No global outrage and media remains silent
It doesn't have to be a Hamas terrorist to jeopordize, terrorize or even murder a child, just because he is Israeli and possibly Jewish. And the lack of reporting or coverage of those attacks hints that there's a bigger issue in media ethics, agenda setting, and political and societal manipulation.
On sunday evening, in Otniel, Israel a terrorist came to the Meir family's house. The mother, Dafna (38), tried to fight him off while he kept attacking her. Her daughter (15) saw her mother being murdered in front of her, in their house. The terrorist ran-off.
Today
(tuesday) the terrorist, a 16 year old arab was arrested. His father
said that he is proud of his son (action). Another teenager (15)
stabbed the pregnant Michal Froman (30) who was shopping in a store
with her young children in Tekoa. The terrorist was shortwhile after
been shot by armed civilian and rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Thankfully Michal and her fetus will be okay.
Those
are not the first instances parents are attacked in front of their
children. Not in this escalation or in the conflict between Israelis
and Arab-Palestinians. We already saw cases in the last few months of
parents being stabbed and shot in front of their kids.
One
should wonder how many of those terrorists attacks do people hear in
the news abroad? We already established in this blog that most
terrorist incidents like molotovs and explosives are not reported in
global media. This lack of reporting and bias either come from
agendas or shape agendas and world views. MK Yair Lapid was quoted
yesterday in JPOST saying “How
is it that Dafna’s face is not on the front page of every
newspaper? How did we get to a point when the world looks at us and
doesn’t care that a woman was stabbed at the entrance to her home.”
As
far as I know no official condolences calls were made by foreign
leaders, not from EU and not from the White House. This trend is
troubling, even more so since there is a criticism over some of
Israeli actions meanwhile other countries act in similar ways yet
don't get criticised at all. And while there are worries for
Palestinians no one seems to really care for Israelis, to families,
to children who lost their parents and sometimes almost lost their
lives like the 12 year old who was stabbed, or the baby who almost
was stabbed, or the other baby who lost his leg, or the Henkin
children who were almost shot dead if the terrorists gun wasn't
jammed and one of them slightly hurt. By the way do any of you
remember Chaya Zissel Braun, the 3-months year old baby that was
murdered in October 2014 in Jerusalem in a terror attack?
I
have already written about Hamas targeting children, but it doesn't
have to be a Hamas terrorist to jeopordize, terrorize or even murder
a child, just because he is Israeli and possibly Jewish. And the lack
of reporting or coverage of those attacks hints that there's a bigger issue in
media ethics, agenda setting, and political and societal
manipulation.
We
can change that. We can insist for media to report this. We can
demand balance.
And
we must work to stop terrorism.
Man
in Fort – Dov Trachtman
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