Washington Post reporters embedded with Islamic Jihad ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Monday, December 23, 2024

Washington Post reporters embedded with Islamic Jihad

Here is the beginning of a Washington Post article about the fighting between the Palestinian Authority and terrorists in Jenin.

JENIN, West Bank — The black-clad militants of Jenin refugee camp raced through sewage-filled alleyways to dodge gunfire echoing all around. “Quickly,” a Palestinian fighter urged as they weaved through a network of armed patrols and improvised barricades. “Watch out,” another warned at a juncture where an improvised explosive was being set.

The action witnessed by Washington Post reporters on Monday could have been the response to an Israeli military raid on this northern West Bank city, the epicenter of a new generation of Palestinian militancy.

But for the past two weeks, the militants of Jenin have been locked in a rare, open battle with an internal foe: the Palestinian Authority.

There is no way that reporters would go into an area with bullets flying and terrorists planting IEDs without being actively protected by those terrorists. Which means that the terrorists trust them not to say anything negative and not to reveal anything about them that could compromise their security.

And indeed the reporters - apparently Sufian Taha and Heidi Levine - show sympathy towards the terrorists as defenders of the city and of "Palestine."

Militants and camp residents gathered at the other end. Women, many dressed conservatively in black, and cheering children waved Palestinian flags. They wore face masks. The sting of tear gas lingered.

“We hope that the security forces leave the camp, because it’s forbidden to shed blood,” said Kifah Al Amouri. Both her children were fighters, she said; one was killed by Israel soldiers.

The militants, she said, were “defending their country.”

Allowing supporters of a vicious terror group to say that "it's forbidden to shed blood" without pointing out the hundreds of Israelis murdered by that group's bombs, guns and knives is not reporting. It is pandering to be able to keep access for the next story.

(h/t Avi)