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Tuesday, November 30 2010Wikileaks-Israel Roundup, Part 2
It ain't liveblogging, but the roundup of Wikileaks-Israel material continues. • Reporters will have a harder time with government sources. So predicted Prime Minister Netanyahu in a meeting with editors and journalists:
• Egypt's role as a regional mediator takes a big hit -- especially President Mubarak's efforts to broker Hamas-Fatah reconciliation: For years, Mubarak's regime has presented itself as the only diplomatic actor capable of resolving the 2007 split between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah that left Hamas in control of Gaza and Fatah in control of the West Bank. Palestinians deem reconciliation critical to the success of any peace deal with Israel, but many accuse Egypt of being a biased mediator and therefore unfit for the job. The disclosed documents appear to leave little doubt as to where Egypt stands. • I was impressed with the reaction from this Chicago Tribune staff-ed:
See also part 1, which I posted earlier today. Wikileaks-Israel Roundup
• Before Operation Cast Lead, Israel asked the PA and Egypt to assume administrative control of Gaza after the conflict. Both refused, and the PA already denies having any advance knowledge of war plans. • The US independently assesses that Turkish PM Erdogan really does hate Israel:
• The leaks are "devastating" to the Walt/Mearsheimer netroots claims that Israeli neocons goading for war with Iran. Meanwhile, Fisk's being Fisk again. • Not surprisingly, the Arab media plays down revelations that their own leaders' support for an attack on Iran:
UPDATE 2:05 p.m.: I just posted Part 2 of this ongoing roundup. Sunday, November 28 2010WikiLeaks: Iran Smuggled Weapons to Hezbollah in Ambulances
According to a source quoted in the cable: The Iranian Red Crescent again facilitated the entry of Qods force officers to Lebanon during the Israel-Hezbollah war in summer 2006. Although [NAME REMOVED] did not travel to Lebanon during the conflict, he reiterated that the only true IRC officers dispatched to Lebanon were [DETAILS REMOVED] all others were Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Ministy of Information and Security officials. [NAME REMOVED] further said that the IRC shipments of medical supplies served also to facilitate weapons shipments. He said that IRC [DETAILS REMOVED] had seen missiles in the planes destined for Lebanon when delivering medical supplies to the plane. The plane was allegedly "half full" prior to the arrival of any medical supplies. Makes me wonder about other pseudo-humanitarian aid flotillas . . . Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem: A 6-Month Assessment
CiFWatch assesses Harriet Sherwood's six months in Israel for The Guardian. Spoiler alert: To conclude, Sherwood does not appear so far to be meeting her own standards as professed above. She is definitely “covering the same ground as everyone else” . . . Here's a visual breakdown of Sherwood's coverage: Read the full analysis. Over 2,000 Enrolled Already, Join Digital Diplomats Today
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9. Living in Jerusalem: Regardless of what the UN says, visiting the Western Wall reminds me why this place is the heartbeat of the Jewish people. 8. Free online news: Enjoy it while it lasts. 7. Ofcom exposed George Galloway for who he is: an Israel-basher whose show lacks any and all pretense of "impartial" debate. 6. Someone went to the trouble of flying down to Dubai to kill Mahmoud Mabhouh. The world's a better place without that Hamas arms dealer. 5. The Mavi Marmara photos cropped by Reuters were published uncropped in Hurriyet. 4. Despite the MSM inexplicably ignoring Paul Martin's captivity in Gaza, the British journalist's plight wasn't as long as Alan Johnston's. 3. The Stuxnet computer virus: Nothing else is slowing down Iran's nuclear program. 2. Hezbollah's squirming over a CBC investigation. 1. Israel is indeed a rogue state we can be proud of. Bad Guys Bought Stuxnet on Black Market
Sources tell Sky News that unidentified "bad guys" bought the Stuxnet on the black market.
You know that someone's just bound to interrupt his Thanksgiving weekend to blame Israel for this. Nuanced Notes on the Western Wall
Decades of archaeology have shown that the Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, was a retaining wall of the compound where the two biblical Jewish Temples stood 20 centuries ago. The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third-holiest site, is built atop the ruins. Where are you, Harriet Sherwood? Wednesday, November 24 2010Hezbollah Conceding It Killed Hariri?
YNet News picks up on the quote of the day: A Hezbollah parliament member, Walid Sukkarieh, made an unusual statement Wednesday and said that "even if Hezbollah murdered Rafik Hariri, we have no interest in destroying Lebanon," the London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat reported. Even if? Nasrallah's sweating over that CBC documentary more than I thought. PA Kills Death Penalty For Selling Land to Jews
The unidentified man was sentenced to five years in prison with hard labor, and the possibility of being executed. But an appeals court labeled the sale "a commercial transaction with a member of an enemy state for personal gain or greed," which didn't harm national security. The ruling: misdemeanor, two years in prison without hard labor, removing the specter of execution. The PA's attorney general convinced the courts to reinstate the felony ruling. But the Times adds:
That's a relief. For comparison, last year, the Israeli media reported that Galilee farmers were selling agricultural land to investors from Persian Gulf states with no ties to Israel. Officials from the Israel Land Administration said -- like it or not -- they couldn't intervene as the transaction involved privately-owned land . . . Tuesday, November 23 2010Watch CBC's Full Report on the Hariri Assassination
The blogosphere's still buzzing over the CBC's bold investigation tying Hezbollah to the Rafik Hariri assassination. The full documentary's on YouTube now. . I do hope the politically correct BBC execs who buried their own documentary are watching. Via Elder of Ziyon. Dejudaising Jerusalem: The Guardian Helps Promote Palestinian Lies
Does The Guardian buy into Palestinian claims that Israel and the Jewish people have no spiritual or historical connection to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount? See HonestReporting UK's latest critique: Dejudaising Jerusalem: The Guardian Helps Promote Palestinian Lies Introducing Digital Diplomats
HonestReporting and Awesome Seminars have teamed up to provide you with the Digital Diplomats course. In this free, six-part course, you'll learn everything you need to use the Internet to become an effective advocate for Israel. Click on the image for more info and to sign up. Monday, November 22 2010Ofcom: No Real Conversation On George Galloway's Show
The ruling was the result of a complaint by a viewer against a February broadcast discussing the death of Hamas leader Mahmoud Mabhouh in Dubai. The broadcast code allows free speech to presenters like Galloway, providing that impartiality is preserved, as described in this rule Ofcom cited: Rule 5.5: ‘Due impartiality on matters of political or industrial controversy and matters relating to current public policy must be preserved on the part of any person providing a service. This may be achieved within a programme or over a series of programmes taken as a whole.’ But Ofcom found a pattern of criticism over several broadcasts it couldn't overlook. I don't have room to mention all the examples it cited; suffice to say, Ofcom didn't feel there was enough real "debate" to allow Comment to accurately describe itself as "impartial." The watchdog's conclusion says it all:
Press TV is run by the Iranian government, meaning Galloway's on the payroll of the mullahs. That helps explain this comment on June 10: If I was running Iran I would build a bomb because Israel is aiming hundreds of nuclear weapons at me. (Hat tip: The Wire) Hariri Assassination: CBC Points Finger At Hezbollah
An impressive CBC investigation of the Hariri assassination concludes Hezbollah did the dirty deed. Among Neil Macdonald's findings:
I hope the BBC -- which timidly shelved its own documentary on the assassination -- watches this video.
This is the strongest media investigation I've seen of the murder. Sunday, November 21 2010Hamastan: The State of the Witch Hunt
The Christian Science Monitor shines a spotlight on the Hamas witch hunt for collaborators. With hundreds of people arrested, fear and distrust are everywhere. And human rights are out the window.
It's not the kind of dispatch Hamas wants you to read, so be sure to read it all. New Dutch Blood Libel
The claim first appeared in the Volkskrant, the third largest paper in the Netherlands, in an interview with the well-known Dutch-Jewish director George Sluizer. According to Sluizer, 78, he witnessed Sharon killing two Palestinian toddlers with a pistol in 1982 near the refugee camp Sabra-Shatilla while filming a documentary there. Like Donald Bostrom's Swedish blood libel, there's no corroborating evidence. The cameraman who Sluizer claims also witnessed the shooting, Fred van Kuyk, is dead. And Sharon's in a coma. So we can only take Sluizer's word for it. An Israeli defense minister personally killing Palestinian toddlers would've been quite a scoop back in '82. Why is Sluizer only coming out with these allegations now? Radio-Canada Host 'Regrets' Equating Israel with Iran and Sudan
After obscenely equating Israel with Iran and Sudan, Radio-Canada's Simon Durivage expressed "regret" for this "inappropriate comparison." See HonestReporting Canada's latest communique: Radio-Canada Host 'Regrets' Equating Israel with Iran and Sudan Thursday, November 18 2010Palestinians, Anarchists, Torch Israeli-Owned Land Again
Israeli security arrested a dozen anarchists suspected of torching land belonging to the Bat Ayin. YNet News explains what happened:
Now how do you think Al-Jazeera knew where and when to show up with a camera crew? It's all an unreported aspect of the olive harvest war I discussed with Yarden Frankl in our most recent podcast. Who the Heck is Mandated With Resettling Refugees? (Part 2)
Elder of Ziyon's video makes a similar point I blogged, asking Who the heck is mandated with resettling refugees? Dare I say Israel has treated Palestinian refugees better than Fatah, Hamas, the neighboring Arab states, the UN . . . Why Did BBC Pull Documentary About Hariri Assassination?
I'm glad the Beeb is concerned for fact-checking, but I'm a little surprised that it's The Explanation this close to air time. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were political considerations. The Beeb is supported by a license fee, which means public money has already been spent on this project. Here's the trailer I found online. UPDATE Nov 22: I hope the Beeb's powers that be are watching this bold CBC investigation on the assassination. Time Magazine and the King of Paean
So Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is the leading vote getter for Time's person of the year. I can hardly wait to see the fawning cover story should he win. People often knock Time for naming Hitler as 1938's person of the year. But that cover story is surprisingly more critical than the "king of paean" I assumed. For what it's worth, my vote goes to the Chilean miners for the ray of good news they gave us by simply hanging on. Wednesday, November 17 2010Closure for Alan Johnston, Not Gilad Shalit
Perhaps this will give some sense of closure to Johnston, who was held captive for four months. The Army of Islam's also implicated in the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, 1,606 days ago. Unfortunately, no closure there to speak of. It's Only An Outrage When Israel Does This
Imagine the headlines if Israel did this: To Save Lives, NATO Is Razing Booby-Trapped Afghan Homes The Internet Ain't 'Public Domain'
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But sometimes a violation – and its subsequent justification – is so brazen that the Internet has no choice but to take collective action. The case of writer and blogger Monica Gaudio versus Cooks Source magazine is a case in point, one that demonstrates what can happen when, in the words of All Things Considered, the Internet gets angry. Cooks Source, a small Massachusetts magazine about food, published A Tale of Two Tarts by Gaudio (with credit) without informing the writer or seeking permission. When Gaudio discovered that her copyright had been violated, she e-mailed the publication, requesting an explanation, an apology and a $130 donation to the Columbia School of Journalism.
This, in part, is the response she received from Cooks Source editor Judith Griggs (bold added): But honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution. We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me... ALWAYS for free! After Gaudio published Griggs’ email on her blog, the response was quick and furious. Hundreds of indignant Internet users blogged the issue, and thousands more left hostile comments on Cooks Source Facebook page and tweeted about it relentlessly. A songwriter even put the words of Griggs’ letter to music and posted his performance on YouTube. Moreover, the phrase “But honestly Monica…” became a catchphrase for misinformed defenses for wrongdoing, while a new verb “to griggs” was added to online lexicon, meaning to steal content then demand payment for editing it. Eventually, Griggs had no choice but to take down the magazine’s website and offer an apology. She also posted a statement “explaining” how the copyright violation happened:
One night when working yet another 12 hour day late into the night, I was short one article... Instead of picking up one of the multitude of books sent to me and typing it, I got lazy and went to the www and "found" something. Bleary-eyed I didnt notice it was copy written and reordered some of it. I did keep the author's name on it rather than outright "stealing" it, and it was my intention to contact the author, but I simply forgot, between proofreading, deliveries, exhaustion. The explanation didn't satisfy the Internet mob, which by then hijacked the magazine’s Facebook page. Collectively analyzing Griggs' website, angry readers found more alleged copyright violations, including articles pilfered from CNN, National Public Radio, and Martha Stewart’s Living.
The “I simply forgot” justification also failed to address Griggs’ real offense – her condescending and insensitive response to a writer who had been wronged. Had Griggs simply apologized, the case would have been nothing more than a reminder that some people have insufficient regard for others’ intellectual property. But Griggs' myopic first response hit two particularly sensitive areas for Internet denizens. First, the statement that the Internet is public domain is a bewildering expression of entitlement, suggesting that Internet content has little value or merit. At best, Griggs seems to be saying, it can serve as filler for her tiny niche publication when she finds herself “short one article.” Second, Griggs is suggesting that she improved the original article and the writer should be grateful that her work was altered, even without her consent. This statement is a violation of the very essence of what it means to own a piece of work. It means that no one can come along and change it without the owner’s approval. While copyright-centered arguments over “mash-ups” and “remixes” continue, the dispute focuses on the right to create new works from existing material, not to simple edit someone else’s articles. In the end, Griggs noted that her small publication was unlikely to survive the Internet tsunami unleashed by her bad choices. But the magazine will maintain a legacy long after it disappears. As Matt Smith noted in a City Pages review of the incident, “the magazine may well become a digital textbook example of how not to respond to grievances in the internet age.” Previously in Alex's series: Google Uber Alles Who the Heck is Mandated With Resettling Refugees?
I commend John Ging's desire for dialogue with the Israeli public. As the UNRWA's director of Gaza operations, Ging and his organization have a lot of explaining to do. Adi Schwartz interviewed Ging. This snippet highlights UNRWA culpability in protracting the refugee situation:
It's not just Gaza. Lenny David points out that Rawabi, a planned Palestinian city under development near Ramallah, hasn't earmarked any of its 30,000 housing units for refugees. And that's a shame, because there are exactly 30,000 refugees in Lebanon's still-unreconstructed Nahr el-Bared refugee camp on the verge of losing UNRWA assistance for lack of funds. (See Voice of America for more on that.) If neither Hamas, Fatah or the UNRWA are taking advantage of such obvious opportunities to resettle Palestinian refugees, whose mandate is it? The Chronicle of Higher Education Fails Intifada 101
But they don't take place in a vacuum. Here's a quick crib sheet of Intifada 101 stats covering 2001-2007 which Kaplan overlooks. These figures are from 2001-2007. 1,194: People killed by Palestinian violence and terrorism 8,342: Israelis wounded in terror attacks 140: Suicide bombings I'm also curious about Kaplan's thoughts on Palestinian terror attacks on Israeli academia. In particular, Roni Yechiah, was killed when a Qassam rocket hit the campus of Sderot's Sapir college. And who can forget the Hebrew University massacre? Nine students were killed and around 100 more were injured when a bomb blew up in a cafeteria. If there was no terror, there wouldn't be a need for the security fence, checkpoints, and bureaucratic restrictions. It's all a long time ago in blog years. But for Israelis like me who lived through the years of bus bombings and more, this isn't ancient history either. Tuesday, November 16 2010Israel Now Akin to the Barbary Pirates
Now, the American security incentives being offered for a new settlement freeze raises more conversation about US-Israeli relations, and Perry muddies the waters again, comparing Israel to the Barbary pirates.
It's fair to debate whether the offer should have been made, and if it's over the top. So it goes with all political horse-trading. But that's not Perry's point. By comparing Israel to those pirates, Perry, a former Arafat advisor who is squarely in the Walt/Mearsheimer camp:
Last but not least, I have to wonder if Perry's evoking the imagery of US Marines "from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli," on some level, suggests a desire for US military intervention against Israel.
Monday, November 15 2010Podcast: The Olive Harvest War
Last week, Palestinians and international anarchists were filmed starting forest fires in Gush Etziyon. But the film raises issues beyond that particular forest fire. This year, the mainstream media's all over the "olive harvest war." What the MSM's not reporting is that in many cases, the Palestinians plant trees on land that doesn't belong to them, giving literal meaning to "facts on the ground." Yarden and I discussed this issue in our latest podast. Apologist for Hamas: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
A St. Petersburg Times correspondent stumbles blindly through Gaza ignoring the worst aspects of Hamas rule. See HonestReporting's latest media critique: Apologist for Hamas: See No Evil, Hear No Evil Sunday, November 14 2010Man Pleads Guilty For Anti-Semitic, Threatening Talkbacks
Mohammed Sandia pleaded guilty to distributing threatening and insulting antisemitic material through the website of The Scotsman newspaper. According to the Jewish Chronicle, Sandia posted comments referring to Jews as a "genetically mutated inbred tribe. Jews are not fit to breathe our air and should be attacked wherever we see them." No gray area about that. Thursday, November 11 2010Another Hamas Crackdown on Press Freedom
Hamas broke up a memorial for Yasser Arafat, detained journalists, and ordered them to turn over all footage of the event. The Foreign Press Association slammed the action. According to the AP, the memorial was nothing more than a private screening of a video about Arafat, attended by 30 people. A Palestinian Dig At Israel Over Chilean Miners Visit
According to The Guardian, the PA may not want the visitors showing up under Israeli auspices:
I can understand why the PA might be concerned. Recent rulings by advertising standards watchdogs in Britain and Holland don't allow Israeli tourism ads to suggest that tourist sites in disputed areas are in Israel. The PA won't want to appear to undermine those rulings. (The UK/Dutch logic suggests that the PA shouldn't be allowed to market tourist sites in disputed areas either, but that's a separate can of worms.) The idea of peace on earth and goodwill to all men may be buried by stubborn principle. That could lead to an avalanche of bad PR. I hope the Chileans don't get shafted. Jerusalem is Not a Settlement
Building plans for existing Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem kick up a new media frenzy. See HonestReporting's latest communique: Jerusalem is Not a Settlement Quote of the Day
Naser Suleiman, director of Gaza's new maximum security prison, to Sydney Morning Herald correspondent Jason Koutsoukis. Wednesday, November 10 2010Fact Checking, Iranian Style
Recently, the Working Group Against the Trafficking of Women set up a display at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center showing real women with price tags, as if they were merchandise for sale. The goals: raise public awareness and gather signatures for its petition. The shock value paid off. According to Haaretz, "very few passersby reacted negatively or apathetically," and hundreds of people signed the petition. It also drew the attention of an Iranian news site called Rajanews. Israelity explains what happened next:
Mideast Youth's criticism hit the nail on the head:
That's fact checking, Iranian style. Was This Photo Digitally Altered?
This AFP/Getty Images photo raises some questions of digital alteration. Palestinian women protect their noses and ears as they walk past an Israeli policeman ready to fire tear gas canisters at Palestinian stone throwers in the Arab village of Issawiya in east Jerusalem on November 9, 2010. (AFP/Getty Images/Ahmad Gharabli) The caption's copied directly from the AFP/Getty Images web site (run your cursor over the caption's first words). The soldier's presumably standing in a shadow, but his silhouette looks way too dark, compared to the women in the background. Even more curiously, if you look carefully enough, you can actually make out the Israeli Border Police patch on his arm. Something just doesn't add up. I can't prove anything, but it's worth asking if the border policeman was artificially darkened. Darkening's an image-altering technique that can create a more menacing effect (OJ Simpson comes to mind). As an aside, the photo's silhouette could confuse readers that the policeman is pointing a gun at the women. Fortunately, the caption identifies the object (tear gas) and notes the unseen context: Palestinian rock throwers in Issawiya. The rub is that newspapers don't necessarily publish the full caption, and readers don't always bother to read captions. And Palestinian activists often seize on these kinds of images for their own purposes, and they won't provide the missing context. So if anyone sees a lighter version of this photo, let me know. I'd like to -- pardon the pun --see more light shed on this. November 10 Links
Palestinian Stock Market Keen to Lure Foreign Investors Hamas' Tightening Grip on Power: Targeting Fun in the Gaza Strip Peace Between Middle Eastern Nations Is Possible Peace Breaks Out Thanks To Football, For A Few Minutes At Least Today's Cabinet Showdown Has Lebanon on Brink
This Beirut Daily Star report is pretty dramatic. The Lebanese cabinet wants to resolve the "false witnesses" controversy by referring (or not) the question to Lebanon's Judicial Council. The stakes are high:
The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon is widely expected to indict Hezbollah figures in the near future. Not surprisingly, Hezbollah blames Israel. Tuesday, November 9 2010Blame Those Settlements
During the 10 month settlement freeze, the Palestinians did absolutely nothing to advance the peace talks. Nobody told Dave Granlund, who penned this Christian Science Monitor cartoon. Google Uber Alles
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More deeply than we think, it turns out. And its errors have effects we could never have imagined. Just last week, Nicaragua invaded Costa Rica because Google Maps mistakenly showed certain disputed territories in Costa Rica as being part of Nicaragua. According to media reports,
A popular blog, Search Engine Land also covered the story. Ironically, it relied on an article from the Spanish press for information, using Google Translate to read the story. At first, I thought the story was a hoax. Could an army possibly invade another country over information provided by an online map program? So I did what I always do when I suspect a hoax – I Googled it (yes, Google's a transitive verb that Merriam-Webster capitalizes) and discovered the story was real. Google Maps. Google Translate. Google search. Then I read that Google’s mobile phone system, Android, has surpassed Apple’s vaunted iPhone in revenue this year. Resistance is futile. It's a Google world. We're at its mercy. Previously in Alex's series: The NY Times's Digital Transformation Radio-Canada Equates Israel with Iran and Sudan
By putting Israel, Sudan and Iran in the same boat, Radio Canada draws a false moral equivalence between the "rogue states." See HonestReporting Canada's latest communique: Radio-Canada Equates Israel with Iran and Sudan Monday, November 8 2010Bungled Headline of the Day
Credit the Irish Times for today's Bungled Headline. Pay special attention to who is doing the inciting. You have to read the article to find out that the razed mosque was built without a permit, and illegally funded too. Not a very insightful headline. See AP for comparison: Sunday, November 7 2010CNN Photo Razes a Ruckus
UPDATE: Just minutes after posting this, it was brought to my attention that CNN already removed the photo. * * * Israeli authorities demolished a Bedouin mosque near Beersheva. Yet CNN illustrates its story with this AFP/Getty Images photo -- from Gaza? Rubble must be more gripping when it's from Gaza. According to Haaretz, the mosque was built without any permits, and was funded by The Islamic Movement's Northern Branch, which is headed by Sheikh Raed Salah. As for Rahat, it's located well enough within Israel that a Qassam rocket nearly wiped out a tent full of women and children outside the Bedouin village during Operation Cast Lead. Is Britain Grovelling to the Israeli Bully?
See HonestReporting UK's latest media critiques:
South African Web Site Debunks Israel-Apartheid Claims
The South African Jewish community put together a nice web site debunking various misconceptions about Israel, including the "apartheid" smear. Check out Let's Talk Israel. Gov't Press Office Chief Bids Farewell With Blunt Interview
Danny Seaman is stepping down from his position as head of Israel's Government Press Office. In a frank, wide-ranging interview with the Jerusalem Post, Seaman discussed the ups and downs of working between the press corps and the government. He touches on issues like:
I'll miss Seaman; best of luck to his replacement, Oren Helman. Thursday, November 4 2010Analyzing the Analysis
I just finished reading The Media Line and Newsweek assessments on what the US elections results may mean for Israel and the peace process. For a sloppier analysis, see the Irish Times; the only person Michael Jansen bothered to quote is Juan Cole . . . Wednesday, November 3 2010Blog Notes
After hearing feisty participants give Mark Regev an earful about gov't resources not being readily available for Israel advocates, I added links to a few gov't web sites to Backspin's "Featured Links" section. You'll find them on the right, just below the "Featured Blogs." Links include the Prime Minister's office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel's embassies in Washington and London, the NY consulate, UN mission plus the IDF and Knesset sites. Check 'em out and empower yourself. Is the PA Restricting Press Freedom?
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