[Peace-discuss] how about a little Twitter campaign on "rubber bullets"?

[Robert Naiman]

As I'm sure many of you - perhaps all of you - are aware, Western
media have a bad habit of using the phrase "rubber bullets" in talking
about IDF "crowd control" at demonstrations in the West Bank, when the
objects that they are referring to are really "plastic-coated steel bullets."

In this otherwise helpful article by Harriet Sherwood in the Guardian,

More Palestinian prisoners join hunger strike
Human rights groups say 2,000 are on hunger strike against indefinite
detention without charge and alleged ill-treatment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/palestinian-prisoners-join-hunger-strike

we find:

"Under the terms of his bail he is not permitted to enter his home
village of Nabi Saleh, which has been the scene of weekly protests
against the expansion of a nearby Israeli settlement built within the
village boundaries. The Israeli army routinely fires teargas, water
cannon and rubber bullets at demonstrators."

Judging from her reporting overall, I'm thinking that Harriet Sherwood
is the sort of person who might be reachable on this.

So, how about a little twitter campaign?

If you use twitter, how about tweeting:

"dear @harrietsherwood: were those really "rubber bullets"? or were
they in fact "plastic-coated steel bullets"?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/palestinian-prisoners-join-hunger-strike"

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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