Author Unplugs The Guardian’s Spin
October 28, 2012 12:51 by Pesach BensonThis says a lot about The Guardian. An op-ed by Benjamin Pogrund, a prominent anti-apartheid activist who made aliyah took Haaretz to task for its controversial apartheid survey.
Israel has moved to the right, but is not an apartheid state.
Pogrund’s point is that the media over-spun the story against Israel. But an ironic editors note at the bottom confirms The Guardian’s contribution to the problem — the original headline was twisted against Pogrund’s very point:
The original headline of this article, “Israel is hostile towards Arabs, but it is not an apartheid state”, was changed at 17:46 on 26 October 2012 at the request of the author.
I couldn’t find a cached version of the original headline, but it remains in CiF’s Facebook and Twitter feeds.
So after Pogrund unspun Haaretz, he had to unpleasantly unspin The Guardian as well.
jeb stuart
3:27 pm
Oct 29, 2012
The notion Israel is comparative to South Africa is based on both being “settler states”. How both states were “settled” is not comparative. Boers could claim no linkage to South Africa just the same frontier challenge and opportunities settlement offered. The Boers faced no impending genocide directed compelling a migration and no historical links to the area. Whereas Judaism has always had a presence in Jerusalem, they have always been a vibrant minority; today the majority. What is absent from the analysis is the importance Islam now plays in defining who can live in shariah states as equals and not in fact living under real apartheid that is the comparison.
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Autor zieht bei Meinungsmache des Guardian zurück « Medien BackSpin
7:43 pm
Oct 29, 2012
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Jayson Rex
9:56 pm
Oct 29, 2012
Everybody knows the truth but no one will admit to it. Arabs/Muslims are out to kill or convert ALL Christians, Hindus, Budhists, etc., all 5 billion of them and, in the process, the 6 million Israeli Jews if they can. And if they cannot … too bad. They will not face the Israeli armed forces again across the killing fields.
The Guardian, BBC, etc. are all British media and as such pro-Arab and anti Israel. The danger is that Israel will sue U.K. for breach of promise, having recanted on Balfour Declaration and given away more than 90% of the territory assigned to the Jewsih State by the Colonial Power.
A few trillion dollars compensation will surely affect the UK economy. Or not?
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martin
1:29 am
Oct 30, 2012
don’t forget the british betrayal of the san remo declaration,too.
britain is a wonderful country, it borrows money on the open market to send as aid to china, pakistan, india, many other countries and of course to the poor fakestinians. all together now….. aaaaah.
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
2:18 am
Dec 16, 2012
the hamas murdered six palestinians on the streets of gaza.
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Israel is “hostile” to ARABS?
Israel is the most ARAB-FRIENDLY Nation in the whole WORLD.
Israel is the FAIREST and BEST Nation in the World. Israel has NO dirt on its stick. Unlike OTHER, ALL other countries. !!! ISRAEL is LIKE VANUATU: a TOTAL TRUE VICTIM.
some TWO MILLION Vanutuans were ERADICATED by by the Brits SCHLEPPED-in DISEASES and also by COLONIALIST MASSACRES.
FANATICS massacre. NAZIS massacre. ANTISEMITES are nazis.
the “GUARDIAN” of “UK” has ALREADY concerning ASSANGE been CORRUPTED into SWEDISH sudo-”justice” EVIL LIES also by MISTER “Domscheit-Berg”, a LIAR, like the GUARDIAN !!!
down WITH LIARS ! DOWN!
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