Innocent Victims...of Media Coverage

Yidwithlid ^ | 3/5/09 | Barry Rubin

[Shellybenoit]

It should be well-known that the rules applied to the Arab-Israeli conflict are different from those applied to any other place or issue in the world. Sometimes, in journalistic terms, these become so ridiculous that if one were to step back and look at things from a fresh, logical perspective the way they are dealt with should provoke laughter.

Three examples. First, on March 3 there is a story entitled, “Arab homes on Jewish historical site stoke strife,” by Ben Hubbard. This is a long article about the troubles of poor Palestinians in Jerusalem. But what is the story? Some 88 homes were built illegally, without any license, on top of one of the most important historical sites in the world, the City of David, which is slated to become an archaeological park.

So the houses are slated to be torn down. And how urgent is this? Well, it has been something planned for four years but hasn’t happened yet. To be fair, the article presents all the facts—in sharp distinction to many pieces done by Associated Press. But no doubt thousands of readers will come away with the idea that Israel is persecuting poor Palestinians. Yet anywhere else in the world the houses would either have been blocked from the start or torn down within weeks of being built.

[Venturer]

Let the homeless of DC start building houses on Lafayette park and see how far they get. Let Mexico start shooting acros the border and smuggling in dope and immigrants,and see what happens. Wait , they already are and nothing is happening.