By June 2007, an estimated 616 Palestinians had been killed in the factional battles, prompting PA president Mahmoud Abbas to lament that the threat that Palestinians posed to themselves exceeded the “danger of occupation” by Israel. That reality, however, was of little interest to most media, which chose instead to dwell on those subjects – such as the impact of Israel’s economic blockade on Gaza’s “strawberry farmers” – that accorded with their conception of the Jewish state as the true aggressor in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=61CDF0F5-1D10-4E6F-8289-A0E91EF4F5D5
See also: Hamas Exploitation of Civilians as Human Shields
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