Palestinians attend a candlelight march against severe fuel cuts that also led to power cuts, in Gaza City. Were some of them staged?

In the first case, journalists who were invited to cover the Hamas government meeting were surprised to see Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and his ministers sitting around a table with burning candles.

In the second case on Tuesday, journalists noticed that Hamas legislators who were meeting in Gaza City also sat in front of burning candles.

But some of the journalists noticed that there was actually no need for the candles because both meetings were being held in daylight.

"They had closed the curtains in the rooms to create the impression that Hamas leaders were also suffering as a result of the power stoppage," one journalist said "It was obvious that the whole thing was staged."

Another journalist said he and his colleagues were told to wait for a few minutes before entering the chamber of the Palestinian Legislative Council so that each legislator would have time to light his candle. He said that when he saw that the curtains had been closed to prevent the light from entering, he realized that Hamas was trying to manipulate the media for political gain.

Full details with pictures here
 http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2008/01/time-prints-hamas-propaganda-without.html

This is on the back of the previous infamous staged events in the area, such as the faked shooting

 http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32137

Or that old favourite "main in green helmet"
 http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/08/qana-directors-cut.html

Plus also let's not forget the "where there's smoke" fakery
 http://michellemalkin.com/2006/08/05/where-theres-smoke-theres-photoshop/

Most recently there have been many staged photos during the breaking of the border wall between Gaza and Egypt. For example



Or for some FACTS you could read
 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3486144,00.html