Friday, June 30, 2006

Hypocrisy of the world media

The global media is obsessed with Israel. In a negative way. Here is overwhelming proof. For the first time I can recall, I came across a photo via Yahoo News, of the huge concrete wall Egypt built along its border with Gaza to keep out Palestinians. Unlike Israel, who also have a defensive wall on their border with Gaza, the Egyptians are their beloved Arab brethren, who have never ever carried out or planned acts of terrorism against Egyptian civilians.

Now that I think about it, Saudi Arabia also have plans to build a 900km fence along its border with Iraq. Saudi Arabia already have a fence along their border with Yemen too !

In recent years, Israel has also constructed a security barrier along its border with the West Bank. 90% of it is chain-link fence with only 10% of it being concrete barriers. Now which wall do you think receives more criticism ? Which wall is demonised as the racist, imperialist apartheid wall ?

Try googling the words Apartheid Wall and see which tiny little democracy with maniacal Palestinian terrorists as neighbours gets mentioned every time.

Palestinians (L) are blocked by Egyptian police after Palestinian militants exploded a part of the border wall in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Palestinian militants have blown a hole in the Palestinian border wall between the Gaza