Do these two names -- Arafat Jaradat and Ayman Samarah -- ring a bell? Well, they're both Palestinians. Both were arrested and put behind bars. And both died while in prison. But this is where similarities end. For one thing, Jaradat spent his last hours in an Israeli prison, while Samarah died in a Palestinian prison. And for another thing, when it came to Jaradat's death, mainstream media, led by the New York Times and the Washington Post, went all out with a slew of articles -- Israel claiming it was probably a heart attack and Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority screaming "torture" even before the autopsy could be completed. Predictably, the Times and the Post also put more stock and gave greater prominence to Palestinian propaganda than to Israel's explanations and methodical autopsy. But when it came to Samarah's death in a Jericho prison run by Abbas and the PA, there was no coverage at all in either the Post or the Times. Not a single word. Even though families of...(Read Full Post)