More tragic news from Israel/Palestine as four people have died in the past 24 hours.
This story has been picked up by the US media, despite the fact that no Israelis were killed.
CNN.com's headline right now doesn't directly attribute Palestinian deaths to the Israelis: "Palestinians Killed in Israeli Operation." Two young men were killed in the raid, of which both sides naturally have differing accounts. The Palestinians might call this a breach of Israel's cease fire, but Israel insists that it was only acting in self-defense. Later, in apparent retaliation, Palestinians fired homemade rockets at an Israeli town near the Gaza border, hitting a few buildings, but causing no injuries. Then, a rocket fired at one of the Israeli-only Gaza settlements hit a greenhouse, killing two agricultural workers, one Palestinian and one Chinese. The New York Times Online has more details in its story, headlined "Israeli and Palestinian Attacks Signal Fraying Cease-Fire."
UPDATE: 2:00PM Turns out that it's worse than we thought -- six people have died in this renewed violence, five Palestinians and one Chinese man. The flare-up has ignited fears that violence may sprial further out of control, removing what little remains of the cease-fire declared earlier this year.
Neither of the front-page headlines directly attribute Palestinian deaths to Israeli actions. We're keeping track of how often the media attributes blame in its headlines to either side. Our tally remains unchanged -- 3 times we have seen headlines attributing palestinian deaths to Israelis, and twice we have seen Israeli deaths attributed to Palestinians.
No photo means that our photo tallies remain unchanged.
Click here for more information on this project.
This story has been picked up by the US media, despite the fact that no Israelis were killed.
CNN.com's headline right now doesn't directly attribute Palestinian deaths to the Israelis: "Palestinians Killed in Israeli Operation." Two young men were killed in the raid, of which both sides naturally have differing accounts. The Palestinians might call this a breach of Israel's cease fire, but Israel insists that it was only acting in self-defense. Later, in apparent retaliation, Palestinians fired homemade rockets at an Israeli town near the Gaza border, hitting a few buildings, but causing no injuries. Then, a rocket fired at one of the Israeli-only Gaza settlements hit a greenhouse, killing two agricultural workers, one Palestinian and one Chinese. The New York Times Online has more details in its story, headlined "Israeli and Palestinian Attacks Signal Fraying Cease-Fire."
UPDATE: 2:00PM Turns out that it's worse than we thought -- six people have died in this renewed violence, five Palestinians and one Chinese man. The flare-up has ignited fears that violence may sprial further out of control, removing what little remains of the cease-fire declared earlier this year.
Neither of the front-page headlines directly attribute Palestinian deaths to Israeli actions. We're keeping track of how often the media attributes blame in its headlines to either side. Our tally remains unchanged -- 3 times we have seen headlines attributing palestinian deaths to Israelis, and twice we have seen Israeli deaths attributed to Palestinians.
No photo means that our photo tallies remain unchanged.
Click here for more information on this project.
dammit erik, this thing keeps gettting more confusing all the time. if this is part 21, why does the tally consist of 3 to 2 in favor of palestinian deaths attributed to israelis. what's the photo tally. according to your description, there is talk of a first number and a second number, and talk of the photo tally. am i correct in assuming that 16 of the headlines attributed deaths to neither israelis nor palestinians? and what about the photo tally. also, we're nearing the halfway point of the project and so far, the american media seems to be pretty fair in attributing deaths with both sides in a virtual tie. any prelimary thoughts on your findings so far?