8/26/2002 extra: Palestinian youth
 

LGF reports that the Palestinian Journalists Union has put up a new rule for journalists in their region: it is now prohibited to take any pictures of Palestinian children carrying weapons or taking part in activities by militant groups. The blue text is from an Israeli newspaper:

Tawfik Abu Khousa, deputy chairman of the syndicate, said such pictures harmed the image of the Palestinian people and the credibility of Palestinian journalists.

"We have decided to forbid taking any footage of armed children, because we consider that as a clear violation of the rights of children and for negative effects these pictures have on the Palestinian people," he said.

In the statement issued by the syndicate it said footage of armed served "the interests of Israel and its propaganda against the Palestinian people."

Reporters were also banned from photographing masked men.

For a while I was posting any image of kids with guns that I found, but there were too many and it no longer made sense. Well now it does.

http://cellar.org/2002/palyouth.jpg

This demonstration was organized by Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, in support of Saddam Hussein.

UT, are you protecting your sources?

That one was taken before the ban. I would credit it but I don't remember where I got it. Probably also from that LGF.

I was asking about the source of the quote, rather than the credit for the photographer.

It's all mapped out at the link I provided.

UT was also kind enough to provide some of his own words. Thanks, UT!

Hunh?

Oh, now I get it Nic... no, referring to the text below the photo, I don't have the details.

You know.. you put the story in your own words.

ummm ... made it up. ;)

I read it on the IDF website.
 

I found a source for UT's explanation of the demonstration.

Thanks man. I found my source for the pic which was also LGF:

http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=3773

But they didn't list their own source.

I don't know whether it's true or not that this was organized by Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, or that it was in support of Saddam Hussein. It might be true. It might be propaganda.

Call me a cynic, but I just don't believe everything I read from the LGF or the IDF. I don't believe everything any government agency says. Weblogs do tend to be a bit more accurate, though.

Debateable. Look at slashdot ;) Read the comments on the site too, somehow i don't think its the most unbiased source of infomation.

http://www.a-human-right.com/RKBA/s_basics.jpg
How cute! Matching guns.
I thought kids wielding automatic weapons was a human right?
unless its overseas, in which case its child abuse.

OMG, Slashdot has just gotten terrible! One headline today reads: "Is Red Hat the Microsoft of Linux?" I feel dirty every time I go there.