MembersAnalysis: How the Foreign Media Distorts Bloody Terror Attack

Continually casting the blame on Israel will soon come back to haunt the mainstream media

By Rachel Avraham | | Topics: Media
Photo: Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90

Yesterday it was reported that two Palestinian terrorists were arrested after the terror attack last Thursday in Homesh which slaughtered 25-year-old Yehuda Dimentman and injured two other yeshiva students. Normally, if terrorists attack young people as they leave a holy place, the international media condemns it.

For example, when the Los Angeles Times covered the Charleston Church shooting, which killed 26 people including children, nobody posted any justification for the shooting. The same was true when USA Today, CBS News and other mainstream media outlets covered the Charleston Church shooting. However, the yeshiva students who were attacked on their way out of Homesh did not receive the same treatment, as the international media coverage of this terror attack was more sympathetic towards the terrorists.

 

France 24

In their article, France 24 did note that “an Israeli religious student was killed and two others were injured when their car came under fire” with “more than 10 rounds” of bullets. They...

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