Studies show that US coverage is Israeli-centric. The main bureaus for CNN, Associated Press, Time, etc. are located in Israel and often staffed by Israelis. The son of the NY Times bureau chief is in the Israeli army;"pundit" Jeffrey Goldberg served in the IDF; Wolf Blitzer worked for AIPAC. Because the U.S. gives Israel over $8 million/day - more than to any other nation - we feel it is essential that we be fully informed on this region. Below are news reports to augment mainstream coverage.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Palestinian Teenager Killed in Israeli Settler Shooting East of Ramallah

IMEMC - .....a Palestinian youth has been killed... by a settler living in the occupied West Bank... [A settler is an Israeli living illegally on confiscated Palestinian land.]

Al-Jazeera reported that the teenager, Aysar al-Zaben, had left his home with friends, and that when the group returned without al-Zaben, they did not mention the stone throwing.

The Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee has stated that al-Zaben was not involved in the throwing of stones at the settler, but had instead been tending to his family’s lands.

Palestinian ambulance drivers found the young man lying face down, Thursday evening, already dead. They stated that he had been shot in the back.

Also on Thursday, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Palestinian territories published their weekly report on the protection of civilians for the week, May 5-11.... at least nine incidents of violence involving Israeli settlers and Palestinian civilians, injuring five Palestinians, including three children.  Full story