Ha’aretz Keeps a Secret
News organizations across the world — with a glaring exception — are reporting a key detail about today’s shooting in Jerusalem:
“A Palestinian man grabbed a pistol from an Israeli security guard in Jerusalem’s Old City and shot him on Friday, but was shot dead by another guard as he tried to flee, Israeli police said.” – Associated Press
“Jerusalem police chief Aaron Franco said the Palestinian seized a pistol of one of the men not far from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the walled Old City…” – Agence France Press
“An Israeli guard shot dead Friday a Palestinian man who had taken a gun from another guard in a shootout in a rare incident of violence in Jerusalem’s old city quarter.” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur
“A security guard shot and killed an Arab attacker in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday after the man shot and moderately wounded another security guard, police said.” – Jerusalem Post
“A security guard at the Ateret Kohanim yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem shot and killed a Palestinian man who snatched the weapon of another guard and used it to wound him.” – YNETnews.com
Even hours after the attack, however, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz still apparently hasn’t figured out the nationality of the assailant — obviously a relevant fact in the context of the region’s ethnic and nationalistic fighting.
The Ha’aretz report (as of noon eastern time) mentions discusses “the assailant,” “the attacker,” and “the man,” but seems to have missed a fact the rest of the media noted: This was an incident of anti-Jewish violence by Palestinian Arabs.
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