The World is shocked by the carnage of the Israeli Gaza Massacre but the full horror of this Nazi-style Israeli Gaza Atrocity is revealed by careful analysis of Palestinian/Israeli death ratios.

The following numbers are from the UN Population Division, UNICEF, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Israeli Human Rights organization B'Tselem and current news reports (updated as of 10 January 2008).

A. Current Gaza Massacre (27 December – 10 January 2009).

• Israelis killed by Gaza rockets = 4 (current violence, Day 14).
• Israelis killed by Palestinians = 6 (current violence, Day 14).
• Palestinians killed by Israelis = 810 (current violence, Day 14).
• Palestinian non-violent deaths due to food and medical deprivation (UNICEF data-derived pre-2009 rate 11.7 per day) = 164.
• Palestinian violent and non-violent excess deaths (lower estimate) = 810 + 164 = 974.
• Palestinian non-violent deaths from deprivation (non-violent deaths 1:1 with violent deaths in Occupied Iraq) = 810 (current violence, Day 14).
• Palestinian violent and non-violent excess deaths (upper estimate) = 810 + 810 = 1,620 (upper estimate, Day 14).
• DEATH RATIO of Palestinians violently killed by Israelis/ Israeli deaths from missiles = 810/4 = 203.
• DEATH RATIO of Palestinians violently killed by Israelis/ Israeli deaths by Palestinians = 810/6 = 135.
• DEATH RATIO of total Palestinian deaths from Israelis/Israeli deaths from missiles = 974/4 = 244 (lower estimate) to 1,620/4 = 405 (upper estimate).
• DEATH RATIO of total Palestinian deaths from Israelis/Israeli deaths = 974/6 = 162 (lower estimate) to 1,620/6 = 270 (upper estimate).

B. Second Intifada (September 2000 – January 2009).

• Israelis killed by Gaza missiles (i.e. Gaza rockets or mortars) = 28.
• Israelis killed by Palestinians = 1,176 (Sep 2000-Dec 2008) + 6 (current violence, Day 14) = 1,182 .
• Palestinians killed by Israelis = 4,826 (Sep 2000-Dec 2008) + 810 (current violence, Day 14) = 5,636.
• Israeli non-violent excess deaths (Sep 2000- Jan 2009) = 0.
• Palestinian non-violent excess deaths from food and medical deprivation (Sep 2000- Dec 2008; UNICEF data-derived) = 35, 360.
• Palestinian violent and non-violent excess deaths (Sep 2000- Jan 2009) = 35,360 + 5,636 = 40,996 (lower estimate) to 41,806 (upper estimate).
• DEATH RATIO of Palestinians violently killed by Israelis /Israelis killed by Gaza missiles = 5,636/28 = 201.
• DEATH RATIO of Palestinian violent and non-violent excess deaths/ Israelis killed by Gaza missiles = 40,996/28 = 1,298 (lower estimate) to 41,806/28 = 1,321.
• DEATH RATIO of Palestinians violently killed by Israelis/Israelis killed by Palestinians = 5,636/1,182 = 4.8.
• DEATH RATIO of Palestinian violent and non-violent excess deaths from Israelis/ Israelis killed by Palestinians = 40,996/1,182 = 34.7 (lower estimate) to 41,806/1,182 = 35.4 (higher estimate) i.e. about 35.

C. Post-1967.

• Israelis killed by Palestinians (1967-2009) = 987 (1967-Sep 2000) + 1,182 (Sep 2000-Jan 2009) = 2,169 (1967-Jan 2009).
• Israeli non-violent excess deaths (1967-Jan 2009) = 0.
• Palestinians violently killed by Israelis (1967-2009) = 5,636 (Sep 2000-Jan 2009) + POSSIBLY about 5,000 (1967-Sep 2000) = 10, 636.
• Palestinian non-violent excess deaths from food and medical deprivation by Israelis (post-1967) = about 300,000.
• Palestinian violent and non-violent excess deaths (post-1967) = 300,000 + 10,636 = 310,636.
• DEATH RATIO of Palestinians violently killed by Israelis/Israelis killed by Palestinians = 10,636/2,169 = 4.9.
• DEATH RATIO of Palestinian violent and non-violent excess deaths from Israelis/Israelis killed by Palestinians = 310,636/2,169 = 143.
• The post-1967 under-5 infant deaths in the Occupied Palestinian Territory total 0.2 million (80% avoidable and due to war criminal Occupier non-provision of life-sustaining requisites unequivocally demanded of Occupiers by Articles 55 and 56 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Comparative UNICEF data indicate that 2,400 under-5 year old infants die avoidably each year (3,000 in total each year) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, this corresponding to about 4,300 total avoidable deaths in the Occupied Palestinian Territory annually. The current devastation of the Gaza Concentration Camp part of Occupied Palestinian Territory (1.5 million people in Gaza out of the Occupied Palestinian Territory total population of 4 million , 50% children, 75% women and children) suggests that this will rise hugely in the future on the basis of Occupied Iraq and Occupied Afghanistan comparisons.

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Let us now look at how the Western Media reports about these casualties.

Coverage of All Deaths: First Year of the Current Uprising

High prevalence of significant disparity in the likelihood of a death receiving coverage based on the ethnicity of the person killed was found.

For the first year of the current uprising, there were 197 reports in New York Times headlines or first paragraphs of Israeli deaths. During this time, there had actually been 165 Israelis killed (the discrepancy is due to the fact that a number of Israeli deaths were reported multiple times).

During the same year-long period, 233 Palestinian deaths were reported in headlines or first paragraphs. During this time, 549 Palestinians had actually been killed.³

In other words, 119% of Israeli deaths and only 42% of Palestinian deaths were reported in New York Times headlines or first paragraphs.

That is, The Times reported prominently on Israeli deaths at a rate 2.8 times greater than Palestinian deaths.

Finally, the running totals of actual and reported deaths for Palestinians and Israelis were compared. This finding underscores The Times’ tendency to report a fictional situation in which Israeli and Palestinian deaths occur at more or less the same rate, and illustrates the dramatic gap between the reality of Palestinian fatalities and the coverage of them.

It is significant to note that The Times reported Palestinian deaths along a curve that largely replicated the Israeli death count, despite the fact that the curve for actual Palestinian deaths was both considerably different and far higher than the Israeli curve. At the same time, part way through the year the running total of Israeli deaths reported by The Times rose above the actual number of deaths. Such reporting gives readers a substantially incorrect impression of the conflict. No wonder, Americans are, by and large, oblivious to the Israel-Palestine truth.

For comparison of actual number of deaths of Israelis & Palestinians and the reported numbers in US mainstream media, please visit: http://ifamericansknew.org/media/nyt-report.html; http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000639.

For complete list and names of Palestinian children killed, along with their actual age, please visit: http://rememberthesechildren.org/remember2000.html