Palestinian Media Grants “Shahid” Status to Terrorists
According to Palestinian Media Watch, the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper Al Hayat Al Jadida termed the Be’er Sheva suicide bombers martyrs, despite the public condemnation of the attacks by PA officials to English language media. The watchdog group also noted that those condemnations were not centered on moral considerations, but on the fact that the bombings were not beneficial to Palestinian national interests.
I don’t know anything about PMW, really, and I can’t read Arabic. If anyone can decipher the articles here, I would greatly appreciate the independent confirmation.
The difference in what is said in English and Arabic is always about the same. I have read and heard these types of differences many times.
PMW has usually been accurate, from what I’ve read, in previous situation, no reason to believe that would not be true this time.
The difference in what is said in English and Arabic is always about the same. I have read and heard these types of differences many times.
PMW has usually been accurate, from what I’ve read, in previous situation, no reason to believe that would not be true this time.