The press is reporting that the IDF is ordering evacuations from northern Gaza and that civilians will not be allowed to move back to their homes afterward ... The Guardian: Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF ... CBS: Israel expands offensive in northern Gaza with new ground operation, says civilians won't be allowed back
But that's not true.
The truth is ...
UK’s Guardian appears to muff general’s quote on return of north Gaza civilians
Contrary to a Wednesday report in The Guardian, the commander of the IDF’s 162nd Division did not say that Palestinian civilians will be prevented from returning to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip and that no humanitarian aid will be delivered there.
The British newspaper appears to have mistakenly taken a somewhat inaccurate paraphrase of comments by division commander Brig. Gen. Itzik Cohen from a report in Israel’s Kan public broadcaster, presenting it as a direct quote from the general ...
I offer this as an example of the predjudice against Israel which seems to inform most of the European and American press. They have a belief about Israel and the war, and appear more open to stories that will support that opinion. That isn't "news". The press is supposed to be impartial.
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