What little we've seen of the raid is almost entirely worthless. There are hours worth of footage from multiple cameras and Israel has only released a couple of images that, unsurprisingly, paint them in the best possible light. (Unlike, for example, the American kid who was shot several times in the chest and head at close range.) It's beyond editing, it's propaganda.
You realize that the Turks are the one who both took and published these photos, yes? Of course each country chooses to present the material which paints it in a positive light, that's what makes photos from the other side which back up your story all the more valuable.
Even if you don't buy the Israeli version completely, the photos at least show that initial coverage of the story was distorted. This was my main point - that stories in the Middle East (or in any war-torn area, I imagine) are far more complex than what is presented in the media, and unless you're willing to do the research, your opinions just can't be well founded. Sadly, most of the posters on Solo don't seem to get this.
However, that isn’t what they’re doing.
Hamas does recognize Israel, and has expressed a desire for a peaceful, two-state solution along the lines of the ’67 parameters.
So has Israel. Also, you can't seriously be suggesting that what's written in their charter doesn't count? If they're so interested in a peaceful solution, why won't they change the charter, which repeatedly says the opposite? Isn't that, like, the first step?
They were abiding by the cease-fire until Israel invaded and started killing people, which was followed by the bloodbath they perpetrated in Gaza where the casualty ratios exceeded 100-to-one. That’s not in any way proportionate.
Again, very complex issue, which you're trying to turn into black and white. The invasion, which I agree was very tragic and disproportionate, was the result of 7 years of rockets on the south of Israel, from the very same places which were evacuated by Israel in an attempt for peace.
Also, you’re claims about misleading stories in the media would be perfectly sound if you you were arguing from the opposite side. The US media is overwhelmingly, and completely biased in favor of Israel. It’s laughable. Even the suggestion that the Israeli government may have stepped over the line is often sufficient enough to initiate charges of anti-semitism. What’s really interesting is it seems to be even more radical in the US than in Israel. If some of the stuff that gets published in Haaretz got published in a mainstream American newspaper heads would roll.
I'm going to have to take your word for it (if other networks are like Fox News, which I have seen, I would agree). However, as Moz fans know, America is not the world, and I am very very concerned with the one sided image of the events in the European press. Why can't journalists just do their job properly?