Barcelona Fan Attacks Israeli Soldiers
Somebody needs to tell the editors of the Palestinian newspaper Al Quds to stay on message.
International human rights organizations routinely condemn Israel for imprisoning Palestinian “children” for rock throwing. And Palestinian protests are regularly described as “peaceful.”
The Dec. 24, 2011 issue of Al Quds undermines these messages quite badly. In the photo displayed above a Palestinian “youth” wearing a shirt with the UNICEF logo is shown launching a rock with a sling. The caption to the photo reads as follows: ““Nabi Salih – A youth hurls stones toward Israeli soldiers during the weekly demonstration against settlements yesterday in the village. Picture from A.F.P.”
(Snapshots would like to thank one if its readers, who shall remain anonymous, for alerting us to this image and for providing the translation of the caption.)
Update: One of our commenters alerts us to the fact that the jersey being worn by the Palestinian attacker is that of a soccer team from Barcelona. The UNICEF logo is part of a sponsorship agreement used to raise funds to help people affected by HIV/AIDS in Swaziland. The main text incorrectly referred to the shirt in question as a “UNICEF shirt” and the caption previously incorrectly suggested that the shirt worn by the the stone-throwing “youth” was paid for by donations collected by Halloween trick-or-treaters in the U.S.
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