Tuesday Mar 24, 2009
Posted by Edwin Bennatan
Over the past few days, The Guardian has been publishing a torrent of reports, opinion pieces, and video clips condemning Israel for war crimes during the Gaza conflict, and calling for an international inquiry and intervention by the International Criminal Court.
These articles have produced hundreds (and probably thousands) of responses on the paper's Web site, "Comment is Free" (CiF), many of which have depicted Israel as a country inhabited by monsters.
While heavily criticizing Israel's actions in Gaza, the paper has been selective in its willingness to publish responses from supporters of Israel criticizing the Guardian's extreme lack of balance and proportion. One of the more detailed responses, from a reader named "TheVoiceOfIsrael," which was removed from the CiF site by the Guardian's moderators, is on my desk.
I am providing it here because I can find no justifiable reason why the editors of any respectable newspaper would remove it, and because the counter-arguments are well presented.
Monday Nov 10, 2008
Posted by Edwin Bennatan
In April 2003, a 22 year-old British photography student, Tom Hurndall, a member of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM), was shot in Gaza by a soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and subsequently died. Simon Block has made a two-hour feature television film about Hurndall, whom he describes as a peace activist. It tells a sad story.
But it is also tells a controversial story, because it exposes the hostile political activism of foreign nationals who come to Israel.
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Chris USA: Israel is in the grip of a python that is slowly squeezing the life out of it. How long can it pretend time is on its side before it admits its lethargy has turned into paralysis?
Sharona Jerusalem Israel: JoeG from the US YES, THE WHOLE WORLD CAN BE WRONG. Take a look at the Western World as Hitler was rising to power in the 1930's. All wrong. RE: Arab citizens-when they do 2 or 3 years of national service like their Jewish peers then they can compete equally for jobs they are qualified for. Until then, IDF vets and national service vets should get preference. This should apply to Haredi Jewish shirkers as well. Let the Arab residents pay their municipal taxes and fix their infrastructure. What Israel actually does makes no difference. The anti-Semites will never pay any attention to facts!
McQueen, NY: I think it's asking too much for people to hire those Arabs who don't serve in the army or even in national service over an equally qualified Jew. How will that help anything? It will only increase the sense of entitlement. On the other hand if one encounters an Arab who has served his country, then, sure, treat him as well as you humanly can.
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