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Reuters blames Israel for plight of Gaza Christians, ignores persecution of Christians by Hamas DEC 21, 2020 5:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER Have you ever wondered why the bias of all establishment media organizations goes in one direction only? Here is yet more evidence that these are not news organizations, but propaganda outfits for the anti-Western, anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Christian Left. And then fake “fact check” organizations such as NewsGuard clean up after them by defaming and smearing outlets that tell the truths they cover up. “Reuters Blames Israel for Plight of Gaza Christians, Ignores Hamas Persecution,” by Gidon Ben-zvi, Algemeiner, December 17, 2020: A December 10 Reuters piece written by Nidal al-Mughrabi rightly draws attention to the plight of Christians in the Gaza Strip. Yet the writer comes down with a case of selective amnesia, neglecting to note the history of persecution of this tiny minority by Gaza’s rulers. In the article, Israel’s blockade of the Strip — imposed to repel incessant attempts by the Hamas terrorist group to attack the Jewish state — is assigned a disproportionate amount of the blame for the precarious state of the Palestinian enclave’s Christians. Specifically, Israel is singled out as a key reason for the Christian flight from Gaza: Its Christian population has declined by two-thirds over the past 15 years, a wave of emigration fueled by economic struggles and a desire to escape fighting between militant groups and Israel. The mass exodus is indeed the result of people wanting to get out of harm’s way. However, Reuters omits the primary cause of their misfortune: It is Hamas violence against the Christian residents of Gaza, not Israel’s ongoing battle against the terrorist organization. The piece, “ Gaza jeweler struggles to sell Christmas gold,” notes that Christian Palestinians: …are feeling the economic sting of the health crisis and lockdowns. The pandemic has deepened economic hardship in Gaza, which is run by Islamist group Hamas and is under blockade by Israel. Egypt also imposes border restrictions, citing, as does Israel, security concerns. What goes unmentioned is the systematic persecution by Hamas. There were approximately 5,000 Christians living in the Gaza Strip in 2005, the year that Israel unilaterally dismantled 21 Israeli settlements, evacuated some 9,000 Jewish residents, and pulled its army out of the enclave. In 2007, Hamas violently took over the Gaza Strip, which it has ruled as the de facto Islamist authority ever since. For Hamas, Islam is not only a religion that guides its organizational aims, but also a source of law (sharia) to be imposed on all Gazans. Long before COVID-19 and the blockades, Hamas-affiliated groups like Swords of Righteousness and the Army of Islam were targeting Gazan Christians with forced conversions, discrimination in schools, attacks on businesses, and martyrdom. Today, there are reportedly only 1,000 Christians in Gaza….