"Sorry, they may care about what happens in Arab lands, but why would Arabs talk to them first and not, say a more neutral or pro-Palestinian source?"
No one in the Arab world has a site like the Debka Files, any more than they have a site like Free Republic (as far as I know). They don't have freedom of speech.
But CNN has a site, and the Guardian has a site. Why not report it there? Or the London Times?