The "anti Anti-Terror Barrier protest" theater

Players: Palestinians and other violent protesters (disguised as peace activists)

Producers: a co-production of AP and Reuters

The daily performance of screaming and kicking civilians, well staged for an international forum of cameramen (working with license of Arafat), suffered today from some "bloopers", of which Take a Pen thinks they throw some light on how the media cooperate with the Palestinians in creating theater like dramatic reports.

In the picture below, Reuters reports that the Palestinian woman lies on the ground in front of bulldozer after Israeli soldiers stopped her from protesting. The conclusion too easily made by the innocent reader may be that those soldiers were guilty of having this woman lay on the ground.

A Palestinian woman lies on the ground in front of bulldozer after Israeli soldiers stopped her from protesting against the construction of the controversial Israeli security barrier in the West Bank village of Az-Zawiya June 20, 2004. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

However under the next picture, published by the other producer, AP, it says that the Palestinian villager throws herself to the ground in front of Israeli soldiers.

A Palestinian villager throws herself to the ground in front of Israeli soldiers as she tries to stop a bulldozer from clearing land during a demonstration protesting against the construction of Israel's separation barrier, in the village of Azawiyah, in the northern West Bank, south-west of the Palestinian city of Nablus, Sunday, June 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

So no Israeli soldiers stopped this woman by pushing her to the ground (as hinted by Reuters), her laying on the ground is part of her act, as AP reports. Bad coordination, guys!

The next time you see report of people laying on the ground, you may ask yourself:

"Is this a true event or was it setup by friends of AP or Reuters?"