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Blood libel on the blogosphere
The authenticity of footage of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah being shot and killed as he sheltered with his father is a cause celebre on the Internet. Melanie Phillips calls it a modern blood libel. Strong stuff.According to Philippe Karsenty of Media Ratings, the report has “fuelled hatred of Israel, the Jews and the West around the…
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What price CNN? Hardball on Israeli cable…
Want to see the business battle over news in the raw? You have to go to Israel, where they hold these negotiations in public. This is from Haaretz: Every few months in the past two years, the HOT cable company has announced it will stop broadcasting popular television channels like BBC Prime, Hallmark and National…
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An Israeli reporter writes…
Great piece from Gideon Levy of Haaretz: It was a pretty quiet year, relatively speaking. Only 457 Palestinians and 10 Israelis were killed, according to the B’Tselem human rights organization, including the victims of Qassam rockets. Fewer casualties than in many previous years. However, it was still a terrible year: 92 Palestinian children were killed…