Reuters correspondents frequently write sympathetic human interest stories about Palestinian Arabs -- and almost never do the same about Israeli Jews.
In an often savage Arab war of attrition over the past century which has sought to kill and displace as many Jewish families in the region as possible, the public rarely hears from Reuters about Israeli suffering. Other than quotes from government officials,
maliciously adulterated by Reuters correspondents, Israeli Jews typically remain voiceless, nameless, faceless. This alone, graphically demonstrates Reuters relentless reporting bias.
This bias can be particularly vile.
Take for example,
this Reuters story about a member of the Palestinian terror group,
Islamic Jihad, currently held in detention in Israel and on a hunger strike:
Khader Adnan, 33, a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group, has been refusing to eat since mid-December, shortly after his arrest in the occupied West Bank, and has only drunk liquids since then." He is not in good shape. People on a hunger strike for more than 50 days are in real danger. [...]
Randa told Reuters she had visited her husband on Tuesday and that he was shackled to his hospital bed and had lost 35 kg (77 lb). She said his skin was discolored, his hair had fallen out and he had sores around his mouth. "He couldn't pick up our daughter. He has no strength in his arms," she said, adding that he had started to vomit blood.
Reuters of course, barely mentions the bloody history of
Islamic Jihad, referring only to the fact that "the group is committed to Israel's destruction and has been involved in numerous attacks on Israeli targets".
Since Reuters refuses to identify or humanize those Israeli "targets", even as the agency identifies and seeks audience sympathy for Adnan and his family, we will provide this information. Here's a partial list of Israelis (and other nationals) murdered by
Islamic Jihad over the years. (Our apologies to the families of the hundreds of other victims, killed or maimed, not included in the list below):
Shlomo Atzmon, 60, of Lod
Kinneret Cohen, 14, of Jerusalem
Shimon Dahan, 27, of Herzliya
Emil Gorbman, 54, of Jerusalem
Dr. Shelley Volokov Halpenny, 32, of Vancouver, Canada
Rita Susan Levin, 39, of Philadelphia, United States
Tova Maimon, 19, of Or Yehuda
Nahum Mizrahi, 63, of Tel Aviv
Isaac Na'im, 47, of Holon
Esther Na'im, 45, of Holon
Matityahu Gershon Resnik, 25, of Givat Haim
Mordechai Rosenberg, 50, of Sha'arei Tikva
Fern Rykiss, 17, of Winnipeg, Canada
Ya'akov Shapira, 73, of Jerusalem
Shaul Chai Tzur, 21, of Netanya
Miriam Tzerafi, 41, of Jerusalem
Vered Mordechai, 13, of Afula
Asher Attia, 48, of Afula
Maya Elharar, 17, of Afula
Ilana Schreiber, 45, from Kibbutz Nir David
Meirav Ben-Moshe, 16, of Afula
Ayala Vahaba, 40, from Afula
Fadiya Shalabi, 25, of Iksal
Ahuva Cohen Onalla, 37, of Afula
Yehazkel Sapir, 36, of Kfar Sava
Yotam Rahat, 31, of Tel-Aviv
Elad Dror, 24, of Kibbutz Nahshon
David Ben-Zino, 20, of Ashdod
Adi Rosen, 20, of moshav Bitzaron
Yuval Tuvya, 22, of Jerusalem
Anan Kadur, 24, of Daliyat al-Karmel
Damian Rosovski, 20, of Kadima
Yehiel Sharvit, 21, of Haifa
Yaron Blum, 20, of Jerusalem
Maya Kopstein, 19, of Jerusalem
Daniel Tzikuashvili, 19, of Jerusalem
Avi Salto, 19, of Rishon Lezion
Rafael Mizrahi, 19, of Ramat Gan
Eran Gueta, 20, of Ashkelon
Soli Mizrahi, 18, of Ramat Gan
David Hasson, 18, of Ashkelon
Amir Hirschenson, 18, of Jerusalem
Gilad Gal-On, 18, of Herzliya
Ilie Dagan, 18, of Kochav Yair
Eitan Peretz, 18, of Nahariya
Eyal Levy, 20, of Ashdod
Yaniv Weiser, 18, of Givatay
Shabtai Mahpud, 34, of moshav Tnuvot
Giora Balash, 60, from São Paulo, Brazil
Zvika Golombek, 26, from Karmiel
Shoshana Yehudit (Judy) Greenbaum, 31, from Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Tehila Maoz, 18, from Jerusalem
Frieda Mendelsohn, 62, from Jerusalem
Michal Raziel, 16, from Jerusalem
Malka Chana (Malki) Roth, 15, from Jerusalem
Mordechai Schijveschuurder, 43, from Neria
Tzira Schijveschuurder, 41, from Neria
Ra'aya Schijveschuurder, 14, from Neria
Avraham Yitzhak Schijveschuurder, 4, from Neria
Hemda Schijveschuurder, 2, from Neria
Lily Shimashvili, 33, from Jerusalem
Tamara Shimashvili, 8, from Jerusalem
Yocheved Shoshan, 10, from Jerusalem
Samuel Miloshevsky, 45, of Herzliya
Yehiav Elshad, 28, of Tel Aviv
Inbal Weiss, 22, of Zichron Ya'akov
Mogus Mahento, 65, of Holon
Bella Schneider, 53, of Hadera
Alon Goldenberg, 28, of Tel Aviv
Aharon Revivo, 19, of Afula
Shimon Edri, 20, of Pardes Hanna-Karkur
Mikhael Altfiro, 19, of Pardes Hanna-Karkur
Meir Fahima, 40, of Hadera
Keren Franco, 18, of Kiryat Yam
Noa Shlomo, 18, of Nahariya
Shlomi Ben-Haim, 26, of Kiryat Yam
Nir Danieli, 24, of Kiryat Ata
Ze'ev Henik, 24, of Karmiel
Michael Weissman, 21, of Kiryat Yam
Shimon Stelkol, 34, of Kiryat Yam
Avinoam Alafia, 26, of Kiryat Ata
Liron Avitan, 19, of Hadera
Avraham Barzilai, 19, of Netanya
Dennis Blumin, 20, of Hadera
Eliran Buskila, 21, of Hadera
Zvi Gelberd, 20 of Hadera
Violetta Hizgayev, 20, of Hadera
Ganadi Issakov, 21, of Hadera
Sariel Katz, 21, of Netanya
Vladimir Morari, 19, of Hadera
Yigal Nedipur, 22, of Netanya
Dotan Reisel, 22, of Hadera
David Stanislavksy, 23, of Netanya
Sivan Wiener, 19, of Holon
Zion Agmon, 50, of Hadera
Adi Dahan, 17, of Afula
Shimon Timsit, 35, of Tel-Aviv
Eliyahu Timsit, 32, of Sderot
Sharon Tubol, 19, of Arad
Aiman Sharuf, 20, of Isfiya
Nir Nahum, 20, of Carmiel
Eliezer Moskovitch, 40, of Petah Tikva
Ilona Hanukayev, 20, of Hadera
Liat Ben-Ami, 20, of Haifa
Esther Pesachov, 19, of Givat Olga
Ofra Burger, 56, of Hod Hasharon
Iris Lavi, 68, of Netanya
Suad Jaber, 23, of Taibe
Indelou Ashati, 54, of Hadera
Anat Shimshon, 33, of Ra'anana
Osnat Abramov, 16, of Holon
Sergei Shavchuk, 35, of Afula
Mazal Orkobi, 20, of Azor
Mordechai Evioni, 52, of Holon
Moshe (Maurice) Aharfi, 60, of Tel-Aviv
Igor Zobokov, 32, of Bat Yam
Lilya Zibstein, 33, of Haifa
Amiram Zmora, 55, of Holon
Meir Haim, 74, of Azor
Hannah Haimov, 53, of Tel Aviv
Boris Tepalshvili, 51, of Yehud
Sapira Shoshana Yulzari-Yaffe, 46, of Bat Yam
Ramin Nasibov, 25, of Tel-Aviv
Ilanit Peled, 32, of Azor
Andrei Friedman, 30, of Tel-Aviv
Avi Kotzer, 43, of Bat Yam
Viktor Shebayev, 62, of Holon
Ion (Nelu) Nicolae, 34, of Romania
Mihai Sabau, 38, of Romania
Li Peizhong, 41, of China
Steven Arthur Cromwell, 43, of Ghana
Krassimir Mitkov Angelov, 32, of Bulgaria
Ivan Gaptoniak, 46, of Ukraine
Guo Aiping, 47, of China
Zhang Minmin, 50, of China
Nir Regev, 25, of Nahariya
Zvi Bahat, 35, of Haifa
Mark Biano, 29, of Haifa
Naomi Biano, 25, of Haifa
Hana Francis, 39, of Fassuta
Sharbal Matar, 23, of Fassuta
Mutanus Karkabi, 31, of Haifa
Osama Najar, 28, of Haifa
Irena Sofrin, 38, of Kiryat Bialik
Lydia Zilberstein, 56, of Haifa
George Matar, 58, of Haifa
Ze'ev Almog, 71, of Haifa
Ruth Almog, 70, of Haifa
Moshe Almog, 43, of Haifa
Tomer Almog, 9, of Haifa
Assaf Staier, 11, of Haifa
Brurua Zer-Aviv, 59, of Kibbutz Yagur
Bezalel Zer-Aviv, 30, of Kibbutz Yagur
Keren Zer-Aviv, 29, of Kibbutz Yagur
Liran Zer-Aviv, 4, of Kibbutz Yagur
Noya Zer-Aviv, 1, of Kibbutz Yagur
Rachel Ben Abu, 16, of Tel Aviv
Nofar Horowitz, 16, of Tel Aviv
Julia Voloshin, 31, of Netanya
Anya Lifshitz, 50, of Netanya
Moshe Maor Jan, 21, of Tel Aviv
Michael Koifman, 68, of Hadera
Perahiya Makhlouf, 53, of Hadera
Sabiha Nissim, 66, of moshav Ahituv
Jamil Mohammed Ka'adan, 48, of Baqa al-Gharbiyye
Ya'akov Rahmani, 68, of Hadera
Genia Poleis, 66, of Hadera
Larissa Grishchenko, 39, of Hadera
Daniel Golani, 45, of Nahariya
Alexandra Garmitzky, 65, of Netanya
Haim Amram, 26, of Netanya
Keinan Tsuami, 20, of Petah Tikva
Elia Rosen, 38, of Bat Hefer
Philip Balhasan, 45, of Ashdod
Rozalia Beseneyi, 48, of Romania
Piroşca Boda 50, of Romania
Marcel Cohen, 73, of Nice, France
Ariel Darhi, 31, of Bat Yam
Victor Erez, 60, of Givatayim
Binyamin Haputa, 47, of Lod
David Shaulov, 29, of Holon
Lily Yunes, 43, of Oranit
Lior Anidzar, 26, of Tel Aviv
Daniel Wultz, 16, of Weston, Florida, USA
Our understanding is that the above individuals will be, as is apparently the case with Islamic Jihad member Khader Adnan, unable to pick up their daughters.
