Snapped Shot

The terrorist scum over at Hamas have rounded up a handful of innocent-looking children and trotted them out to protest the "unfair" Israeli sanctions. Lest we forget, the "unfair" sanctions they are protesting are in response to a continual barrage of rockets launched at Israel, openly admitted to by Hamas itself.



Two things to note about these pictures: The press is fully aware of Hamas' complicity in the rocket attacks—photojournalists cover the press conferences that announce such actions on a regular basis. Also, if I'm not mistaken, Israel has completely backed away from cutting electricity to the Gaza Strip, which means that all of this darkness and candlelight is merely simulated for dramatic effect.

Once again, the press proves that it cannot be trusted in honestly covering the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Why am I not surprised?

See-also:

LGF, Israellycool, Dogfight at Bankstown

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The IDF has been blamed for bombing a Hamas "police station." I don't have any details yet, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least to learn that the "police station" in question was being used as a shelter by a handful of Hamas terrorists. Either way, the crocodile tears are definitely out in force:



I'll be keeping an eye on this to see if any more information shows up. We'll see if my initial cynicism is on target here or not, pun intended. Continue reading »

How fortunate for us to have such vaunted news services. Mere hours after their puff-photography of the bloodthirsty killers of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, we plebians are treated to a most balanced reaction from the bloodthirsty killers of Hamas.



Of course, it's very fitting that Hamas would mock anyone for wanting to make peace with the Zionist entity. After all, it's not like we expect Hamas to suddenly become peaceful. How odd it is, though, that the Associated Press feels compelled to transmit their mockery world-wide as bona-fide news.

Here's how people get hurt in the "occupied" Palestinian territories:



Notice the proximity of this "militant" to a residential area? All of the photos I've seen so far are fairly close-cropped, so it's not clear whether there are any civilians milling about, but as we've seen before, there usually are. (With thanks to Yishai for the link!)

I'll be tracking the rest of the photos related to this latest bout of "factional" fighting. It will truly be interesting to see which group our various photographers embed themselves with. I'll be keeping a scoreboard beyond the fold, if you want to play along at home! Continue reading »

The Elder has run across something remarkably familiar. (I love getting Z-mail!) I saw these photos when they came across the wires, and didn't think anything of it. After all, blatant emotionalism for the sake of the camera is not exactly unheard of in the Palestinian territories...

Here's what the controversy is about:



And here's how photos like this happen:



Pretty straightforward, I'd say. I don't think the scene is staged in any way—it's entirely plausible that the boy, if standing in a similar position to the photo above, would be hit by flying debris, without necessarily being covered in dust. Are the photographers trying to put it together as an emotional, dramatic scene? Absolutely. But I don't think for a moment that they set this man up to running around screaming... that's something that the locals seem to do on their own accord. For the cameras, of course.

Of course, it is pretty disturbing to see all of the the photographers lining up like lemmings, vying to capture their own "Pulitzer" moment.

Can you imagine how much better journalism would be if journalists would pay as much attention to the truth as they did to getting glitzy awards?

I've rounded up all of the photos I could find on the wires below the fold. Continue reading »

Sometimes your heart just isn't in it. Check out the dejected look in this poor mother's eyes:



I guess the weekly "death to the ZIONIST OCCUPIERS" protests would get tiring after a while. She'd probably be happier if they were chanting DEATH TO AMERICA...

Update: It seems that our little Fatima is very popular with the photographers. Check out below the fold for a handful of fresh new pics of the cute little aspiring Joooo-killer. Continue reading »

A familiar face from late last year has popped back into the news:



Strangely enough, the press didn't have any photos to share of Nasser's arrest. I guess that's just not as newsworthy as praising his release, is it?

Check this caption out:



Is Adel Hana seriously that disinterested in what's going on in this picture? In case you don't already know, "metal bars" like that are routinely used by Hamas to build those "home-made rockets" you've been seeing, one of which that killed an actual poor, innocent Israeli civilian yesterday.

At least the IDF managed to take out a Hamas weapons-production facility.

Whadda ya know? It's Friday yet again, and it's looking an awful lot like last Friday. Considering how often this happens (and happens, and happens, and happens), I fail to see why anyone considers this to be "newsworthy" enough to continue sending photographers to cover them.


As usual, the rest of Friday's festivities follow below the fold! Continue reading »

As always, when the IDF says something, it's "allegedly," yet the terrorists' words are accepted verbatim.





If a tree falls in the forest, and the press lies, would anybody notice? Continue reading »

If you see photographs like this in your local newspaper this weekend, be sure to check out the companion story, which explains the background that I guarantee you will not be told with the pictures--as the story told in print is totally different than the story told by the photographs and captions sent across about it!

From the AP's story: BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip--Israeli forces fired Friday at a group of women who streamed to a Gaza mosque to serve as human shields for gunmen holed up there, killing one and wounding 10, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.

The dead woman was one of several hundred who heeded a call by Hamas militants to ring the mosque in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. Their presence allowed the gunmen inside to escape, ending their 19-hour standoff with soldiers parked outside in tanks and armored personnel carriers, the army and militants said.

There are very few innocents in the Palestinian territories. The citizenry there is completely intertwined with the terrorist mafia that controls the entire region. Sadly, instead of trying to report truthfully (although full credit is due to the Associated Press for actually reporting the above story, and my sincerest gratitude is owed to Yakub Ralwah for filing the report), the press is more often interested in wholly simplistic re-tellings of the story of David and Goliath, with the "Zionist" state inevitably playing the role of Goliath. Whether this is due to the Press' gullibilty, or whether the press is complicit in enabling and protecting the terrorist regime that's ruling the Palestinian serfs, remains to be seen.

In related news, it appears that police elsewhere in the West Bank have clashed with "armed members of a local family," who proceeded to light the entire force's vehicle fleet on fire. Anyone who denies that the Palestinian territory is controlled by murderous thugs is either intentionally lying, or is completely blind to reality.

I'm going to round up photographs of these events in the extended article, so as usual, be sure to continue reading to see the completely one-sided photographic report filed on the wires. (Also reported at Sweetness & Light, Yoni the Blogger, and LGF)

Update: It appears that the militants in question have either hosted, or had someone else host in their place, a glorious press conference. Also, the Sun has chimed in.

Update again: Someone at the AFP likes terrorists so much that they described this event as "a daring rescue by heavily veiled women." Yup, you read that right. The daring rescue of armed murderers from the evil Zionist army! The AFP should be ashamed for letting such a grotesque caption come across its wires! Continue reading »

We're seeing shots of senior Hamas leaders today, amidst reports that Fatah is threatening to assassinate them (h/t Yoni).

One thing's for sure--€”there's not a single member of either group that's likely to bring about "peace" in the Middle East. Both of these competing factions are as bloodthirsty and violent as the Italian mafia of old, and until they're completely removed from the Palestinian territories, there will not be peace there. (It would be sufficient for the populace to stop supporting them—which would, like the Mafia of old, delegitimize the entire bunch, but I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen.)

With as bloodthirsty a lot as this, the only thing that really matters is that they're directing their anger at each other, instead of the usual suspects. There's no telling how long that will last.

(Update 13:49 EST: Ha'aretz is reporting that Hamas has lost the battle for Palestinian public opinion. I predict that even if this is the case, the bullets will keep flying.) Continue reading »

A beautiful family portrait from the West Bank. Earth to the "Palestinians:" As long as your culture embraces death, don't expect any signs of life to suddenly appear amongst yourselves. You can keep blaming Israel those dastardly Zionists if you want, but the fact of the matter is that you are responsible for cleaning up your own house, which, to an untrained outside observer such as myself, means you need to get rid of horrid displays such as these.

(Of course, the media has no problem glorifying these terrorists. As usual.)