How Israeli media obscures Palestinian humanity | +972 Magazine
Why does the Israeli media insist on portraying the West Bank as the
Wild West, and its Palestinian inhabitants as savage stone-throwers?
A
Jewish settler from the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Yair chases a
flock of sheep and threatens their Palestinian shepherds from Gwawis. He
is holding an M16 rifle, issued to him by the Israeli army, as part of
his paid job as a security coordinator. The law states that he is not
allowed to take any action outside the settlement’s borders, September
18, 2012. (photo: Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)
