NYT CALLS TERRORISTS "VICTIMS"

Palestinian Terrorists "Victims" of Israeli Attacks (TimesWatch.org)
A Saturday story from Jerusalem by former Middle East bureau reporter and veteran reporter John Kifner shows how neatly he fits with the paper’s current stable of pro-Palestinian reporters, portraying an Israeli general as “bellicose” in “Top Generals In Israel Warn Gaza Invasion Is Possible.”

“Israeli generals threatened Friday to re-invade the Gaza Strip if Palestinian rocket attacks continued, keeping up a war of words and weapons even as Jews, Muslims and Christians celebrated their holy days. ‘I do not rule out ground operations if requested by the southern command of Israel’ the army deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinski, told the nation's biggest selling daily, Yediot Aharonot, in one of a spate of bellicose interviews in weekend newspapers. ‘If the time comes, we will launch them.’ As thousands of Palestinians rallied after Friday Prayer to protest Israeli shelling and the cutoff of international aid, the new Hamas leadership was no less adamant.”

Kifner also describes potential Palestinian terrorists as “victims” of Israeli attacks:

“In the past week, 18 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli tank and artillery attacks. The latest victims were two gunmen from Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade who were killed on Thursday as they tried to get through a fence. On Thursday and Friday, Israeli troops, with armored bulldozers, ventured several dozen yards inside Gaza searching for explosives.”