Moore Chokes on Israeli Court Ruling - Misses Legality of Fence

Israeli Supreme Court asserts that Israeli law requires "balance between security and humanitarian considerations"....doesn't Post's reporting require balance?

In 23 paragraphs Post's Moore devotes about 17 to providing the harshest view to today's Israeli Supreme Court ruling...that portions of the fence harm local Palestinians, while she misses its deeper significance.......that the Court rules in favor of Israel's security requirements. Court rules in favor of both the legality of building the security barrier in the administered territories and for the judgment of the IDF about Israel's security needs.

Moore only barely notes that the ruling is against the erection of the fence along a small portion of the route proposed by the IDF.

Compare the JPost and Haartz articles on the Court rulings to see Moore's chokehold on balanced reporting.

Israeli Court Orders Changes in Barrier
Route Through West Bank Found to Violate Palestinians' Rights

By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, July 1, 2004; Page A01

JERUSALEM, June 30 -- The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a contentious section of the barrier being built by Israel in the West Bank violates the rights of thousands of Palestinian residents by separating them from their farmland in "a veritable chokehold, which will severely stifle daily life."

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