http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-37/115650686485 180.xml <http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-37/11565068648 5180.xml&storylist=newsmichigan> &storylist=newsmichigan Dingell removes Arab-American Web links following complaints DEARBORN, Mich. U.S. Rep. John Dingell has removed links to Arab-American sites from his official congressional Web site, after Detroit's Jewish News complained that they make "unsubstantiated and disputed claims" about Israel's response to Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon.
The links were removed "because they are voicing sentiments about the conflict in the Middle East that Congressman Dingell strongly disagrees with and that are offensive to Mr. Dingell and to other constituents of Mr. Dingell's district," Dingell spokesman Adam Benson told The Detroit News for a story published Friday. Benson said the links were put up in 2000 to help Arab-Americans looking for information about immigration. In an Aug. 14 article, the Jewish News questioned links between Dingell's Web site and those of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and the Arab American News that "contained unsubstantiated and disputed claims of Israeli massacres and targeting of civilians" and "opinions harshly critical of Israel, Zionism and U.S. support for Israel." Osama Siblani, publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab American News, defended his coverage of the conflict. "The Jewish community has their own positions, and we disagree with them, but we do respect them, and we do not want to stifle debate as long as we are polite," Siblani said. The decision to remove the links comes after conservative bloggers late last month seized on comments Dingell made on a public affairs television show. Dingell was asked, "You're not against Hezbollah?" _ the terror group that sparked the violence between Israelis and Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon. "No," Dingell replied. But the snippet, which was posted on a popular conservative Web site and picked up by other conservative Web logs, was only part of the comment. Dingell's full statement: "No, I happen to be _ I happen to be against violence, I think the United States has to bring resolution to this matter. Now, I condemn Hezbollah as does everybody else, for the violence." Dingell said he was pointing out that if the U.S. is to be an honest broker in the Middle East, it must talk to both sides. 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