The following text, given below & copied from www.reliefweb.int is reproduced here
without authorization and solely  for documentary purposes.
It serves to demonstrate the partial and above all, extremely rudimentary way
in which a so-called serious news agency that claims to uphold
standards of fair and objective reporting
has informed us, the people.

Are 8 words quoted from the text of the draft resolution really all Reuters was able to quote?
Do they want to tell us they didn't get a copy of the draft resolution?
Or at least longer excerpts from it?

The news agency attempts to create an impression of impartiality.
But in so far as the draft resolution (as far as we can see) formulates very different demands
vis-à-vis both sides of the conflict, it can hardly be considered impartial.
By failing to point this out, Reuters is in fact taking sides.
Which is not really surprising.

Also, the initial sentences of the report featured below serve to create the impression of
a very similar death toll: "Ten Israeli soldiers killed and at least nine others wounded...";
"Israeli air strikes killed 10 civilians [in S. Lebanon]..."

This parallelism is not without its own rationality, a rationality which can be described as a
perfidious design to manipulate public opinion.

They are isolating these cleverly selected facts in order to create a certain impression.

Is Reuters trying to make us forget that Israel has used excessive force?
Are we to forget (or remain unaware of the fact) 
that it is especially the civilian population in Lebanon which has suffered tremendously?
It is only at the end of the text that the Lebanese death toll is mentioned. 
But as the number of victims in Israel is not given, the 10 : 10 proportion is not
put in question by this.
A reader might therefore think, "So what? Maybe the Israelis 
also have some 600, 700, or 800 dead people to mourn for.".

We know that every single woman, man, or child that was killed or wounded
is one too many, regardless of his or her "nationality."

But we want to point out that a war is being waged that could be avoided by Israel,
and it is waged with remarkable brutality and without making any noteworthy attempt 
to spare civilians.
Rather, we get the impression that civilians in Lebanon are targeted on purpose and that the 
civilian infrastructure is smashed on purpose.

We know that civilians in Israel are targets too and we do not approve of this.
But let us point out that civilians in the North of Israel became targets of rockets attacks only
after the Israeli army entered Gaza with massive force, in the wake of the so-called abduction
of two Israeli soldiers.
Can two soldiers taken prisoner in the context of the tit-for-tat between occupation forces 
and the resistance in the occupied West Bank really justify the Israeli attack on Gaza and Lebanon
and the full-fledged war that is now being waged?

Editorial note: In the reproduced news item distributed by Reuters,
color and bold type has been used for purposes of more clarity by us, not by 
www.reliefweb.int or by Reuters.
 
 

(Source: Reuters ) Aug 6 (Reuters) - Here are developments on the 26th day of the Middle East crisis.  Ten Israeli soldiers killed and at least nine others wounded in a Hizbollah rocket strike on northern Israel.  Israeli air strikes kill 10 civilians in south Lebanon, including five in the village of Ansar.  Israeli army says it had captured a Hizbollah fighter who took part in the abduction of two Israeli soldiers on July 12.  The United States and France agree on a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for end to fighting between Israel and Hizbollah as first step toward a political settlement.  The text of the draft resolution [a text found no where on the internet by me, on Aug. 12, 2006, including the United Nations website, the present UrbDem editor]  calls for a "full cessation of hostilities," tells Hizbollah to end attacks immediately and says Israel should stop "all offensive military operations."  Security Council envoys attempt to put finishing touches on the draft resolution.  Parliament speaker says Lebanon rejects draft U.N. resolution because it would allows Israeli forces to remain on Lebanese soil.  Israel views favourably a draft U.N. resolution calling for an end to fighting with Hizbollah, a senior government official and Israeli media say.  Israel will keep waging war on Hizbollah and troops will stay in southern Lebanon until a foreign force arrives, Justice Minister Haim Ramon said.  U.S. President George W. Bush is happy with the draft that could be put to the vote on Monday or Tuesday.  Lebanon says the text falls short of what it wants to halt the 26-day-old conflict that has killed more than 800 people, mostly Lebanese civilians.  A Hizbollah cabinet minister says Hizbollah is willing to cease fire when Israel stops its assault on Lebanon and all Israeli soldiers leave Lebanese land.