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When Martin Fletcher covered allegations by Israeli soldiers for NBC last week that the Israel Defense Force engaged in atrocities during the fighting in the Gaza Strip over the New Year, he deviated from normal network news practice and included a soundbite from Hamas. Now ABC's Simon McGregor-Wood covers the same allegations--an old woman machine-gunned down in cold blood; officers' orders to kill unarmed pedestrians--but he explains why he considered Hamas unworthy of quoting. "Israelis expected accusations from the Palestinians, even from human rights groups, and they came: the army had used disproportionate force, had targeted civilians, even committed war crimes. The army denied it and the public accepted the denial."
Now that the IDF's official word is being challenged as mendacious, will ABC afford Hamas more credibility in the future?
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