I don't know who Becky Johnson is and don't feel the need to prove that im not her but for what its worth im a student from England. There is proof for cases and the numbers estimated are not my own but come from independent sources. Are you denying that Palestinians kill people suspected of 'collabarating' with the West without trial? If you keep up with the media then i assure it won't take long before you read another case of it.

Vinny, i assume you picked up on the numbers because you agree with the general drift of the rest of what i've said?

Listener i have to be honest and admit i don't know that much about media in the USA but in Europe and especially England you have to work hard to find a balanced picture and that is all i'd ask for. There shouldn't be pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian sources but balanced ones prepared to admit that its a complex situation in which both sides have made mistakes and both sides need to compromise in order to move forward.

My argument is that in Israel there is a free press allowing criticism (and this is reflected in the Jewish community) but this freedom does not exist for the Palestinian people because of a Pa controlled media and the threat of execution for speaking out (by militants not the PA to my knowledge). Unfortunatly I don't believe that the Arab world has any interest in a balanced account and too often causes either unquestioned agreement from the West or such avid defense of Israel...either the way the truth which lies somewhere in between (and where is open to debate) is lost.