Saturday, July 15, 2006

Facts and Figures since beginning of Gaza invasion

See here.

"Dr. Barghouthi ended the presentation by addressing the issue of unbalanced media coverage of the Gaza crisis, and the terminology and narratives adopted by news agencies. He cited the example of the use of the terms “hostage” and “kidnapped”‚ in relation to Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, while Palestinian parliamentarians being held under Israeli detention without charge are referred to as “prisoners”.
He also stressed that sustained Israeli attacks on Gaza in the months leading up to the invasion illustrate that the current crisis was not sparked off by Shalit’s capture. Between 29 March and 27 June, Israel conducted 112 air strikes on, and fired 4,751 artillery shells into the Gaza Strip. A total of 65 Gazans were killed between 3 May and 27 June, including at least 34 civilians, 12 of whom were children and 5 of whom were women."

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