Christiane "Free Palestine" Amanpour

Granddaddy Long Legs ^

[cchandler]

CNN's Chritiane Amanpour has written another news piece that further affixes the label of liberally biased" to the mainstream media. It is titled, From terrorism to trash collection, and it is a puff piece about Hamas that is better suited for broadcast by the pro-palestinian BBC.

On second thought, CNN did black out Saddam Hussein's atrocities for a decade, so maybe this propaganda is apt at the network.

Here it is:

You would think that after more than 50 years of one of the most intimately chronicled conflicts in human history -- Israelis vs. Palestinians -- there would be nothing new to say, no surprises. You would be wrong.

(snip)

Each time I go to the Palestinian territory of Gaza, I am shocked by the reality on the ground. On a recent visit, I passed through a short tunnel from the First World in Israel and emerged into the Third World that is Gaza. The poverty there is among the worst in the world.

Hamas officials told me they did not expect to win the election as overwhelmingly as they did. They say their main priority now is to meet the demands of the people for a better life.

But that may be impossible, because Israel and the United States refuse to deal with Hamas and have already cut funding to the new Palestinian government."

[cchandler]

She's such a nut job.

[Always Right]

Too bad Lucia Newman already beat her out of the Al-Jazeera opening.

[San Jacinto]

I passed through a short tunnel from the First World in Israel and emerged into the Third World that is Gaza. The poverty there is among the worst in the world.

That's because it's just another muslim hell-hole, dear.

[dhs12345]

"...The poverty there is among the worst in the world."

And whose fault is this? Israel?

So, lets see if I understand this correctly -- Israel should give money to people who wish to kill them.

Also, where did all of aid $ go?

[cchandler]

The US has historically given 350+ million dollars to the palestinian authority annually. That's more than all of Europe combined. It amounts to more than 1/3 of all the foreign aid they receive.

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

But what makes me mad is the way journalists so often blame America/Israel for their poverty, despite blaming the palestinian government?

[Visalia]

They say their main priority now is to meet the demands of the people for a better life.

As long as it means they REALLY DON"T have to give up jihad against Israelis.

[finnman69]

There would have been no need to wall themselves off if the Palestinian did not murder innocent civilians.