On Site Report versus Media Reports - Media Bias of the Israeli Protest March
- - - - by Akiva
Via WorldNetDaily (click here for original)...
Tired officers rest as protesters march on - (WND photo)
Numbers:
Earlier this evening, tens of thousands streamed into Nativot, a town about 20 miles south of Gaza, holding a massive rally that completely filled a dirt field police estimate could hold about 40,000 people. A second adjacent field that could hold about 30,000 was nearly filled and a line of protesters could be seen walking to the rally from a quarter mile away.
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The Israeli media also reported the number at today's rally to be 40,000, but that estimate was taken before many reached the area.
Agreement to Move On? I Think Not:
The marchers encountered heavy roadblocks forcing them off the road onto empty fields, where they were greeted by a massive force of about 10,000 Israeli soldiers and police officers.
The security forces formed a human chain that blocked the marchers into a large area on the field.
Undeterred, the protesters sang songs, danced and chanted anti-withdrawal slogans. Some formed circles on the dirt field and played guitars and banjos they had brought.
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After about an hour and a half, the crowd started chanting slogans louder and louder. The section at the front counted down from three, then charged through the human barrier the officers had formed, breaking free and running into the fields.
Police commanders charged through the field in vehicles, yelling on loudspeakers for officers to head the marchers off further on the fields before the protesters reached nearby Highway 25.
But the officers were powerless, unable to stop the slew of marchers who made it to the road after running across a section on the side of the field full of long weeds and thorns.
Singing victory songs, the marchers walked along the road and waved "goodbye" to the police officers, many of whom were quickly bussed from the scene.
False Media Reports?
Several Israeli media outlets reported a deal had been struck that allowed the marchers to reach their resting area on condition they don't march to Gush Katif.
A senior leader of the Yesha Council, which organizes the march, told WND, "That is utter rubbish. The cameras recorded what happened. The police were overwhelmed. They were defeated. That's the only reason we continued. Our spirits are high and cannot be deterred. We will march on to our besieged brothers in Gush Katif."
The leader said the number of marchers would have been higher if police had not stopped protest vehicles reaching the area.
Police established roadblocks in several places in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to halt protesters before they neared the march's start-point.
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Tired officers rest as protesters march on - (WND photo)
Numbers:
Earlier this evening, tens of thousands streamed into Nativot, a town about 20 miles south of Gaza, holding a massive rally that completely filled a dirt field police estimate could hold about 40,000 people. A second adjacent field that could hold about 30,000 was nearly filled and a line of protesters could be seen walking to the rally from a quarter mile away.
...
The Israeli media also reported the number at today's rally to be 40,000, but that estimate was taken before many reached the area.
Agreement to Move On? I Think Not:
The marchers encountered heavy roadblocks forcing them off the road onto empty fields, where they were greeted by a massive force of about 10,000 Israeli soldiers and police officers.
The security forces formed a human chain that blocked the marchers into a large area on the field.
Undeterred, the protesters sang songs, danced and chanted anti-withdrawal slogans. Some formed circles on the dirt field and played guitars and banjos they had brought.
...
After about an hour and a half, the crowd started chanting slogans louder and louder. The section at the front counted down from three, then charged through the human barrier the officers had formed, breaking free and running into the fields.
Police commanders charged through the field in vehicles, yelling on loudspeakers for officers to head the marchers off further on the fields before the protesters reached nearby Highway 25.
But the officers were powerless, unable to stop the slew of marchers who made it to the road after running across a section on the side of the field full of long weeds and thorns.
Singing victory songs, the marchers walked along the road and waved "goodbye" to the police officers, many of whom were quickly bussed from the scene.
False Media Reports?
Several Israeli media outlets reported a deal had been struck that allowed the marchers to reach their resting area on condition they don't march to Gush Katif.
A senior leader of the Yesha Council, which organizes the march, told WND, "That is utter rubbish. The cameras recorded what happened. The police were overwhelmed. They were defeated. That's the only reason we continued. Our spirits are high and cannot be deterred. We will march on to our besieged brothers in Gush Katif."
The leader said the number of marchers would have been higher if police had not stopped protest vehicles reaching the area.
Police established roadblocks in several places in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to halt protesters before they neared the march's start-point.
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