For years now, Hamas has been firing rockets into Israel causing a few deaths and injuries and some property damage, regardless of cease fires and Israeli concessions. During this time the mainstream news media have been very quiet about the issue, possibly distracted by the magnetic charisma of Barak Obama or the antics of Brittany Spears. Finally, Israel decides enough is enough and fights back. Almost immediately, the MSM began covering the events with an obvious bias against Israel. Most of the news stories refer to Israels response as an “attack” or “aggression” and describe the “disproportionate response” by Israel. The MSM is even supporting the Hamas propoganda machine by showing images and reports about Palestinian causualties and destruction of non-military targets.
Little mention is made about the way Hamas fights. As we have seen with the other Islamic radical groups that rely on terrorism, they hide among civilians, fire their weapons from among civilians, and use the harm done to the civilians as propoganda. Their radicalized religious piety is a mask that the politically correct West is afraid to look behind.
Israel cannot win the media war or the war of public opinion, so I would hope they focus their attentions on winning the war against Hamas. Survival is more important than image.
