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Suicide Bombing in Israel

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imported_dna

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Palestinan "resistance fighters" strike a bakery in Eilat, and Israel declares that it will renew operations in Gaza. This will no doubt give Hamas and Fatah a reason to stop fighting each other and act like their in love -- at least for the time being.

Funny how this story doesn't get the main spot on the BBC -- unlike stories when IDF kills some palestinans "freedom fighters" or when the Palestinians kill each other. I'm sure that once IDF starts striking, we'll see the BBC putting that front and center for a couple of days.
 
Isn't about time you learned how to read Aimster?

The main story is "African snub to Sudan over Darfur", unlike the Fatah-killing-Hamas-killing-Fatah of the past few days.

EDIT Here's a hint: I used the terms "main spot" and "front and center" in my original post.
 
Hi my name is Meuge. I want the world to give more attention to Israel

CNN.com . Main story? NEGATIVE
Msnbc.com. Main story? NEGATIVE
Foxnews.com. Main story? NEGATIVE

English.Aljazeera.net. Main story? POSTIVE

Have a nice day Doctor.
 
& if you havent realized how the media works... they focus on news that is interesting to their readers.

Israel is in the M.E. Exactly why Al Jazerra has it on their cover and the other media sources either had it and removed it or decided that it wasnt a big enough deal to make the cover.

So continue to bash BBC. Bravo. You convinced us all that they are biased.
 
The rocket attacks have never stopped raining down on Israel. It rarely makes the news too. Most people are content that the war is ?over there?, none of our business.
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
Hi my name is Meuge. I want the world to give more attention to Israel
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The world gives enough plenty attention, but it is skewed and negative. The BBC has been focusing so much on the Palestinans in the last few weeks that you'd think that nothing else is happening on this planet.

Also, keep on embarrassing yourself with these insinuations, since nobody really cares.
What's next, Aimster? "Your Momma.." jokes?
 
oh god :\ horrible situation over there

and DNA - it IS on the front page of BBC under the section "OTHER TOP STORIES".
And if you DO go to the Page on the Mid East it is the top story and "front and center" like you say.
It clearly says:
"Three dead in Israel suicide bomb
A suicide bombing at a bakery kills three people in the first such attack within Israel for nine months. "
and it shows a picture of what looks to be medics working around a car or something along those lines.
Are you going to tell me that is biased?


Hell - switch the page to the "BBC" verison and the most you get is a documentary about the killing of some British teens. Does this mean BBC is "snubbing" this story or the AU & Sudan?
NO.

Don't look for things that don't exist.
 
Was I not clear enough?
I was talking about the main spot on the front page. The Fatah/Hamas inner-jihad has been dominating it for a while.

Also, I remeber the mosque incident a month or two ago, where the brave freedom fighters run into a mosque and then shipped their women like cattle in front of it to faciliate their escape. During the process some women were obviously hit, and this end up front and center on the BBC front page.

Was that incident so much more newsworthy, or a world shaping even then this suicide bombing?

EDIT Here it is, from the BBC, curiously filed under entertainment. Like I said, wait for IDF to take some action, and we'll see it front and center on the BBC's front page.
 
Originally posted by: dna
Was I not clear enough?
I was talking about the main spot on the front page. The Fatah/Hamas inner-jihad has been dominating it for a while.

Also, I remeber the mosque incident a month or two ago, where the brave freedom fighters run into a mosque and then shipped their women like cattle in front of it to faciliate their escape. During the process some women were obviously hit, and this end up front and center on the BBC front page.

Was that incident so much more newsworthy, or a world shaping even then this suicide bombing?
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I don't decide what does or doesn't appear on the main page, and I don't particularly care because I end up reading most of the content I find there anyways. Much News today comes out of the Middle East because it is such an unstable region at this current point in time, thus it makes sense for that news to come from there. Thus I see no problem with the current situation because BBC clearly isn't trying to "Hide" this information away. What you are trying to do is point out that because it ISN'T the front page information, that BBC is blatantly biased, or if not blatantly biased...they are atlesat trying to downplay things.
Maybe if the story was hidden at the bottom of the page in small links that would work. Maybe if the title was something like "3 Israelis Die" and nothing more. But CLEARLY they stated that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, and CLEARLY on the MID EAST PAGE it is the front news story.

Maybe to you it is simply about pictures - but I would hope the average readership in news would bother to read links rather than click on the 3-4 stories that have contain a little picture somewhere in the neighborhood of 100x100 pixels. Maybe I expect too much of humanity? Because if I did, then even on the Mid East page under "OTHER TOP STORIES" we would ignore news such as this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6307745.stm - Yemeni Jews flee Islamist threat

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Now back ON topic. At best this will beget more and more violence. At this stage I wonder what the hell whoever sent this bomb is thinking. Do they reallllly think that they can get rid of Israel as this stage? Israel, despite its Gaza "pull out", still controlled a few key factors in the region so bombing a location isn't going to help ANYTHING...its just going to allow Israel's quite control to step back up into full assault mode.

edit:

So basically...you are bashing BBC because they release information on their own report telling them how they should alter their language to be more "neutral"...
Oh Gawwwwd, I wish our stations in the USA did this!

Btw here is the title: "
The panel examined only the BBC's UK domestic public service output
The BBC fails to always give a "full and fair account" of the Israeli Palestinian conflict but is not deliberately biased, a report has said. "
 
I've seen the title, but that is their own little spin; intent is always hard to prove.

As far as US stations go, the BBC has more worldwide reach.

EDIT Anyway, we can argue about this the whole day, so let's just wait a little bit for the IDF to do something and see how the BBC covers it.
 
Originally posted by: dna
I've seen the title, but that is their own little spin; intent is always hard to prove.

As far as US stations go, the BBC has more worldwide reach.

EDIT Anyway, we can argue about this the whole day, so let's just wait a little bit for the IDF to do something and see how the BBC covers it.
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Thank you - because when we start trying to prove intent we can potentially and quickly descend into conspiracy theories and an argument on that sounds about as interesting to me as listening to a random imam in the mid east tell me how "muslims are the victims" in this world, when I and many people I know are doing pretty dandy 😛

Lets hope before the IDF acts, it does so smartly (which hasn't always been the case). Hamas basically said "We were not involved at all, but considering Israel's actions we aren't suprised". Fatah went straight up and condemed it.
If we see a "response" against these two govermental groups (assuming that what they tell us is true - they were not a part of it at all) , then already the IDF will have failed simply because they are now punishing groups who had no part in it.

Regardless how the BBC covers this, the blood shed will continue...
 
I know we have a bunch of terrorist apologizers on here so someone please explain how this act is a ?justified? act of resistance?
Yahoo News story, but not top of the page or even on yahoo.com main page
- A Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis at a bakery Monday in the first such attack inside the country in nine months, and the two radical groups that claimed to have sent him said they were trying to end weeks of Palestinian infighting by taking aim at Israel instead.

The bombing was praised by the Palestinians' governing Hamas movement as legitimate resistance ? a position that was sure to hurt efforts to end a crippling economic boycott imposed by the international community.

The attack also jeopardized a two-month truce in the Gaza Strip. Israeli security chiefs met late Monday to discuss a response. "This is a grave incident, it's an escalation and we shall treat it as such," said Defense Minister Amir Peretz.
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Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed joint responsibility. Both militant groups said they hoped to encourage warring Palestinian factions to end weeks of clashes.
"The operation has a clear message to the Palestinian rivals. It is necessary to end the infighting and point the guns toward the occupation that has hurt the Palestinian people," a posting on the Islamic Jihad Web site said.
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Right now the thing hurting the ?people? is violence between Hamas and Fatah. And the government they people elected.
And you wonder why so many of us defend Israel. There has been a two month truce; Israel has not done anything against the terrorist groups. Meanwhile Hamas and Fatah are fighting and killing each other. And what does some smart person think of as a solution to end the violence? Let?s attack civilians in Israel. Pathetic.
Once again the terrorists prove that THEY are the worst enemy of the Palestinian people.
 
Wow it worked....
Warring Hamas and Fatah factions in Gaza declared a cease-fire early Tuesday and said it would take effect within hours.
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Kill a few civilians to remind the leaders of the real enemy huh?
 
A bit of video from a restaurant next to the bakery capturing the bomber walking by and then some of the shockwave from the explosion.

Originally posted by: Aimster
Ive never seen anyone on this board praising an action of a terrorist
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Narmer has been condoning it for a while.
 
No country is innocent in their actions nor are they perfect.

The west has done more harm than some of the nations they label as terrorist..

however, one should assume that just because those nations havent done as much harm that they wouldnt had they had the power and global influence that the West has.

The powerful will always use their power in their favor and that usually means harsh tactics. Today the West is that power. Tomorrow it could be someone else.

 
Suicide Bombing in Israel

Originally posted by: dna
Funny how this story doesn't get the main spot on the BBC
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Originally posted by: dna
What a pathetic diversion
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I though I was on track
You got to admit a bombing in the Middle East is not exactly front page news

 
Originally posted by: Orignal Earl
You got to admit a bombing in the Middle East is not exactly front page news
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Do you usually stop reading sentences half way?

I was making a comparison to other news and by no means asserting that it is front page material.
 
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