Newspeak a la Ha'Aretz

Neat Ha'Aretz news vocabulary.
Read the story below.
Okay, no "terrorists" for that is a given.
After all, it is a liberal journal.
But -
no militants,
no activists,
no gunmen,
no militiamen.

Tsk, tsk.

And -
"Palestinians", yes.
"Members", yes.
"Two", yes.
"Groups", yes.

Lovely the way language is a manipulative ideological
tool.
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Last update - 14:34 25/05/2004
Two killed in Ramallah gun battles between PLO factions
By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent

Two Palestinians were killed and another seriously wounded in clashes in Ramallah over the past two days between Fatah and Popular Front Struggle, a small group within the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Palestinian sources reported that clashes between the groups began on Monday when the bodyguard of Palestinian National Struggle Front leader Samir Rousha shot and killed a Fatah member who lived in a refugee camp near Ramallah.

Following the initial killing, a serious of violent confrontations broke out between the two groups during which a youth was killed and another individual was seriously wounded.

According to Palestinians, several PNSF offices were set ablaze during the clashes.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/431837.html