The article starts out with the usually dribble that Israel is defending itself against Hamas rocket attacks. It does not point out that Israel renigged on it's ceasefire agreement by blockading Gaza, and assassinating members of Hamas. The article also refers to Hamas as militant, never mentioning that Hamas became an official political organization by winning legitimate elections. The article does point out that despite Israel's claim of asking civilians to leave, there is no where for Gazan's to go. The article also points out that this is why UN facilities in Gaza have turned into refugee camps, those facilities, and "...the street...", are the only place for Palestinians to go. And that keeps them in the line of fire. The ... More »

The article starts out with the attack on the UN food compound, than moves on to the now seemingly required claim that Israel is defending itself (never mind that Israel drew First Blood with the blockade), then finally gets on with the details of what happened at the UN food compound. In passing the end of the article mentions that Israelis struck near yet another UN school. I recommend this story as an example of sly, biased reporting.

This is actually a commentary on other people's reaction to another writer's article on Hamas.

Interview with a qualified authority (University Professor & Israeli military veteran). Factual documented information presented. The Professor/veteran even uses Israeli government stats to prove wrong Israel's claim that Hamas violated the ceasfire agreement. The Professor/veteran also points out that Israel violated the ceasefire agreement once Hamas came to power in Gaza, again, using factual/documented information. The use of blockade tactics is considered an act of war under international, and U.S., law.

It is quality in that the writer is letting the subjects do the Op Ed. Also, the writer tries to balance the issue of Arabs being upset with their respective governments by quoting Arabs that support their governments. The quality of the journalism is diminished because quoting internet blogs is not real 'journalism', but simply 'reporting' what has already been published.

What is presented are facts about who attended rally and quotes of what was said at the rally. The opinions in the story were expressed by the subjects and not the writer. Writer attempted to show that not all Jews are like those that attended the rally by quoting a Jewish Holocaust survivor.