israel remains sacrosanct in all coverage by 'our free press' and 'our' government. here is some information centered on that which reveals much you may not be aware of;

As Israel – recipient of billions in US taxpayer dollars a year – continues killing, wounding, and imprisoning Palestinians of all ages, and demolishing their homes, AP’s Morning Wire failed to report any of it.

by Kathryn Shihadah

The Associated Press is one of the most important news sources in the world. It’s the oldest and largest news wire in the U.S. and plays a major role in informing Americans about the world. It is therefore disturbing that its coverage of the Israel-Palestine issue is consistently problematic.

Recent case in point: an examination of its daily list of the top stories over the past two weeks reveals that AP failed to include a single report on any of the numerous human rights violations committed by Israel, the country that receives more US tax money than any other.

In the past two weeks, Israeli forces invaded Palestinian towns at least twelve times, killed six Palestinian civilians – including a 15-year-old who was shot in the head, and a newlywed; the remains of at least one of the Palestinians were seized by Israeli soldiers.

Other newsworthy events include:

• major protests in many locations in the West Bank and Gaza – resulting in hundreds of Palestinian injuries and one known Israeli injury
• the abduction or detention of over 100 Palestinians (as well as several international peace activists)
• many Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and Israeli Navy attacks on Gazan fishermen
• dozens of home invasions by the Israeli military............read more.........