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Friday, December 06, 2002

# Posted 6:54 PM by Ariel David Adesnik  

RAMADAN MOONLIGHTING: Of the ten dead in last night's fighting in Gaza, one was a Palestinian teacher employed by the UN. Hamas claims that the woman was a member of that organization. While the Hamas statement has not been verified, I wouldn't be surprised if the woman worked for both the UN and Hamas. The UN employs 10,000 Palestinians in the occupied terrotiries. I wonder if the UN runs background checks in the territories that are as thorough as the ones they run on the staff at headquarters in New York.

By the way, note the Times and Post headlines: "Israeli Forces Kill 10 Palestinians in Gaza" and "Israeli Army Kills 10 in Gaza Refugee Camp". It makes it sound as if the IDF went looking for people to kill, not that it was in the process of hunting down suspected terrorists when its troops came under fire and sought to defend themselves.
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