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Haaretz.com promotes websites advocating genocide and terrorism

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

“Our land is not Arab land”: An advertisement on the front page of Haaretz.com leads to a website advocating genocide and terrorism.

Haaretz.com, the website of the Israeli newspaper often cited as an example of Israel’s liberal, critical media carries paid advertisements from a website openly advocating the total destruction of the Palestinian people, the murder [...]

Video: Carter says Israel has 150 nukes

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Aijaz Ahmad: Why is corporate media marginalizing a former President?

Former US President Jimmy Carter has again come under fire in the US mainstream media, since publicly saying that Israel has 150 or more nuclear weapons in its arsenal.

Details about Israel’s nuclear weapons programme started emerging in 1986.

International nuclear experts now believe that Israel maintains a [...]

PETITION! Lift Travel Restrictions on Palestinian Journalist

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

SIGN THE PETITION To: Israeli and Palestinian Authorities -Palestinian journalist Khalid Amayreh, who lives in the West Bank, has been invited to attend a media conference in Germany. As required, he set about to request all of the necessary travel documents, including a visa that needs to be granted from the German representative [...]

Cartoons Commemorating Nakba @ 60

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

How did the cartoonists in the Arab media Commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nakba?

I’ve been monitoring most of the Arab media, especially newspapers, during the last 5 days to read what they have to say on this event. To tell you the truth, you haven’t missed much. On the air, Aljazeera made a big difference [...]

Israel’s reply to a non-violent Nakba protest INSIDE Israel

Monday, May 19th, 2008

This is from the Israeli licensed march of Palestinian families at the old destroyed arab village of Safurye. About half way through the clip CNN’s own Ben Welderman gets harassed too and barks back. If this is how Israel treats Palestinians who are citizens of Israel you can only imagine how it treats [...]

Gifted Priest!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Watch 11 min this before the Fox propaganda machine pulls this.

11 minutes long, but worth watching! AND LET THE CHURCH SAY, ‘AMEN!!!!’

This idiot reporter picked the wrong Priest. !!!

This Priest is on point and glad he didn’t hold his tongue.

Others should be so ‘gifted’ when in front of an ‘unfair and unbalanced’
news camera.

Breaking Through the News Filter

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

If it is true that the power belongs to the people in America, and Congress still answers to the people, then what force prevents the people from rising up to demand that Congress answer to the people’s will? The answer to that question is that the “silent majority” is only silent because they have [...]

How to Become an Israeli Journalist

Monday, April 7th, 2008

A year ago I applied for the job of Occupied Territories correspondent at Ma’ariv, an Israeli newspaper. I speak Arabic and have taught in Palestinian schools and taken part in many joint Jewish-Palestinian projects. At my interview the boss asked how I could possibly be objective. I had spent too much time with Palestinians; I [...]

Israeli Deaths Matter More

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Via Dissident Voice (Hat tip: Odie)

(Image by Ben Heine)
The horrific shooting of eight young people at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem last Thursday was followed by saturation media coverage. International statesmen lined up with condemnations of the attack and condolences for the victims and their families.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced: “This is clearly an attempt [...]

Gaza Holocaust in ‘Free’ Media

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

It is disgusting. Hardly anything was mentioned in the “free-press” of the democratic Western. In fact the coverage in some cases equals to partner-in-crime.

Here is some examples (click on thumbnail to enlarge. Highlights in blue):

USA media - newspapers:

New York Times: Not a single word!

LA Times: Not a single word!

USA media - online news:

New York Times: [...]