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Beirut/Jenin

(via SerAndEz, KesherTalk, Yourish ) Vital Perspectives presents a map showing the destruction that Israel has caused in Beirut. If this map is accurate it further suggests that many in the media are simply doing Hezbollah's bidding and not just innocently reporting the news.

But if this seems familiar, it should. Do you remember the Jenin refugee camp in April 2002? There were many claims about how much destruction Israeli rained down on the refugee camp. (Not just the specious charges of killing children.) Except when you saw the the IDF's aerial photographs of the area, you realize that Israel targeted only a small portion of the camp.

(I found an organization that's critical of Israel called Global Security that claims that the Israeli estimation of the combat zone in Jenin was low and it was actually four times the size of the initial Israeli claims. But even Global Security claims that this represents only 6 percent of the Jenin refugee camp.)

Exaggeration is a tool of Israeli's enemies. And there are too many "responsible" parties who are all too willing to ply this tool against Israel.

Technorati tags: Beirut, Jenin, Propaganda, Media Bias.

Crossposted on Israpundit and Soccer Dad.

Crossposted on Israpundit and Soccer Dad.