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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Robert Kenner, New York, USA: Tom Friedman has written some great op-eds, but this is not one of them. His succumbing to political correctness is sad, but not surprising. If he had written that Israel has made several serious attempt to reach a peace agreement and it is the Palestinians who have rejected these efforts, then he would indeed have lost quite a bit of his readership. Friedman is not a Charles Krauthammer, and he wouldn't survive a New York minute in the NYT if he was.
norwegian: #4: You have to understand that for the folks here at JPost, there is no greater sin than being a "arab-lover".. It doesnt matter what he says, it doesnt matter what his arguments are. He is a lefty arab lover, and so should be ignored, just like the presiudent of the United States. Its called a echo-chamber, I do believe.
Joseph London: I was born the same month and year as the State of Israel, so I've lived through her history.Israel seems to win every war to destroy her and Israel also seems to be expected to make every concession to terrorists like Arafat. Throughout history the victor has tended to call the tune, aside from Israel. I would suggest that Egypt take responsibility for Gaza and Jordan take resposibility for the West Bank. Let Arab states rule Arabs. Israel and Jordan can share Jerusalem.
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