AP's Pro-Hams Bias: An example

Accepting of Hamas propaganda

Vincent J. Curtis

16 Jan 24

RE: Hours lost puts countless lives at risk. AP story by Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, and Tia Goldenberg. The Hamilton Spectator 16 Jan 24

The pro-Hamas bias in this news item was painful to read. The claim that “24,100 civilians were killed by Israel” rests on the claim of “authorities,” who are, in fact, Hamas operatives, Hamas being the governing authority of Gaza for the last 16 years. How, given the confusion and lack of control of Gaza “authorities” over the strip, can they know this precise number of 24,100 is a journalistic question begging to be asked.

By comparison, the story says that Israel claims to have killed 8,000 militants “without providing evidence.” There’s your bias in black and white.

Israel has been saying for weeks that its inspection capacity is three times the actual delivery of relief into the strip, and that the lack of supplies to Gazan civilians is due to the failure of relief authorities to deliver the volume required, and to Hamas’ hijacking of the trucks and stealing the supplies. These points are bereft of mention in the story.

If there is a “humanitarian catastrophe,” blame Hamas for starting the war, and other Arab countries which are secretly delighted to see the hated “Palestinians” suffer at the hands of Israel.

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