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To: Machaon who wrote (6443)	5/5/2004 10:56:38 AM
From: Frederick Langford	Read Replies (4) of 6945

Official PA media Praises Murder of Pregnant Mother & Her Children 13:12 May 04, '04 / 13 Iyar 5764 (IsraelNN.com) The Voice of Palestine called the men who carried out the terrorist attack on the Kissufim Road on Sunday that left a pregnant mother and her four children dead "an act of heroic martyrdom." Dr. Michael Widlanski reports that the radio station repeatedly used the term "is tish-had" (heroic martyrdom) and "mustash-hidin" (heroic martyrs) to describe the act committed by "two youths". After reporting the attackers names the radio repeated that they were heroic martyrs. The Voice of Palestine referred to the victims of the shooting attack as "five settlers" without mentioning that the attack involved a 34-year-old pregnant women and four children, the oldest being 11, who were first shot at a distance of several yards and then finished off from point blank range. Dr. Michael Widlanski teaches at the Hebrew University's Rothberg School and is a former reporter for The New York Times, The Cox Newspapers, and The Boston Globe. He recently completed his doctorate on the political role of the Palestinian Authority mass media. Fred

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