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Re: Babies who threaten to topple Israel?
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Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:02:59 GMT
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dr_scott_arthur@yahoo.co.uk (Scott A) wrote in <HrKu9v.2Jw@lugnet.com>:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Harro de Jong wrote:
> > orrex@excite.com (Dave Schuler) wrote in <HrHx8H.1zHJ@lugnet.com>:
> > I agree that there's a double standard. But in many respects, it's
> > Israel that's being judged more harshly than the Arab nations.
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> That's just not true. Studies have shown that the media is biased
> towards Isreal. That's not my opionion, that is a
> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4394251,00.html fact>:
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> "There is a second, perhaps more crucial reason why the TV newsrooms do
> not dwell on the history and origins of the Israeli/Palestinian
> conflict. This is that to explain these or to refer to them as
> underlying the violence could be very controversial. Israel is closely
> allied to the United States and there are very strong pro-Israel lobbies
> in the US and to some extent in Britain. It is clear that a lack of
> discussion of the origins of the conflict and of the controversial
> aspects of the occupation would operate in favour of Israel."
The situation in continental Europe (where I live) is rather different.
--
Harro de Jong
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) *Sigh* The item cited above is the result of an academic study which was published in a peer reviewed journal by a respected academic. Do you have something similar to support your argument, or are you just "shooting from the hip"? Scott A (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) It is pretty clear that Isreal does whatever it wants because it is "on Uncle Sam's payroll". It is Isreal which has broken countless UN resolutions. (...) It is a democracy in the same sense that (URL) apartheid> South Africa was a democracy. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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