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The @nytimes today had a big piece on the killing of Razan (or as they write it, "Rouzan") al-Najjar in both the print & online editions. They invested a lot of reporting/writing resources in it. It reached some important conclusions. But... > (thread) nytimes.com/2018/12/30/wor…
> it was still clothed in lots of weaselly, anti-Palestinian NYT-speak. First, note the distinctive "braided" structure of the v. long piece, which braided a detailed minute-by-minute of Palestinian medic Razan's path toward her killing by Israeli sniper fire on June 1 with >
> different short sections providing background both on her life & on the situation in Gaza in general. The problematic parts are mainly in those "background" sections & the way @nytimes frames various aspects of them. Let me first highlight the good parts of the piece , which >
1. As world awaits Week 2 of #GreatMarchOfReturn, it's good to understand what happened at this action's launching on March 30, the reaction of UN & other global actors, & the lies of Israel. Thread. @intifada @LinahAlsaafin @ThisIsGaZa @mikopeled @YousefAljamal @jvplive > 
2. Some of the best documentation of the casualties/medical situation at #GreatMarchOfReturn came from @WHO (World Health Orgn). See the report they produced Mar 31 here: reliefweb.int/report/occupie…. Esp download the PDF of their report: reliefweb.int/sites/reliefwe… >
3. Of the 1,416 Palestinian noncombatant casualties of Israeli brutality (including live fire) on Mar 30, 179 were minors under the age of 18. There were no Israeli casualties. This was a sheer slaughter. Excerpt from @WHO report: >
