As Malcolm Muggeridge used to enjoy saying \u2013 even when he was standing in front of one.<\/p>\n
Never more so than in Gaza. If you\u2019ve ever wondered why photographs of injured or dead Gazans \u2013 or old photos of dead Syrians posing as Gazans<\/a> – litter Western media yet there are no images of Hamas firing rockets, it\u2019s not because they are off somewhere teaching Sunday school: it\u2019s because they shoot journalists who try to photograph them.<\/p>\n From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cI met today with a Spanish journalist who just came back from Gaza. We talked about the situation there. He was very friendly. I asked him how come we never see on television channels reporting from Gaza any Hamas people, no gunmen, no rocket launcher, no policemen. We only see civilians on these reports, mostly women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe answered me frankly: \u2018It\u2019s very simple,\u00a0we did see Hamas people there launching rockets, they were close to our hotel, but if ever we dared pointing our camera on them\u00a0they would simply shoot at us and kill us.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Malcolm Muggeridge used to enjoy saying \u2013 even when he was standing in front of one. Never more so than in Gaza. If you\u2019ve ever wondered why photographs of injured or dead Gazans \u2013 or old photos of dead … Continue reading