In Israel’s death struggle with Hamas, we have seen the organs of the mainstream press emerge as instruments and mouthpieces of genocidal terrorists. This week the Associated Press delivered another classic installment of Sympathy for the Devil in “Survivors of Israel’s pager attack on Hezbollah struggle to recover,” by Bassem Mroue and Sarah El Deeb. Would that the perceptive Mr. Jagger could add a verse to the song in honor of the AP’s work.
In lieu of a word from Mick, the editors of the New York Post have taken note in “The AP’s sympathy for Hezbollah terrorists could’ve been a Babylon Bee parody.” The Washington Free Beacon’s Andrew Stiles does what mockery can do in “AP Writes Puff Piece on Hezbollah ‘Victims’ of Israeli Pager Attack.” Subhead: “Media outlet laments suffering of terrorists whose athletic careers were derailed by Jews.”
Stiles heartlessly observes:
Readers are apparently expected to have a sympathetic reaction toward “victims” such as Mahdi Sheri, a 23-year-old Hezbollah terrorist who was preparing to deploy to the Israel border and fire rockets at civilians. His beeper went off, and he went to check for updates from his terrorist bosses. He lost one eye in the explosion, and eventually went blind in his other eye. The terrorist laments that he “can no longer play football.” He’s depressed because his injuries have made it “impossible now to find a role alongside Hezbollah fighters.” Tough break, dude.
Stiles concludes:
The story presents a compelling case for not joining a terrorist organization and exposing one’s family to injury and hardship. But the AP was exclusively focused on the “suffering” caused by Israel. Regrettably, the outlet could not find any terrorists who suffered “injuries to their crotch areas” during the pager attack. There were many such cases, according to reports, and they deserve to tell their stories.”
The Free Beacon helpfully supplied the illustration below.
