Monday, September 04, 2006

PALESTINIAN TEACHERS STRIKE HURTS BOY

A nice Associated Press headline for a story about your typical union dispute on the West Bank -

PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' STRIKE HURTS BOY

The story is even more interesting than the headline.

It's all about these masked militants who shot and wounded a 12-year-old boy during a politically charged Palestinian teachers' strike but there are wider-reaching political issues at play.

I'm fascinated at the way the AP editors phrased the headline. It's almost as if there's a total ban over there on any headline that might suggest that Palestinians are capable of violently harming their own let alone anyone else!

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