely.

The men and women who commit such acts would be much more helpful to the movement if they were alive. Unfortunately, they are desperate people, and many get convinced that this is the only way.

But yes, any violence should be directed solely at the military and other repressive state agencies.

[Redvolution]

Ridiculous.

Did you write that?

If not, who was the source?

[Free Palestine]

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

[kingbee]

as one of the algerian fighters for liberation (i think it was ben bella) said, if they gave them guns and bombs, they would fight with them. but they dont have them.

[Bannockburn]

There is nothing surprising here. However, what I do find interesting is that even the books, writers, journalist, articles, commentators etc who report of media bias are themselves ignored within the media. So its suppression of suppression. Its really interesting if you think about it. An Israeli pilot fires a missile and blows up a Palestinian apartment building, and its called a pre-emptive strike against where intelligence believed one “terrorist” was hiding. So, they will kill 50 in order to get one. On the flip side, a Palestinian walks into a cafe and blows up 50, and its called a terrorist attack. I fail to witness the difference. However, the media seems to be able to make a difference – that being simply echoing official white house press garbage.