The Independent’s new Mid-East correspondent Bel Trew penned a backgrounder on the ‘Gaza-Israel conflict’ that’s full of distortions.
Here are some of the highlights from the July 27th article.
Trew asks: “Why has there been an upsurge in violence”, to which she explains:
“At the heart of the latest escalation is 16 weeks of Palestinian protests that have taken place at the border fence between Gaza and Israel”.
However, what’s been occurring at the border each week since March 31st can not accurately be characterised as merely “protests”. Rather, the Great Return March has, since the beginning, included violent riots and terror attacks by Palestinians (including Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists) who brought guns, pipe bombs, machetes and various incendiary devices. Their goal was to breach the security fence, sneak into Israeli communities and murder civilians.
On April 6, Hamas leader Yihya Sinwar appeared in one of the tents near the border and…
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