Sunday, May 22, 2016
Elder of Ziyon
Last week I reported that Jordan had greatly reduced the number of permits that it gave to Gazans for travel through its territory.
Reuters caught up with the story four days later. But in a bizarre case of burying the lede, you cannot tell what Jordan did until you are well into reading the story.
The headline doesn't say it. The photo is not of the bridge to Jordan but the crossing to Egypt.
The first and second paragraphs imply that Israel is at fault for Abu Abdallah not being able to leave Gaza. It isn't, since Israel has let him out of Gaza many times before.
The third blames Egypt.
Finally, in the fourth paragraph, we learn what is news about this news story.
It's almost as if Reuters didn't want to say anything bad about Jordan and instead wanted to use the story as just another hook to blame Israel (and, in this case, Egypt.)
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