It's in the P-I

No decent person wants to see civilian deaths in wartime, but the Shi'ittle Post-Intelligencer gets its hijab in a twist and protests only when Israel is conducting defensive operations.

The loss of life in the Gaza Strip is tragic. But the deaths of children from tank fire in the area of a demonstration was the direct, if unintended, result of the Israeli leadership's decision to launch a dramatic military incursion in a heavily populated area it is supposedly abandoning.

Why doesn't the P-I unleash any of its oh so righteous outrage at the Palestinians who deliberately sacrifice their own children by throwing them into the middle of a firefight? And why hasn't the P-I printed a single word about the brutal murder of the pregnant Tali Hatuel and her four children?

I think we all know the answer.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at May 21, 2004 10:19 AM