Posted by John Hilley
on November 3, 2009, 5:04 pm
The BBC keeping, so it would have us believe, to a stricly impartial "it said" line. But note the obvious 'consequential' implication between sentence one and two.
"Israel launched a devastating assault on Gaza in December and January aimed, it said, at stopping rocket fire by Palestinian militants. Rocket fire since the assault has diminished dramatically."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8340096.stm
No other explanation need be assumed, other than that Israel did act in self-defence and has been justified in its actions.
Where, one doesn't bother to wonder, is the promised application of this:
"The Goldstone report concluded that Israeli operations "were carefully planned in all their phases as a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population". We’ve reported this widely and will be part of our characterisation of the war in the future."
http://medialens.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10392#10392
John
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