The ADC has expressed its disappointment with news.com.au for a misleading headline that appeared yesterday regarding a shooting by Israeli police of a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed three Israelis, including a policeman. The headline featured on the news.com.au was, “Israeli police kill Palestinian.”
Dr Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the ADC issued the following statement:
“I am disappointed by this irresponsible headline which will be easily misinterpreted by readers and which does a tremendous disservice to the truth. The misleading headline turns the Palestinian terrorist into the victim and the Israeli police officers who were defending themselves from the attempted murderer into stone cold killers. This is a distortion of the facts that is detached from reality. Why can’t news.com.au label the attacker as a terrorist, when there is no hesitation to do so when it happens in another country? Needless to say, we call on news.com.au to change the headline and to ensure that in the future its headlines do not display such inaccuracy and shortcomings.”
For further information please contact Dr Dvir Abramovich on 9272 5677.