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----- Original Message ----- From: "Honest Reporting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 02 August 2002 02:01 Subject: Media Fails at Hebrew University > FALSE MORAL EQUIVALENCE HEADLINE OF THE WEEK: > (courtesy of Agence France-Presse) > > "Two Israelis, Two Palestinians Killed in Suicide Bombings and Ambushes" > http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020730/1/31286.html > > In this case, two does not equal two. The two dead Israelis were brothers > who had gone on Tuesday to a Palestinian village to sell fuel. The two > dead Palestinians were a suicide bomber (Jerusalem falafel stand), and a > man who broke into a Jewish home and stabbed two Israelis, before being > shot by security guards. > > Complaints to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================> > HonestReporting Communique > 02 August 2002 > > "MEDIA FAILS AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY" > > * * * > > Dear HonestReporting Member, > > The civilized world is shocked at the latest Palestinian bombing, this > time defiling the sanctity of an academic campus -- one in which Jewish, > Arab and foreign students mixed freely. > > The media has distorted the events of Wednesday's Hebrew University > bombing in 4 significant ways. HonestReporting encourages members to > monitor your local media and call their attention to the following points. > > > === DISTORTION #1 ==> > The media reported the attack as a response to Israel's killing of Hamas > leader Salah Shehadeh in Gaza. > > Knight-Ridder correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson leads off by writing: > "Palestinians seeking revenge for a recent Israeli airstrike on the Gaza > Strip detonated a bomb Wednesday in a crowded cafeteria at Hebrew > University..." > http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/3773618.htm > > It is spurious to categorize this attack as a response, when Hamas was > already planning attacks anyway. According to Israeli Defense Minister > Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Shehadeh was planning six simultaneous terror > attacks in six different Israeli cities, including mega-attacks intended > to kill hundreds of Israelis. The LA Times reports that Israel's top > internal security official believed that at least 60 terror attacks were > already being planned. > http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast1aug01.story > > Some media even parroted the propagandist claim that Hamas was on the > brink of a cease-fire. This argument is preposterous, considering that > Hamas has waged a ceaseless campaign of terror against Israeli civilians, > claiming credit for at least 28 major bombing attacks against Israeli > civilians since the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993. > http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0i5d0 > > > === DISTORTION #2 ==> > The media presents the Hebrew U attack as an appropriate retaliation, a > tit-for-tat for the deaths of civilians in Shehadeh's apartment building. > > However, the media fails to note one crucial difference: Israel was > targeting a terrorist mastermind, with the civilians deaths regrettable > collateral damage. By contrast, in the Hebrew U attack, Palestinians were > intentionally targeting civilians. > > This key point is omitted in a Reuters report, which fails to mention of > why Israel attacked "a crowded area of Gaza City," implying that Israel is > no better than Palestinian bombers: > > "Palestinian militants have vowed to avenge an Israeli missile strike on a > crowded area of Gaza City last week that sparked strong international > condemnation..." > http://honestreporting.com/a/r/264.asp > > We ask: Would the media consider it an appropriate retaliation for Israel > to now go massacre Palestinian university students? Of course not. As the > UK Independent put it: > > "Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, Hamas' spiritual leader, said: 'When Israel bombs a > civilian building full of women and children, and kills 15 people, this is > the response they should expect.' It was a response that quickly eroded > the international sympathy for the Palestinians prompted by the Gaza air > strike. 'Why is somebody targeting students sitting down to their > lunch?'..." > http://honestreporting.com/a/r/265.asp > > > === DISTORTION #3 ==> > The media failed to report the mass celebrations in Gaza following the > Hebrew U attack. An estimated 10,000 Palestinian men, women and children > celebrated in the streets with clapping, singing and distributing sweets > -- while carrying pictures of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, > and calling for more suicide bombings. > > This is in sharp contrast to the Israeli soul-searching and regret > following the deaths of civilians in the Shehadeh strike. > > Amazingly, mention of the Gaza rally and celebrations was totally omitted > by many major news agencies, including: > > - The New York Times > http://honestreporting.com/a/r/266.asp > > - The Washington Post > http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25043-2002Jul31.html > > - BBC > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2163677.stm > > Associated Press notes the rally, but doesn't mention any celebrations. > http://honestreporting.com/a/r/267.asp > > This mysterious omission calls to mind September 11, when Palestinians in > Beirut, Nablus and Jerusalem exploded in street celebrations -- rejoicing, > dancing and handing out candies. > > Then, to prevent the world from seeing these incriminating images, armed > Palestinians (some in PA uniform) detained foreign journalists and > confiscated videotape, film and other camera equipment -- while > festivities continued in the streets. Journalists were threatened with > their life if the footage was broadcast. The scene was repeated three days > later, when 1,500 Palestinians demonstrated in Gaza by waving posters of > Osama bin Laden. > > Were this week's Gaza celebrations subject to similar forms of > intimidation? Or perhaps journalists are practicing a form of > self-censorship, knowing the consequence of portraying Palestinians in an > unfavorable light. > > > === DISTORTION #4 ==> > The media subtly implies some justification for the attack by suggesting > that Hebrew University is located on disputed land. > > For example, the Washington Post map places the university clearly in the > West Bank: > http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25043-2002Jul31.html > > Reuters reports that "The bomb exploded in the cafeteria in the Frank > Sinatra International Students Center, on the university's Mount Scopus > campus near Arab East Jerusalem." > http://honestreporting.com/a/r/268.asp > > In truth, Hebrew University's Mt. Scopus campus was inaugurated in 1925, > and was located on Jewish land long before the establishment of the State > of Israel. It flourished until Israel's 1948 War of Independence, when > Jordanians seized the surrounding land, even as Israel continued to hold > the Mt. Scopus site as an enclave. After the surrounding neighborhoods > were restored to Israeli control in 1967, Mt. Scopus again flourished as > Hebrew University's main campus. > > > ========== ABOUT HONESTREPORTING ===========> > HonestReporting welcomes you to submit media critiques for possible > inclusion in future communiques. Be sure to include a URL of the article > you are critiquing, and send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Want to do more to help? Encourage your friends to join the growing > movement of HonestReporting. Send a friendly info message from: > http://www.honestreporting.com/a/friend.asp > > HONESTREPORTING INFO SHEET to print out, post on bulletin boards, > photocopy and distribute. Get the word out to schools, places of worship, > community centers. Go to: http://www.honestreporting.com/HRPrintout.pdf > > Privacy Guarantee: HonestReporting will never share your e-mail address or > personal details with anyone. 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