Browsing Posts tagged Israel
Keith Olbermann speaks with an expert in airport security in Israel, and how unnecessary removing shoe, pat downs, and naked body scan are to provide safe travel.
Today I stumbled upon a story about the Facebook soldier, Eden Abergil, who had her picture taken with bound and blindfolded Palestinians. In the article, she boasted that she hated Arabs and wished they were all dead.
The article itself was cut and pasted onto another website, in its entirety, yet the original article is now gone. A quick google search reveals that several other blogs and websites read the story earlier as well and have portions of the original article on their sites.
There is no explanation as to why the story was pulled. Censorship of any kind is wrong, especially when you are reporting a legitimate news story. If the story needs to be edited, then do so and inform your readers that you did so. Deleting it with no explanation is wrong and leads to a distrust of media. Fortunately, the story is also being covered by Haaretz. It is unlikely that their story will magically disappear.
From Al Jazeera:
Israeli authorities have demolished at least seven homes in different Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem.
The homes are the first to be torn down since October 2009 and have provoked strong criticism from the Palestinians who say it proves Israel is not committed to peace.
Al Jazeera’s Sherine Tadros reports.
A new Israeli military policy could result in the eviction of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. They even risk being jailed.
Amendments to the existing 1969 order on preventing infiltration could apply to Palestinians living in the West Bank without official ID cards issued by Israel.
The Israeli army says the order was designed to “facilitate a process of judicial review of the extradition of illegal residents in the region”.
But Palestinian and Israeli human rights organisations have condemned the order.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
