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Sunday, July 24 2005'Settler' from western Jerusalem[Read the HR communique on this topic.] The San Francisco Chronicle has a profile of a Jerusalem resident from the Baka neighborhood whom the Chronicle describes in its headline as a 'settler':
HR contacted the subject of the Chronicle profile, Brian Blum (pictured), who said: "I was very disturbed by the initial headline of the article. I was asked to be part of a series on 'normal life' in Israel, but I felt that the headline misrepresented me as a radical!" * UPDATE * At 4 PM Israel time the Chronicle changed the headline to:
but then changed their minds to:
And now it's back to 'RESIDENT'... here's a suggestion -- how about 'Israeli'?! Comments to SF Chronicle: letters@sfchronicle.com Send a copy to the Chronicle's Readers' Representative, Dick Rogers: readerrep@sfchronicle.com
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» Finally from Soccer Dad CommentsI realize that the "hook" which caused the San Francisco Chronicle to choose Brian Blum was that he was a former Bay Area resident. To be strictly even-handed, however, couldn't they find a Palestinian who had formerly lived in the Bay Area, perhaps as a student? Or how about matching up the Palestinian with a sabra? Their choice subtly portrays the Palestinian as a native son, while the Israeli is an American immigrant, i.e. transplant. "couldn't they find a Palestinian who had formerly lived in the Bay Area, perhaps as a student? Or how about matching up the Palestinian with a sabra? Their choice subtly portrays the Palestinian as a native son, while the Israeli is an American immigrant, i.e. transplant." Hey Carol, Saeb Erakat received a BA and MA in International Relations at San Francisco State University. He's chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee. But he was born in Jerusalem. He wouldn't help the subtle innuendo that the "Israeli is an American immigrant, i.e. translplant." The problem with the Gaza pullout is that we must be careful to not let the media color Israelis as giving up settlements to native Palestinians. Over 60% of Pal Gazans are refugees. There was no PA in Israel until after Oslo.As Brian Blum states in the HR communique, media bias occurs when, "the western media, which already dehumanized Israeli residents of the West Bank and Gaza as problematic 'settlers' and interlopers, come to consider all of Israel a controversial 'settlement'?! Dutch citizens, who are entitled to a Dutch pension, receive it even if they live outside of Holland, for example, in Israel. HOWEVER, they receive only 33% of the pension that they are entitled to if they live in French Hill or any other parts of Israel that the Dutch consider as "occupied territories". Mr Blum's mistake was trying to be neutral. There is no moral equivalency between the Arabs, who are vicious killers acrtoss the world, and Israelis. There is therefore no neutrality. The real error is that of the editor who had to have a Palestinian give the other side,- the side of killers. Mr Blum should have refused to allow his material to be used to perpetuate the notion that there is an equivalency. Post a comment[Comments are held for approval before appearing.]
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