http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/629/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-celebrates-murdered-pro-hamas-activist-front-page-almost-ignores-young-hamas-victim <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;For Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian pro-Palestinian activist who friends said fought peacefully for justice, the end was as violent as it was incongruous....Mr. Arrigoni had dedicated his life to people he saw as oppressed, beginning his work as an activist right out of college and in recent years writing a blog and a book from Gaza. He was well known in Gaza City for his willingness to take chances to help make his case for the Palestinians.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> After relegating to <a target="" href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E3D6153EF930A25750C0A9679D8B63&scp=3&sq=itamar&st=nyt">page A16</a> the stabbing slaughter of five members of a family of Israeli settlers on March 12 at the hands of Palestinians, the Times mustered front-page sympathy for Vittorio Arrigoni, a pro-Palestinian activist murdered in Gaza by a fringe Islamic group.<p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-celebrates-murdered-pro-hamas-activist-front-page-almost-ignores-young-hamas-victim" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch DoubleStandards FaresAkram IsabelKershner Israel liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias Terrorism TimesWatch VittorioArrigoni Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:58:00 +0000 admin 267 at http://archive2.mrc.org