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What happened to the pictures? Exhibit A, Exhibit B
Will they ever come back? Yes and no

It Must Be "Youths"day

The wire services are afloat in pictures of the stereotypical Palestinian "youths" (i.e., what are in most cases 25-year-old men who look suspiciously like "militants"), hurling stones and other random objects at Israeli police forces.

As many times as this exact picture has been taken, it's amazing that someone at the editorial desk still thinks it's news.

AP-Friendly Roundup: youths, youths, youths, youths, youths, youths, youths, youths, youths, youths, youths.
 

Dang, Why Didn't I Think of That?

...Oh yeah, I did think of it! Oh the joys of having international contacts and a team of patent lawyers on hand.

It would seem that a Dutch company has started charging money for personal messages to be spray-painted on the "controversial" Israeli separation barrier. I guess that means I won't be getting my free advertisement up there anytime soon, now that there's a premium on wall-space, huh?

A Palestinian spray-paints a graffiti message on the Palestinian side of the separation barrier near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. A Dutch group collects money over the Internet for the project — painting messages on the barrier Israel is building along the West Bank. The project aims to publicize the difficulties while raising money for social projects in the West Bank. For a euro 30 ($43) contribution, a Palestinian volunteer will paint a message on the wall — anything from a political statement to marriage proposal. However, hate messages against Israelis or Palestinians are forbidden. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)


Nuts.
 

The Religion of Peace (and guns)

Whoever said that girls are discriminated against in Islam? They seem perfectly free to me. Case in point:

A Palestinian girl holds a weapon next to militants from Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a militia linked to the ruling Fatah movement, during a rally in the Old City of the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)


What a bunch of humanitarians these guys are, eh? Continue reading »
 

Palestinian "Prisoner Day"

From the looks of the wires, it seems that the Palestinian Territories celebrated "Prisoner Day" over the past few days, organizing protests demanding the release of their "relatives," who are currently jailed in Israel for the mere crime of plotting for the death of the Jews and the destruction of the evil, Zionist, Apartheeeeeeid Israeli state.

To a "progressive" and wholly sympathetic press, this obviously doesn't arise to the horror of detention.

Perhaps I'm too much of a Neanderthal to understand the "nuance."

I can't imagine why Israel would want to imprison peace-loving people like this, other than for sullying the memory of Rambo.
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Selective Outrage Syndrome, Day OF RAGE!

A clear case of projection, if you ask me...
Rumour has it that there's a massive DAY OF ANGER!! (now where have I seen this before?) planned to protest the Israeli "destruction" of the al-Aqsa mosque. I haven't seen any photos of it yet, but considering that today is Friday, the Muslim holy day—and traditionally the day of the largest organized worldwide protests—I expect we'll be seeing quite a bit of action on the wires shortly.

Plenty of "anger" and "rage" are evident in the photographs, following the break. I ask you: Aside from "anger" and "rage," what else is there in the Muslim world?

Update: From what I can tell, there are two separate efforts underway. The primary is a large, "peaceful" protest, with plenty of flag-waving, propaganda posters, and other traditional elements of jihadi misinformation. The secondary seems to be an effort to goad the Israeli police into a firefight using "stone throwers" and other violent elements.

We shall see which side gets the greater coverage...

Previously on Snapped Shot: Selective Outrage Syndrome, Selective Outrage Syndrome, Day 2

Update: Here's the background on why all of this inflamed "protest" is genuinely fake. Thanks to LGF commenter BabbaZee for the link!

Update: In a rather interesting twist, it seems that this is a Palestinian day of RAGE, considering we haven't seen any action on the wires from Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, or any of the other usual hot spots. I'll keep an eye on the wires, of course, but I find it interesting that nothing's come across yet. Continue reading »
 

What are the odds?

What do you suppose the odds are of capturing a kidnapping on camera in the Palestinian territories? Not surprisingly, based on the media's stellar record of embedding themselves with the enemy, the odds are very good:

Armed Palestinian militants from Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades kidnap Fayyad al Arba, a local Hamas leader, center, in the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007. The Palestinian militants allied to President Mahmoud Abbas marched into a downtown bank Sunday and snatched al Arbaa in front of news crews and startled tellers, as violent confrontation between Abbas' Fatah movement and the radical Islamic Hamas spilled over from the Gaza Strip into the West Bank. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

More pictures of this farce of reporting follow the break. Continue reading »
 

Allegedly Alleged Militants

As always, when the IDF says something, it's "allegedly," yet the terrorists' words are accepted verbatim.

Israeli soldiers detain alleged Palestinian militants from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades during an operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007. Israeli troops carried out an arrest raid in Nablus early Sunday, surrounding a building and detaining at least four people, Palestinian security officials said. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)


Palestinian security officers are seen during an operation to arrest Hamas militants in the West Bank town of Jenin, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007. Three Hamas militants were arrested Sunday by Fatah-loyalist security officers as part of the violent struggle between the Hamas and the Fatah movement. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)


If a tree falls in the forest, and the press lies, would anybody notice? Continue reading »