Author Dan Ephron thought Yigal Amir’s family would be outcast because he killed Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir 20 years ago. No, they’re socially included in Israeli society, and Amir’s brother and co-conspirator Hagai who served 17 years in prison gets congratulated for his bravery.
In rare opportunity for Palestinian perspective on CNN, Yousef Munayyer said of alleged “lone wolf” attacks on Israelis: “It would be like reducing the conversation around race riots in the United States to condemnations on attacks on store owners without talking about the systematic racism that underlies this, causing political violence.”
When Jews die in Israel and Palestine, alarms go off in newsrooms in the United States. American media have been seeking out Israeli voices, and rarely if ever address the occupation that fosters Palestinian resistance
An analysis of last month of New York Times articles reveals that references to occupation are a stock phrase for the West Bank. The articles are almost devoid of any context of what Palestinians are experiencing in East Jerusalem, and readers are left with the sense that there is simply a conflict over holy sites.
Dorgham Abusalim deconstructs Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens’ latest column claims to share, “the truth about why Palestinians have been seized by their present blood lust.”
Hillary Clinton’s shocking statement yesterday sympathizing with Israeli Jewish victims of attacks and saying nothing about Palestinian victims is actually reflective of American press coverage. Mainstream news sites continue to emphasize Jewish victims over Palestinian victims, and leave out the larger context of the conflict, Israeli occupation and the hatred it is producing, on both sides.
A South African leader says Palestinian conditions make apartheid look like a “picnic,” but NPR’s David Greene and Emily Harris deny the occupation, and portray latest violence as product of “simmering” enmity between two peoples
Both Ha’aretz and the New York Times obscure Israeli responsibility for a missile attack meters away from a home south of Gaza City, which destroyed the structure and crushed the sleeping family inside.
Marco Rubio courted Sheldon Adelson in Las Vegas last week, is routinely praised by Bill Kristol, and gave his campaign the same title as a disastrous neoconservative project. Who’s he auditioning for? The pro-Israel lobby.