Monday, July 13, 2009

The wicked Zionists "destroyed" a Gaza hospital! Just one little detail: it, uh, never existed

Palestinian media manipulation and demonization of Israel update: "Israel ‘Destroyed’ Gaza Hospital that Never Existed," by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Israel National News, July 13 (thanks to Sr. Soph):

Another anti-Israeli campaign, this time charging that the IDF destroyed a Christian hospital in Gaza earlier this year, has gone up in smoke following an investigation by the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA). One question remains: what was supposed to happen with the $1.67 million raised for “rebuilding” the hospital?

Several months ago a fundraising campaign was conducted in Greece, with a star-studded telethon for the hospitals that Israel allegedly “destroyed with their bombs” during the Operation Cast Lead counterterrorist campaign from last December through mid-January.

The JTA revealed that the supposed hospital was not on United Nations and Red Crescent Society lists of damaged structures. Officials of non-government groups (NGOs) in Gaza told the American Jewish news network that only one Christian hospital was used during the campaign and that it did not sustain any damage....

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