Comments on: Israeli Pitfalls, Palestinian Lives http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/01/07/israeli-pitfalls-palestinian-lives/ The national media watch group Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:21:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » Middle East Reportage 'Smothered in Deceptive Euphemisms' http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/01/07/israeli-pitfalls-palestinian-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-2620 Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » Middle East Reportage 'Smothered in Deceptive Euphemisms' Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:50:50 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4357#comment-2620 [...] Credited by the London Review of Books (1/29/09) as the "former national director of the American Jewish Congress and of the Synagogue Council of America," Henry Siegman's list of official Israeli claims that "most of the Western media have accepted" includes "that Hamas consistently violated the six-month truce that Israel observed" and "that Israel has acted not only in its own defense but on behalf of an international struggle by Western democracies." In fact, Siegman is not aware of a single major American newspaper, radio station or TV channel whose coverage of the assault on Gaza questions this version of events. Criticism of Israel's actions, if any... has focused instead on whether the Israeli Defense Force's carnage is proportional to the threat it sought to counter, and whether it is taking adequate measures to prevent civilian casualties. [...] [...] Credited by the London Review of Books (1/29/09) as the "former national director of the American Jewish Congress and of the Synagogue Council of America," Henry Siegman's list of official Israeli claims that "most of the Western media have accepted" includes "that Hamas consistently violated the six-month truce that Israel observed" and "that Israel has acted not only in its own defense but on behalf of an international struggle by Western democracies." In fact, Siegman is not aware of a single major American newspaper, radio station or TV channel whose coverage of the assault on Gaza questions this version of events. Criticism of Israel's actions, if any… has focused instead on whether the Israeli Defense Force's carnage is proportional to the threat it sought to counter, and whether it is taking adequate measures to prevent civilian casualties. [...]

]]> By: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » IDF Shells Gaza Media, U.N., More Civilians http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/01/07/israeli-pitfalls-palestinian-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » IDF Shells Gaza Media, U.N., More Civilians Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:46:37 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4357#comment-2435 [...] U.S. military tactics--Israel's military has expanded from regular civilian targets to attacking another United Nations compound and "a building housing several media organizations." Amy Goodman's [...] [...] U.S. military tactics--Israel's military has expanded from regular civilian targets to attacking another United Nations compound and "a building housing several media organizations." Amy Goodman's [...]

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/01/07/israeli-pitfalls-palestinian-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 Doug Latimer Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:53:59 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4357#comment-2250 Beyond the geopolitical considerations of empire, to the racists, and, illogically, to many of the anti-Semites who rule this nation, Israelis are "honorary white persons". You don't mess with white people. Mess with white people, no matter what white people have done to you, you die. True in Oakland, true in New York, true in the southern US, true in southern Israel. I say this as a white boy from the great and sovereign state of Miss'ssippi. I say this as someone who is, and always will be, a "recovering racist". I also say this as someone who is well aware that if blacks or any other race controlled this country, the same dynamics would exist. There is no cause for pride, or prejudice, regarding race. We're all capable of the most vile acts by dint of our species, which is the only one wilfully incapable of reason. I think understanding that, and that we're also capable of great humanity, is the key to breaking down the walls that divide us. Or maybe I'm full of shit. What do you think? Beyond the geopolitical considerations of empire, to the racists, and, illogically, to many of the anti-Semites who rule this nation, Israelis are "honorary white persons".

You don't mess with white people.

Mess with white people, no matter what white people have done to you, you die.

True in Oakland, true in New York, true in the southern US, true in southern Israel.

I say this as a white boy from the great and sovereign state of Miss'ssippi. I say this as someone who is, and always will be, a "recovering racist".

I also say this as someone who is well aware that if blacks or any other race controlled this country, the same dynamics would exist.

There is no cause for pride, or prejudice, regarding race. We're all capable of the most vile acts by dint of our species, which is the only one wilfully incapable of reason.

I think understanding that, and that we're also capable of great humanity, is the key to breaking down the walls that divide us.

Or maybe I'm full of shit.

What do you think?

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