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Arab politics; Palestinians suffering - Mudar Zahran
Had Arab countries given the Palestinians their rights, Palestinians living there would not pose a problem to peace prospects by seeking to “return to Palestine.” Even Arab countries that were civilized enough to allow Palestinians to obtain citizenship still discriminate against them and exclude them to the fullest, squeezing them into yearning for any change possible, even if it means looking back to Israel as their homeland.
UN investigation finds Lebanese Army attack on IDF unprovoked
An investigation carried out by representatives of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has confirmed that IDF troops did not cross the Blue Line border separating Lebanon from Israel during the recent border incident in which an IDF officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist were killed.
The incident was the most serious to take place on the Israeli-Lebanese border since the Second Lebanon War in 2006. A senior Israeli officer was killed by an LAF sniper, several hundred meters from the border.
“Grave” Errors and Serious Omissions as Swedish Media Group (TT) Pursues Anti-Israel Bias
The Jerusalem Post confirms the blogger’s information, a key element of which is that:
One of the anti-Israel stories TT sent around lately was about Israel allegedly desecrating Muslim graves to put up a Museum of Tolerance. – “the Supreme Muslim Council of British Mandate Palestine had planned to build a large commercial center directly on top of the cemetery in 1945.”
The English source for this information was none other than a 1945 edition of the Palestine Post, the precursor of the Jerusalem Post.
Swedish Public Television Spreading Propaganda Lies - Adam Eberhag and Chanah Shapira
Recently,Sweden’s publicly funded television broadcasting company- issued a short teletext notice concerning the recent Israeli air strikes against strategic targets in Gaza, in retaliation for a rocket attack against Israel. The air strikes, the notice states, were aimed at two targets; a military training camp, and the “refugee tunnels” along the border to Egypt.
Claiming these tunnels were “refugee tunnels” is a totally disingenuous misnomer, both because, as we have seen, that is not the purpose of these tunnels, but for a second, more significant reason. Lately, the tunnel business has been drying up. Yes, now that Israel has been trucking in even more consumer goods, the tunnels have become largely unnecessary for consumer goods. What that means is that now these tunnels have become almost exclusively weapons conduits.
Demonizing Israel is bad for the Palestinians - Mudar Zahran
The demonization of Israel by the global media has greatly harmed the Palestinians’ interests for decades and covered up Arab atrocities against them. Furthermore, demonizing Israel has been well-exploited by several Arab dictatorships to direct citizens’ rage against Israel instead of their regimes and also to justify any atrocities they commit in the name of protecting their nations from “the evil Zionists.”
The global media should instead start focusing on the broader conditions of the Palestinians in the Middle East region. There is much to see.
Antiracism for Anti-Jewish Purposes?: Reflections on the Swedish Mana Affair - Mathan Ravid
Iran's Swedish Protector - Mats Tunehag article in Wall Street Journal
There were probably many people with good intentions on the Ship to Gaza convoy. But one of the ships was organized by IHH, a terrorist organization with links to Al Qaida. The Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan backed IHH in their Ship to Gaza engagement. On their ship Mavi Marmara they sang Islamic songs inciting hatred and murder of Jews. Two well known Swedes also participated with this terrorist group. After the incident at sea the Swedes came to Istanbul. Who met them? Mr. Bildt. He quickly showed sympathy for the Swedes and the Ship to Gaza cause and equally quickly he condemned Israel.