Tuesday, September 15, 2009

T Word at the NYTimes

From Leo Rennert following up on this:

...pointing to settler violence against Palestinians, the article states that "Jewish terror is not new. A religious student assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, and a settler, Baruch Goldstein, killed 29 Muslims at prayer in Hebron in 1994." [emphasis added]

Never mind that Rabin was killed in Tel Aviv -- not in the West Bank, the supposed topic of this article. Far more revealing is the fact that the Times, which nearly always refrains from using the "T" word for Palestinian terrorism, has no hesitation in using it to depict far, far fewer such depredations when committed by Jews. In fact, this double standard is glaringly evident a bit farther in the Sept. 14 piece when Bronner and Kershner mention that the brother of a settler was "killed by Palestinian gunmen."

When a Jew kills Palestinians, it's the act of a terrorist. When Palestinians kill a Jew, they are gunmen.

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