AP Gives Israel Security Advice, Says Self-Defense is Bad
The AP's Josef Federman is looking out for Israel's best interest:
Israel's army chief told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that the military will keep up its deadly hunt for members of Islamic Jihad, despite threats by the Palestinian militant group to retaliate with suicide bombings... Halutz's comments threatened to undermine an already shaky truce between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel suspended the killings after the February cease-fire declaration, but resumed them several months ago during a flare-up in violence.
Federman could have opened the article with "Israel's army chief told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that, since the Palestinians have repeatedly continued their suicide bombings and since they've promised more in the near future, Israel has no choice but to go back to targeting their leaders - despite threats by the Palestinian militant groups to retaliate with even more suicide bombings." But what fun would that be?
Israel's army chief told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that the military will keep up its deadly hunt for members of Islamic Jihad, despite threats by the Palestinian militant group to retaliate with suicide bombings... Halutz's comments threatened to undermine an already shaky truce between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel suspended the killings after the February cease-fire declaration, but resumed them several months ago during a flare-up in violence.
Federman could have opened the article with "Israel's army chief told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that, since the Palestinians have repeatedly continued their suicide bombings and since they've promised more in the near future, Israel has no choice but to go back to targeting their leaders - despite threats by the Palestinian militant groups to retaliate with even more suicide bombings." But what fun would that be?
