http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 28 May 2012 15:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99866 lovelyisralis Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:20:07 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99866 "You do get that it is a fact that Hamas shelled Sderot for six years, and using materials that were largely from Iranian sources. Is that a fact? " No it's not a fact for reasons others have explained to you. hamas has fired very crude, inaccurate and close to entirely harmless missiles in the direction of Sderot. They have never SHELLED Sderot or anyplace else because that requires artillery pieces they don't have. I invite you to review my posts, which have actual, not phony "facts" in them "You do get that it is a fact that Hamas shelled Sderot for six years, and using materials that were largely from Iranian sources. Is that a fact? " No it's not a fact for reasons others have explained to you. hamas has fired very crude, inaccurate and close to entirely harmless missiles in the direction of Sderot. They have never SHELLED Sderot or anyplace else because that requires artillery pieces they don't have. I invite you to review my posts, which have actual, not phony "facts" in them

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99847 Jake in Jerusalem Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:37:18 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99847 Joe, please send me a reference. I would like to apply. Hey, I can use the money.... Really!!! Joe, please send me a reference. I would like to apply. Hey, I can use the money…. Really!!!

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99835 asc Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:35:31 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99835 "I keep a list of all the American journalists who have worked for Israel, or Israeli publications, or are connected to Israel" is a bizarrely broad and useless occupation. "Worked for Israel" means what? The government? A pro-Israel group? A business in Israel? "Israeli publications"? Does that mean a stint at Haaretz or the Jerusalem Post or The Jerusalem Report or As Sennara (Arabic) disqualifies someone from being able to report reliably and accurately on Israel? "Connected to Israel?" What does that mean -- although, if you play the numbers, it probably disqualifies or makes suspect any American Jew from reporting on the conflict, since you can probably connect any American Jew with afriend or relative in Israel with far fewer than six degrees. No, this site can't be anti-Semitic -- it's written by a Jew after all. But please find me a better name for applying a grossly double standard for individuals who express a professional interest in a country or subject and for raising questions (and keeping careful lists) about a person's professionalism based only on his or her ethnciity, "I keep a list of all the American journalists who have worked for Israel, or Israeli publications, or are connected to Israel" is a bizarrely broad and useless occupation. "Worked for Israel" means what? The government? A pro-Israel group? A business in Israel? "Israeli publications"? Does that mean a stint at Haaretz or the Jerusalem Post or The Jerusalem Report or As Sennara (Arabic) disqualifies someone from being able to report reliably and accurately on Israel? "Connected to Israel?" What does that mean — although, if you play the numbers, it probably disqualifies or makes suspect any American Jew from reporting on the conflict, since you can probably connect any American Jew with afriend or relative in Israel with far fewer than six degrees. No, this site can't be anti-Semitic — it's written by a Jew after all. But please find me a better name for applying a grossly double standard for individuals who express a professional interest in a country or subject and for raising questions (and keeping careful lists) about a person's professionalism based only on his or her ethnciity,

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99834 asc Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:34:12 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99834 It's also possible that being married to someone who grew up inthe country you are covering, speaks the language and embodies its contradictions may make one a BETTER reporter of the conflict than someone who parachutes in from the outside. The assumption here is that itsomehow makes them suspect or disqualifies them from reporting onthe conflit is just bizarre. Should we check aAmerian military reporters and emand that they have never served inthe military, or check to see if their sons or daughters do? Should American reporters be allowed to cover Washington, since their pro-American biases would distort their work? Should we ask environmental reporters if they know anyone who lives on Planet Earth and might benefit from the impact of their reporting? It's also possible that being married to someone who grew up inthe country you are covering, speaks the language and embodies its contradictions may make one a BETTER reporter of the conflict than someone who parachutes in from the outside. The assumption here is that itsomehow makes them suspect or disqualifies them from reporting onthe conflit is just bizarre. Should we check aAmerian military reporters and emand that they have never served inthe military, or check to see if their sons or daughters do? Should American reporters be allowed to cover Washington, since their pro-American biases would distort their work? Should we ask environmental reporters if they know anyone who lives on Planet Earth and might benefit from the impact of their reporting?

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99867 Citizen Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:45:08 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99867 Not Jim Haygood; usual hasbarite ID theft. Not Jim Haygood; usual hasbarite ID theft.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99861 media reader Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:34:37 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99861 "relatively informative--just not on the issue of I-P. A minor defect, right? "relatively informative–just not on the issue of I-P. A minor defect, right?

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99860 Citizen Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:32:27 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99860 LOL. So true, that's joke. Of course you know the secret is two-fold: (1) Who owns, controls the USA MSM and who they allow into it in anchor TV and print/online pundit slots. (2) Our plutocratic campaign finance system. Goebbels would be jealous, ditto Stalin. LOL. So true, that's joke. Of course you know the secret is two-fold: (1) Who owns, controls the USA MSM and who they allow into it in anchor TV and print/online pundit slots. (2) Our plutocratic campaign finance system. Goebbels would be jealous, ditto Stalin.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99846 Joe in Kansas City Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:22:37 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99846 No question who is funding you: US tax dollars used by Israeli Hasbara programs. No question who is funding you: US tax dollars used by Israeli Hasbara programs.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99843 Citizen Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:20:34 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99843 How about a modest response, e.g., using our distorted foreign aid to Israel as leverage? Or do you think such a notion implemented is "radical?" Time to treat Israel as we do other foreign nations, yes, that would be radical by our current one-sided standard. How about a modest response, e.g., using our distorted foreign aid to Israel as leverage? Or do you think such a notion implemented is "radical?" Time to treat Israel as we do other foreign nations, yes, that would be radical by our current one-sided standard.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html/comment-page-1#comment-99842 Citizen Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:17:28 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/07/my-list-of-american-journalists-with-family-connections-in-israel.html#comment-99842 Your version of insane is actually insane, not to mention inane, and very misleading. My statement covers decades; while it is true Obama's Cairo statement marks a single rhetorical change, whether it will ever amount to anything substantive in change in any material matter remains to be seen. Obama has even proposed a few minor changes respecting the banking system-Wall Street, but he has kept the roosters in charge of the hen houses. At least he's tinkered around the edges; at this juncture he has not even done that respecting the I-P situation. Haven't you read any of the many comments over the last six months trying to read what Obama will do, including those posted since he made his admittedly heroic Cairo speech? Will he walk the walk, not just talk? The preponderance of evidence to date suggests NOT-- I hope I'm wrong, just one of quite a few who voted for Ron Paul, then for Obama when the practical choice came down to Obama versus McCain. Your version of insane is actually insane, not to mention inane, and very misleading. My statement covers decades; while it is true Obama's Cairo statement marks a single rhetorical change, whether it will ever amount to anything substantive in change in any material matter remains to be seen. Obama has even proposed a few minor changes respecting the banking system-Wall Street, but he has kept the roosters in charge of the hen houses. At least he's tinkered around the edges; at this juncture he has not even done that respecting the I-P situation. Haven't you read any of the many comments over the last six months trying to read what Obama will do, including those posted since he made his admittedly heroic Cairo speech? Will he walk the walk, not just talk? The preponderance of evidence to date suggests NOT– I hope I'm wrong, just one of quite a few who voted for Ron Paul, then for Obama when the practical choice came down to Obama versus McCain.

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