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Re: Babies who threaten to topple Israel?
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Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:18:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Harro de Jong wrote:
> dr_scott_arthur@yahoo.co.uk (Scott A) wrote in <HrKu9v.2Jw@lugnet.com>:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Harro de Jong wrote:
> > > orrex@excite.com (Dave Schuler) wrote in <HrHx8H.1zHJ@lugnet.com>:
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> > > 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."
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> The situation in continental Europe (where I live) is rather different.
*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
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| dr_scott_arthur@yahoo.co.uk (Scott A) wrote in <Hrs768.1LwG@lugnet.com>: (...) In view of your response somewhere else in this topic, [quote] JO: I think the correct phrase should be "Anti-Israelism", and not JO: "Antisemitism". SA: I prefer the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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