WiseWords: “I Shot A Rocket Back”

I’m sure most you have seen or heard of the recent escalation in violence in Gaza and the news seems to be representing it all in a pretty biased way. A perfect example was a BBC News article I read where the main headline stating 3 Israelis dead due to rocket fire form Gaza however on the same day 13 Palestinians died from air strikes and this was noted later in the article. Is this the BBC telling us it deems an Israeli life more than a Palestinian one?

The main line coming from Israels propaganda machine is “Israel has a right to defend itself from rockets”, which is understandable IF Palestinians were provoking Israel with no basis however as the picture above states this is clearly not the case. When you back a nation into a corner you cannot be surprised when they fight back…