Something Missing

In practically all the media reports on the collapsed tunnel in Rafiah over Friday and Saturday, the element left out was the most intriguing from a media point-of-view.

Israel diverted its military efforts to aid in the rescue of Arabs who had been trapped 23 hours in a collapsed underground weapons smuggling tunnel. Ambulances were allowed into the no-go area.

Israel's standards of morality recently have been questioned regarding the shooting of children, harassment at checkpoints and mutiliation of the dead. That Israel, whose citizens suffer daily bombardment and shootings from the weapons brought in from Egypt via these tunnels, would deign to expend its resources to rescue these terrorists once again illustrates its high level of commitment to all human life.

And, of course, the non-reporting of the story reflects negatively on the media.