Wikipedia editing courses launched by Zionist groups
Thursday, August 19, 2010 (81 reads)
By Rachel Shabi and Jemima Kiss
19 August 2010
The Guardian
Since the earliest days of the worldwide web, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has seen its rhetorical counterpart fought out on the talkboards and chatrooms of the internet.
Now two Israeli groups seeking to gain the upper hand in the online debate have launched a course in "Zionist editing" for Wikipedia, the online reference site.
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Ex-Israeli soldier's controversial Facebook pics
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (78 reads)
ITN
17 August 2010
A former Israeli soldier has posted photos on Facebook of herself in uniform smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners, drawing sharp criticism from the Israeli military and Palestinian officials.
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Exposed: The truth about Israel's land grab in the West Bank
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 (107 reads)
By Catrina Stewart and David Usborne
7 July 2010
The Independent
Jewish settlers, who claim a divine right to the whole of Israel, now control more than 42 per cent of the occupied West Bank, representing a powerful obstacle to the creation of a Palestinian state, a new report has revealed.
The jurisdiction of some 200 settlements, illegal under international law, cover much more of the occupied Palestinian territory than previously thought. And a large section of the land has been seized from private Palestinian landowners in defiance even of an Israeli supreme court ruling, the report said, a finding which sits uncomfortably with Israeli claims that it builds only on state land.
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CNN fires Middle East affairs editor
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 (114 reads)
By Brian Stelter
7 July 2010
New York Times
CNN on Wednesday removed its senior editor of Middle Eastern affairs, Octavia Nasr, after she published a Twitter message saying that she respected the Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
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French TV wants 12 teenagers to find a road map to Middle East peace
Friday, June 11, 2010 (175 reads)
By Lizzy Davies
11 June 2010
The Guardian
Most reality television shows keep their aspirations modest: good ratings, plenty of gossip and at least one participant who makes their way on to the front pages.
A French programme debuting this autumn, however, is aiming rather higher. Its mission – for 12 teenagers who choose to accept it – is nothing less than a road map to peace in the Middle East.
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Journalists on raided flotilla leaving Israel, speaking out
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 (200 reads)
By Rima Marrouch, Middle East and North Africa Research Associate for the Committee to Protect Journalists
2 June 2010
Firsthand accounts from reporters who were on the flotilla of humanitarian activists raided by Israeli forces on Monday are finally coming out as the journalists are released from custody. These early reports indicate that soldiers harassed international journalists - at least six had their equipment either confiscated or destroyed, according to CPJ interviews and news reports. Media accounts have indicated that 60 journalists or more were aboard the ships; on Tuesday, CPJ independently verified the names and affiliations of 20 journalists who had been taken into custody.
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Did banned media report foretell of Gaza war crimes?
Thursday, April 15, 2010 (264 reads)
By Jonathan Cook, author of "Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East," and "Disappearing Palestine: Israel's Experiments in Human Despair."
15 April 2010
An Arab member of the Israeli parliament is demanding that a newspaper be allowed to publish an investigative report that was suppressed days before Israel attacked Gaza in winter 2008.
The investigation by Uri Blau, who has been in hiding since December to avoid arrest, concerned Israeli preparations for the impending assault on Gaza, known as Operation Cast Lead.
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