‘NYT’ piece on stonethrowing leaves out ‘occupation’

“Israel Acts to Combat Violence in Jerusalem” is The New York Times headline on Isabel Kershner’s story on the latest Israeli rules re firing on stone-throwers.

The article is wrong starting with the headline. It should say, “Palestinians Continue to Fight Back Against Military Occupation of Palestine.” Israel and its occupation are the cause of the violence; it doesn’t come from nowhere. The Times portrays Palestinian stonethrowers as just faceless terrorists committed to a “cycle of violence.”

The subhead should read, “The vast majority of Palestinians continue non-violent resistance, but there is some stonethrowing.”

The word “occupation” occurs nowhere in the article.

And Kershner’s timeline on the latest violence begins with the kidnapping of the three Jewish teens in the West Bank in 2014. Thus she ignores the occupation that has been going for nearly 50 years.

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Kershner gets her articles direct from the nearest Israeli embassy.She just puts her name to it and checks her bank account for the electronic deposit .

Nice work if you can get it but harbour no guilty feelings about being dishonest or a spinmeistress.

Disgusting people.

RE: “Israel Acts to Combat Violence in Jerusalem” is The New York Times headline on Isabel Kershner’s story on the latest Israeli rules re firing on stone-throwers. The article is wrong starting with the headline. It should say, “Palestinians Continue to Fight Back Against Military Occupation of Palestine.” ~ Weiss

MY COMMENT: I recently saw/heard a reference to a Bible verse about Jews throwing stones at their Roman occupiers. I believe it might have been John Hagee reciting that verse (about Jews throwing stones at their Roman occupiers) in his “blood moons” video, but I just don’t have the stomach to listen to it again to find out. – See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/profile/jlewisdickerson#sthash.dURQIKEG.dpuf

EVERYBODY GET READY FOR THE “BLOOD MOON” THIS COMING MONDAY! THE END IS NIGH! ! ! – See more at: link to mondoweiss.net – See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/09/cancellation-ferguson-palestine#comment-798455
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1205&v=BCWvIb3ySok
P.P.S. John Hagee is barking mad! ! ! If you have the stomach to listen to Hagee’s “blood moons” video above, shortly after the 23 minute mark Hagee says that God caused 9/11 (“First he attacked the physical”) to “get this country’s attention because this country was walking away from God”! ! ! Begin listening at about 20:30 to get the full impact of what this loon was saying.
Also, all y’all go to the 26 minute mark on the video and y’all all buy your prayer shawls (“designed by God himself”) to support Big John’s “ministry”! ! !

I noticed way the many MSMs link words – it’s never stones, it’s always “stones and firebombs”, so that it appears that firebombs are as common as stones.

I appreciate Mondweiss articles monitoring the NYT. Israel’s capture of the American mainstream media is a major part of this story. Israel’s continuing horrific crimes would not be possible without this capture. The widespread trashing of America’s freedom of speech, and thereby democracy itself, is an integral part of the “Zionist project”.

These articles will be very helpful to the historians who will be digging into the details of this whole sorry historical episode. I look forward to hearing their talks on C-SPAN. These historians are relentless in their pursuit of detail. Once they are freed from the Gaza of the mind being imposed by Israel.

@JWalters – And I guarantee that when the shift happens – as it will – the same pundits who were actively participating in the trashing of freedom of speech and democracy in honour of the great god Israel will be in the MSM disavowing any involvement in it.