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Source: http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9903
LA Times Ignores Israeli Victims
(Jewish Journal of Los Angeles) - Jonathan Medved Staff Sgt. Noam Apter, 23, died Friday night Dec. 27 as a hero in an attack on the Jewish settlement of Otniel. His picture was on the front page of every Israeli daily newspaper, yet his story did not appear in the Los Angeles Times. In the four days after Noam’s death, the Los Angeles Times published seven major articles totaling more than 7,000 words on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, all filled with Palestinian stories, names, and ages. 17 Palestinian "victims" (some of whom were terrorists killed in gun battles with Israeli troops) were listed by name, while not a single name or age of an Israeli victim was listed. Each Palestinian "victim" has a story - heart-rending, full of context, detail, local color, and moving quotes. The Israeli victims are just statistics, essentially without a story. Noam Apter, mortally wounded by terrorist gunfire, used his last strength to lock the door that blocked the terrorist from entering the crowded dining room. The many heroes of the current war Israel is waging against terror all have names, ages, and stories. It’s about time they were told.