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The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: "A Moment of Courtesy? No, a Moment of Double Standard (Zionist) bigotry and Racism. Cheap propaganda (that you expect in NYT). The New York Times printed this picture today on the front page with the headline 'A Moment of Courtesy' and this caption: 'Israeli riot police officers met resistance on Tuesday as they removed Jewish settlers from illegal residences in the West Bank city of Hebron. As one settler was carried off near the market, an officer rushed to pick up the man’s glasses from the ground.' Of course, it is courtesy. The man in question is NOT ARAB. Did you get it, o national newspaper? You missed the main point, as usual. If here were Arab, he would be dead by now."

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