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Sunday, February 20 2005Blame game redux
Israel is determined to get revenge on Hezbollah, which defeated its attempts to turn Lebanon into an Israeli protectorate and drove Israeli occupation forces from Lebanon -- a small but vicious war this writer saw firsthand. Just last week, Margolis suggested that Israel poisoned Yasser Arafat too.
TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Blame game redux: CommentsTake a close look at his "Palestinian caution is warranted" article (last week's article). It's a treasure trove of rabidly anti-Israel sentiments and a perfect example of an article that systematically distorts facts. Actually "distortion" is too quiet a word for describing what it does. Still reading... It just gets better and better! The parts of the Gaza Strip that Israel is in (and withdrawing from) aren't inhabitted by Palestinians and are closer to Israel than they are to Gaza city. The writer is resorting to such silly lies in order to diminish the significance of Israel's withdrawel. In doing so, he also manages to pretend Israeli presence is right inside Gaza city (right inside their "slums" even), thus 'explaining' why Palestinians must indeed hate Israel. Does the writer not have much of a clue or does he simply not care? The article contained worse lies before this sentence and will undoubtedly have still more after this one. It's a text-book case of lying for 'Palestine'. Unmissable. Eric Margolis is a marginal columnist that is, to be honest, largely balanced toward Israel. I guess they think it will boost their subscription base (which is weak) to host this hate-monger/liar. Well, maybe he is but Ben Wedeman of CNN isn't, and his closing of a report on the Hariri killing included something like this (from memory): "Others suspect Lebanon's other neighbour, Israel, who might gain by carrying out an action that would most likely be blamed on Damascus." I meant to say the newspaper is largely balanced toward Israel. Eric Margolis is an idiot and the paper itself is not all that significant around here. Ok, Mike. Thanx. That is good news. Can anyone here enlighten me more about this "Schmendrick!" By the sound of his name, he obviously has some sort of Jewish connection which he is trying his damndest to 'apologise' for, by not letting facts get in the way fo his preconcieved ideas. Well, well, well. Here's some news that might wipe the stupid grin off Eric's face. According to Damien McElroy of The Telegraph one of the suspects is "Abu Adas, 23, a Palestinian Lebanese". http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Bsessionid%3DJWG2FIPN0HY5RQFIQMGSM5OAVCBQWJVC?xml=/news/2005/02/20/wleb20.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/02/20/ixworld.html Wow, a palestinian involved in a bombing-will they call him a terrorist, because, you know, it's not like he just killed Jews. . .he killed outside Israel. Margolis is frequently on the CBC TV News as well as an 'expert', he's always looking for ways to bash Israel, he glosses it up in twists & turns so as not to appear like a rabid hater, but he's in the same class as Mcdonald.. that is to say as far as journalism goes, Classless. He'll twist everything and anything to somehow find fault with Israel. Regarding the news of a Palestinian Lebanese suspected of Hariri's killing - it's a little too soon to tell. So far as I can make out, this is the investigation the Lebanese people do not wish for. It's a Lebanese investigation, rather than the independent international investigation the Lebanese people have been crying out for. I read an analysis that stated an official Lebanese investigation - if it points at Syria - will find a scapegoat somewhere down the ladder rather than dare to move up, to investigate and accuse the Syrian authorities. I believe the Iranians did this not long ago - blame a small group of intelligence officers who "acted independently". Moreover, this article seems to refer to a suicide bomber but I read what seemed to be credible testimony to the effect that a bomb went off under the car - causing a crater to appear in the road (apparently clearly visible in the pictures). It seems it's far too early to say who did it and for now there is little reason to trust the Lebanese investigation although its fadcinating to see which way it will go. A Palestinian Lebanese? What is that? Did his ancestors previously live in the state of Palestine but then emigrated to Lebanon (like, for example, an Irish American)? The invention of the existance of the Palestinian arabs as a nation is a modern occurance; one would think that this person will either need to be a Palestinian, or Lebanese. With regard to the Eric Margolis accusation that Israel poisoned Y. Arafat. If this were the case, I don't feel that too many people would mourn for him, apart from members of the biased against Israel media which includes Margolis. Whereas on the other hand, it is a well known fact that Israel was in no way implicated in Arafat's death. Therefore this makes Margolis the only poisoner here, as he uses his "poisoned pen" to scratch out his venomous lies and insinuations in the Toronto Star. S. Singh I retract from my previous post that Margolis represents the Toronto Star, in lieu of the Toronto Sun. In any case both of these entities are culpable in misrepresenting news items concerning Israel and the "Palestinians." Post a comment[Comments are held for approval before appearing.]
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