Israel Daily News Stream 05/31/2012
May 31, 2012 15:26 by Pesach Benson
Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel and the Mideast.
Gaza convoy disbands. Iran suspiciously razes buildings at nuclear site. Syria takes a beating in the press.
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Israel and the Palestinians
• George Galloway’s Gaza convoy broke up in dismal failure. Viva Palestina was unable to get permission to enter Egypt after spending two weeks in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba. According to the Times of London (paywall):
This week they decided to cut their losses and abandon their mission.
According to the Jordanian newspaper al-Dustour, Kevin Ovenden, the convoy’s leader, said that the group appeared to have secured permission from the Egyptian authorities, but that this was rescinded at the last minute for no apparent reason.
But others blamed poor leadership and organisation.
A number of people bailed out of the convoy over Galloway’s decision to pass through Syria, which gave Assad some propaganda points.
• I’m very glad to see AP take note of Congressional interest in defining Palestinian refugees. By making a distinction between original refugees and descendents, the hornet’s nest being raised is overdue.
• Ehud Barak didn’t go into specifics, but he said Israel should consider unilaterally imposing borders on the Palestinians. The NY Times, BBC and AP, among others, were on hand for the Defense Minister’s remarks.
• Israel returned the bodies of 91 terrorists to the PA, which is honoring the martyrs suicide bombers and terrorists with a national rally at Ramallah’s presidential compound.
• The Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions movement scored another victory: One of Switzerland’s largest supermarket chains, Migros, is going to add special labels identifying settlement products as “Made in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.” The European Jewish Press writes:
saul
4:33 pm
May 31, 2012
This is a great, quick resource to stay on top of the key issues going on in Israel on a daily basis.
Thanks.
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m
4:41 pm
May 31, 2012
“Migros spokesman Monika Weibel denied Tuesday’s decision constitutes a boycott, insisting the chain wants “to let customers decide which products they want to buy”. The supermarket previously issued generic ‘Made in Israel’ labels for settlement produce . . .”
But ironically those leftist twats, Israel deniers and Jew haters are forgetting that not all products coming from Shomron and Judea are grown on Jewish farms; filthy palis also has farms in that region. So, the left once again cuts it’s collective onset to spite it’s ugly pox riddled face.
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Salim Varese
10:07 pm
May 31, 2012
Migros makes a ton of Money from Chocolate. Been there bought it. So if the chocolate companies like Lindt-Spruengli and Tobler will be boycotted by us, they will put pressure on Migros to stop their dumb attitude and stop getting involved in Politics.
For starters, I am not buying any Swiss chocolate and encouraging the readers to move way from the Toblerone Isle etc.
Salim Varese (Nesherke’s father)
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m
4:42 pm
May 31, 2012
Forgive my computers insistence on writing for me and me not proofing.
“Migros spokesman Monika Weibel denied Tuesday’s decision constitutes a boycott, insisting the chain wants “to let customers decide which products they want to buy”. The supermarket previously issued generic ‘Made in Israel’ labels for settlement produce . . .”
But ironically those leftist twats, Israel deniers and Jew haters are forgetting that not all products coming from Shomron and Judea are grown on Jewish farms; filthy palis also HAVE farms in that region. So, the left once again cuts it’s collective NOSE to spite it’s ugly pox riddled face.
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MR
6:23 pm
May 31, 2012
M. makes a good point about punishing all people in the territories, including Palestinians, but the overt racism expressed in the comment is an outrage. I am appalled to see this kind of talk on this website, and if this continues I won’t be reading honestreporting much longer.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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m
6:35 pm
May 31, 2012
So it’s me or you then? Are you giving HR an ultimatum? Grow up.
What exactly did I say that was so “racist” according to you?
PS This is a rhetoric question, please don’t answer it because I am not about to wasted anymore time on you.
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Karin Berryman
11:52 pm
May 31, 2012
Honest Reporting is above all those emotive and ranting phrases. ‘Filthy palis, ugly pox ridden face’ is not worthy of this site. These kinds of terms are everyday fare in media driven by skewed individuals and ideological hosts.
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m
12:22 am
Jun 01, 2012
So true Karin, although it is cathartic at times. As you can well appreciate I’m sure, dealing with leftists and Israel deniers is tiresome.
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