Why the world doesn't see Palestine's suffering - Al-Monitor

Why the world doesn't see Palestine's suffering - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East


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"To bring this issue to light, there is a need to look at the micro picture, not just the big picture. A painstaking observance of daily events in the occupied territories gives a contextual picture of why ending the occupation is the No. 1 priority of Palestinians. Here is a list of news items from Dec. 28 as reported by the official Palestinian news agency, WAFA:

Three injured as Israeli soldiers suppress peaceful protest in Beit Hanoun, north Gaza

Israeli soldiers raid Hebron school in search of two students

Israeli settler runs over 8-year-old near Hebron

Israeli bulldozers raze wheat crops near Nablus

Also on Dec. 28, another news source, Wattan TV, reported that a youth and child had been arrested in the Old City of Jerusalem. The site also reported that Israel had informed the Red Cross that it had canceled the visits of 75 family members to see their imprisoned sons.

On Dec. 26, the Israeli army had forcibly halted a nonviolent Palestinian effort to establish "Ziad Abu Ein village" on lands under threat of confiscation south of Bethlehem. Days earlier, the UN weekly report for Dec. 16-22 on the situation in the occupied territories detailed the following events:

Israeli forces kill a Palestinian man and injure 64 others across the West Bank

First Israeli airstrike in Gaza since the cease-fire in response to rocket fire

Israeli forces injure five Palestinians in access-restricted areas in Gaza

On Christmas Eve, Israel’s Jerusalem municipality announced approval for building 380 new Jewish settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem.

Major news agencies report on the big stories, but the above types of stories often appear to lack punch because of the absence of field reporting, photos and videos. The situation facing Palestinian journalists, especially cameramen and women, trying to cover events in the occupied territories reveals another problem too often underreported.



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