"GUARDIAN" OF ANTI-SEMITISM

For years, The Guardian (of London) has refused to describe Palestinian suicide attacks as “terror.” Now the UK paper has finally discovered “terror,” but its “Jewish terror,” which The Guardian trumpets in this headline: Israel fears Jewish terror

While Israel is debating the possibility of using administrative detention against certain government opponents, no Israelis have resorted to terrorism to fight the disengagement plan. Like its fellow British daily, The Independent, The Guardian apparently isn’t objecting to the term “terrorism” per se — only the use of it when the victims are American or Israeli. Why only now does The Guardian use the “t-word?”

Is the Guardian's bias a surprise. No. An editorial cartoon by Steve Bell in the paper spins the Sharm summit ― the most peaceful moment of the past four years ― as some sort of Israeli force-play against the Palestinians:



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