In case this doesn’t make your local paper, something happened today that forced the mainstream media to file a positive story about Israel. 

I saw it on the wire in my office, so I know it’s true, and I copied and pasted it here, so you can see it, too, just in case it evaporates like certain stories from that region tend to do. 

For instance, I heard only once (though it was on CNN, which is nearly a miracle in itself) that Israel was the first nation to set up a modern field hospital in Haiti after the earthquake – even before the United States sent its hospital ship. 

The story seems never again to have seen the light of day. 

I also recall seeing images on the news, though only once or twice, of Palestinians dancing in the streets and handing out candy after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Those have since faded in the mist and cannot be found for love or money. 

So, when I read on the wires today that “10 days after quake, Israelis rescue man in Haiti,” I felt compelled to make as permanent a record of it as I could before it turned to dust and blew away. 

The Associated Press story, which evidently comes complete with photo gallery and video if one is properly equipped, said “An Israeli search team has pulled a 22-year-old man from the rubble a staggering 10 days after an earthquake leveled much of the Haitian capital.”

AP notes it has video “showing rescue workers pulling the man from a crevasse in the wreckage of what had been a three-story home.”

The story goes on to say that “a statement from the Israeli Defense Force says local residents led the team to the site Friday, adding that the man was in stable condition at an Israeli field hospital in Port-au-Prince.” 

It will be interesting to see if this bit of news – of a miraculous rescue by Israeli experts – will find its way onto international news broadcasts, if a way will be found to eliminate the Israeli/Jewish element, if the human interest angle will outweigh the mainstream press’ distaste for any positive light shed on the Jewish state, or if it will prove too positive on Israel to be widely used. 

We’ll see. 

Have PoliticalMavens.com delivered to your inbox in a daily digest by clicking here