Real quick: an addition to Zombietime’s mostly comprehensive taxonomy of anti-Israel photojournalism. Fauxtography by omission:
There are some 15,000 Hamas fighters and far fewer Israeli soldiers fighting in the Gaza Strip (the number is not published), so why do two major photo services have countless photos of Israeli soldiers and virtually none of Hamas fighters? A search of Reuters and Associated Press photo services from Dec. 27 through today using the keywords “Gaza militant” and “Gaza fighter” turned up almost no pictures of Hamas fighters… In contrast, here were plenty of pictures of Israeli soldiers, Palestinian casualties, statesmen and diplomats, destruction in Gaza, and other related topics — but almost nothing on Hamas fighters. This seems to be a repeat of the 2006 Lebanon war after which searches of the major photo services turned up not one picture of Hezbollah fighters (except at funerals) for the whole 34-day war.
Of course it’s much easier to take pictures of Palestinian civilian casualties since Hamas operatives disgustingly display the corpses of babies:
One more thing, speaking of pornography – we’ve all seen endless pictures of dead Palestinian children now. It’s a terrible, ghastly, horrible thing, the deaths of children, and for the parents it doesn’t matter if they were killed by accident or by mistake. But ask yourselves this: Why are these pictures so omnipresent? I’ll tell you why, again from firsthand, and repeated, experience: Hamas (and the Aksa Brigades, and Islamic Jihad, the whole bunch) prevents the burial, or even preparation of the bodies for burial, until the bodies are used as props in the Palestinian Passion Play. Once, in Khan Younis, I actually saw gunmen unwrap a shrouded body, carry it a hundred yards and position it atop a pile of rubble — and then wait a half-hour until photographers showed. It was one of the more horrible things I’ve seen in my life. And it’s typical of Hamas.
Gazans do love themselves some death porn.
References:
* Media Fauxtography Now In Full Swing [MR]
* Where Have All the Fighters Gone? [CAMERA Snapshots]
* The World’s Pornographic Interest in Jewish Moral Failure [Goldberg / Atlantic]
* Beit Hanoun Meme Watch – (2) “The Palestinians Are Really Pissed Off” – And The NYT Will Publish Death Porn To Prove It [MR]
Previously:
* Anti-Semitic Al Dura Blood Libel Spurred Daniel Pearl’s Killers
* Beit Hanoun Meme Watch – (1) "Rage and Tears" – Apparently Theats Of Genocide Are OK If You’re Really Upset
* UN Finally Notices Hamas Bombing Of Israeli Civilians, Rushes To Condemn Israel For Responding (Update: The EU Too!)
