Liberal Media Watch

I'm not sure how I stand on Israel's stance of killing off the Hamas leadership, simply because killing a human being is not and should not be an easy thing to contemplate or perform. I think, however, that it is easy to see the reasons why such actions are undertaken. Stefan Sharkansky links us to That Liberal Media, where it would seem that the killing of Hamas leadership might be reducing violence in Israel:

Yes, but there's nothing new about these "threats of unprecedented revenge". Every time Israel takes a shot at a Hamas leader, the media reports on Hamas's threats of "unprecedented revenge", even though there is no evidence for the bizarre implication that the liquidation of terrorists should lead to an increase in terrorism.

In fact, a numerical analysis shows that the frequency of Hamas terror fatalities has actually declined since Israel started liquidating Hamas leaders. Nevertheless, the media prefers to amplify Hamas' ineffectual threats and also accuse Israel of "fueling a cycle of violence".