Israel losing PR war - January 12, 2009

[DogPoundPup]

As allegations of war crimes mount and anti-Israeli protests sweep across the globe, Israel appears to be losing its PR offensive against Hamas. Meanwhile, a new generation of Palestinians scarred by theGaza protests war will increasingly turn to militancy, resulting in perpetual conflict in the region.

According to eyewitness and survivor accounts, on January 4th, a day after the Israeli ground offensive began, Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) occupied Zeitoun, a Palestinian town on the outskirts of Gaza City. After seizing three male teenagers for interrogation, the IDF ordered about 100 members of the Samouni clan, half of them children, into a single-storey house where they remained confined throughout the night without food, water, or electricity. They were warned not to attempt escape.

As dawn broke, the IDF repeatedly fired shells directly into the house in which it had confined the 100 Samouni clan members, killing roughly 30.

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[HeraldSquare212]

1. Wow. This seems earlier than the other incident, but I can't tell.

[ikojo]

2. I think after the war on Iraq and Afghanistan

people in the US have serious war fatigue. Also, it's really hard for Israel, in the Internet era, to play the perpetual victim here after such a disproportionate reaction. While the US media will not show dead Iraqis on TV they are showing the after effects of an Israeli bomb in Gaza.