Israeli leaders killed an Islamic Jihad terrorist earlier today. The coverage of this incident in the New York Times is brought to you by the letter D (for “described as a terrorist”) and the number 25 (the minimum number of people that he was directly responsible for murdering). For some reason, the Greg Myre at the times seems unable to connect these two things, and he almost seems genuienly confused as to why Israel would want to slander a freedom-fighting “militant” as a “terrorist”.
The two militants were seriously wounded, and one, Aziz al-Shami, died of his wounds, witnesses and doctors at Shifa Hospital said. The Israeli military described Mr. Shami as “a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist.”
And you know you’re going to be hearing about how this is going to cause the Palestinians to become violent when all they really want is peace and harmony:
“I condemn this attack, which is a new Israeli attack aimed at escalating the violence,” [Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia] said from the West Bank town of Ramallah… The Palestinians have complained the assassinations prevent implementation of the internationally drafted roadmap peace plan, since they make it nearly impossible to convince freedom fighters to sign up to a ceasefire.
You think people will mention this:
Before yesterday’s operation, Islamic Jihad was planning a major attack in Israel… Islamic Jihad has never restrained its terror activity…
Nah.
