The State of Israel has issued the following talking points which addresses the current situation, in particular, the terrorist attack on the French Hill. Feel free to pass these statements to those who you feel should read it. In addition, your comments, as always are most welcome.

A woman wounded when an Israeli public bus came under fire from a gunman, is brought to an

2. The terrorist attack in French Hill could have been prevented, if Arafat had fulfilled his obligations to arrest terrorists and end incitement. He has failed to carry out these obligations and, in the process, has violated the undertakings that he made personally to world leaders in general and European leaders in particular. For instance, Ataf Abayat, the terrorist master-mind who was recently killed when his car exploded in Bethlehem, should have been in prison - as Arafat indeed announced on a number of occasions, including in his conversations with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

ambulance by a police officer in Jerusalem on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001

Regrettably, this is not the first time that Arafat's declarations contradict the reality on the ground.

Stories you won't read or see in the Media

Which picture did your newspaper print?

A Reuters photographer recorded a Palestinian child being arrested by Israeli police, who in his fear, wet his pants.  The photo is very dramatic, showing the pain and panic of a child in a terrifying situation. The picture was published in publications worldwide, including Time magazine.	What was not printed, however, was a photo taken by Reuters just a few minutes earlier -- depicting the same "innocent little boy" rioting against Israeli forces. courtesy of Honest Reporting

Which picture did your newspaper print?

This one..........

Palestinians hurl shoes at Israeli policemen as the police storm the al-Haram al-Sharif, or Temple Mount, July 29, 2001. Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa mosque compound after Palestinians threw stones down on Jewish worshippers.

or one of these?..........

An Israeli policeman seeks cover from a rock-throwing Palestinian	An Israeli policeman shelters worshipers from rocks thrown by Palestinians from above at the Western Wall	Women seek shelter at the Western Wall from rock-throwing demonstraters	Does the media believe that stones can not kill?

Israeli Teen Killed in Shooting

Bomb horror hits Tel Aviv disco

Nineteen Israelis were killed and over 90 others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of mostly teenagers waiting in line outside a disco near Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium along the seafront promenade just before midnight on Friday. All but one of those killed, who included two sisters aged 15 and 18, were youngsters from the former Soviet Union who had planned to attend a dance party at the Dolphin disco. Others who had been waiting in line to enter an adjacent nightclub known as the Pacha were also caught in the blast. For pictures you will not see in the media, Click here

Terrorists murder Israeli teens near Tekoa

Two Israeli youths, both 14, residents of the Gush Etzion community of Tekoa south of Jerusalem, were stoned and then stabbed to death overnight at the Haritoun Cave, close to the Judean Desert community. The bodies of Ya'acov (Kobi) Mandell and Yosef (Yossi) Ish-Ran, both 14, were discovered yesterday morning. Their heads had been smashed in by rocks.

The boys' families only discovered they were missing close to midnight on Tuesday, after they had skipped school to hike in the wadi. They had thought the boys went to school, then to a demonstration in Jerusalem.

Israeli soldiers and policemen carry the body of a Jewish boy found dead near the settlement of Tekoa in the Judean Desert.	Sherri Mandell grieves over the body of her son, Ya'acov, murdered by terrorists.	Yosef (Yossi) Ish-Ran

Little coverage of these brutal killings was given by our local papers. This obscene act of terrorism was virtually ignored by the local media. The fact that their faces were battered beyond recognition or that their blood was smeared on the walls of the cave was never reported. When the story was run, it was usually accompanied by a photo of a weeping Palestinian parent or the picture of an injured Palestinian child.  We note all too often that Jewish victims are seldom seen in photos.

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No escape, no more to give, written by Sherri Lederman Mandell, mother of Kobi Mandell. Born in the United States, Murdered in Israel

SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS ISRAELI DOCTOR

The current conflict in the Middle East claimed two more innocent civilians, yet the media handled their deaths in quite different ways. Local newspapers were quick to report that a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by a gunshot to the head during a funeral in the Gaza Strip.  As the body was being lowered into the ground at the cemetery, next to a Jewish settlement, several dozen Palestinian gunmen fired 21 shots into the air as a sign of respect. The Israeli military said the shots were directed at the settlement. Bursts of gunfire came from the direction of the nearby settlement which caused the boy's death. It is not clear where the bullet that killed the young boy originated. This story received considerable press, while the following story  about the death of an Israeli doctor at the hands of a Palestenian suicide bomber, was not reported in the press.

(April 20, 2001) Dr. Mario Goldin, 53, from Kfar Sava, was murdered on Sunday and 61 people wounded when a Palestinian terrorist strapped with a large bomb blew himself up at a bus stop at a main intersection, a few hundred meters from Meir Hospital in Kfar Sava, HA'ARETZ reported. Goldin, married with three children, was in charge of the pain clinic at the Beit Levinstein rehabilitation center, and also worked at Meir Hospital treating many victims of terror attacks. Most of the 61 wounded suffered from shock and minor injuries and were later released. A 14-year-old boy underwent surgery and is in critical but stable condition at Meir Hospital.

There have been 10 bombings or attempted attacks in the Sharon region over the past few weeks, including those in Kfar Sava, Petah Tikva, Netanya, Neveh Yamim, Or Yehuda and Hod Hasharon. Hamas claimed responsibility on Monday for the attack and said that the suicide bomber was Imad Kamel al-Zbaidi, a resident of the West Bank city of Nablus. According to THE JERUSALEM POST, in response to the bombing, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said, "The Palestinian Authority is not working in accordance with the agreements it is committed to regarding preventing acts of terror against Israel." Sharon re-iterated that Israel's primary goal is to restore security to the citizens of Israel.

Meanwhile, a car bomb exploded today in a crowded market in the Tel Aviv suburb of Or Yehuda. Early reports indicated that eight people were lightly injured in the suspected terror attack. Police said the explosion was caused by a nail-filled pipe bomb in the trunk of the car that was stolen from a Jerusalem resident. In another incident, a bomb exploded in Haifa on Sunday near a restaurant at a busy intersection. Three policemen were lightly injured and treated in a nearby hospital. Haifa police spokesman Yehuda Maman said on Monday that it was highly probable that Palestinian terrorists were responsible for the attack. Explosives were hidden in a bag and "a passer-by touched the bag, felt something heavy inside and called the police. When people were being cleared away, it went off," Maman said.

The two sons and daughter of Mario Goldin, the 53-year-old Israeli physician killed Sunday in a Palestinian suicide bombing in central Israel, embrace during a funeral for their father, April 23, 2001. Goldin was waiting for a bus to his hospital when the bomber blew himself up in an attack that also wounded 41 people. (Reuters)

MAGEN DAVID ADOM PARAMEDICS SAVE PALESTINIAN INFANT

As thousands attended the Hebron funeral of 10-month-old Shalhevet Pass yesterday, Magen David Adom paramedics worked frantically to resuscitate an unconscious 8-month-old Palestinian infant with a high fever, whose parents had brought him to the entrance of the settlement of Shavei Shomron. After treating the child, the Israelis coordinated with the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service, which transferred him to a Nablus hospital.

Paramedic Benzion Landsberg said the baby was the first patient to be treated in the community's new trauma unit, which opened four days ago. He said officials did not even know the baby's name, as his hysterical parents spoke neither Hebrew nor English.

"When they brought him to us, he was unconscious and not breathing. We resuscitated him in the new unit, and after his condition improved bathed him to bring down his temperature. When he was finally handed over to the Palestinian ambulance crew, his condition had improved greatly," he said.

"It is such a cynical situation - as Shalhevet is being buried in Hebron, we save the life of a Palestinian baby," he added.