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Honesty In The Media
I don’t want to labour the point but over at Honest Reporting is a short article which backs up my viewpoint on the ‘phosphorous’ incident which I detailed here.
Here’s an extract:
...this charge has been disputed by the International Red Cross, which stated that it had no evidence to suggest that white phosphorus is being used improperly or illegally by Israel.
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"In some of the strikes in Gaza it's pretty clear that phosphorus was used," [Peter] Herby [of the International Red Cross] told The Associated Press. "But it's not very unusual to use phosphorus to create smoke or illuminate a target. We have no evidence to suggest it's being used in any other way..."
Herby said that using phosphorus to illuminate a target or create smoke is legitimate under international law, and that there was no evidence the Jewish state was intentionally using phosphorus in a questionable way, such as burning down buildings or consciously putting civilians at risk.
White phosphorus has, however, been used as a weapon against civilians during this conflict...
by Hamas. On Tuesday a mortar shell fired from Gaza into Israel
contained white phosphorus. As the regional council's security chief said: "the potential danger of using such a rocket is enormous. It is far more dangerous than other Qassam rockets and mortal [
sic] shells. This is an escalation in the type of explosives the Palestinians use on civilians."
Has honest reporting of this incident been the hallmark of journalism in the retailing of this story? I think not!
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