I tweeted a 2014 image of one Palestinian lighting a Molotov cocktail of another’s with the snarky caption The term “Hey! Got a light?” has a completely different meaning to Palestinians.
But then it struck me that while reporters usually have lots of shots of “heroic” Palestinian youths throwing stones or using slings, you don’t often see photos of them hurling these firebombs.
Which is funny – because they do it all the time.
Shin Bet counted 216 firebomb attacks in December, 121 in February.
It sure seems like the photojournalists want to give the impression that these “youths” aren’t doing anything that could be deadly. The meme of the defiant Palestinian youth would be tarnished if he was shown with explosives.
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