More Twisting the Truth: Ha’aretz and IDF Experiments on Soldiers
November 1, 2012 12:57 by Simon PloskerAt the beginning of October 2012, Ha’aretz published a report with the following disturbing headline:
Israel Prize winner and author of the IDF’s Code of Ethics, Professor Asa Kasher, had, according to Ha’aretz, presented an opinion that:
medical experiments on soldiers are desirable and even justified. Kasher declared that “the participation of soldiers in compulsory or reserve service in medical experiments in the military framework must be carried out in consideration of building the force or considerations of activating the force. In the circumstance of a medical experiment, only considerations relating to building the force can be taken into account. The aim of a medical experiment must be for the soldiers’ benefit.”
In the aftermath of the exposure of Ha’aretz’s unprofessional and unethical journalism in falsely presenting the results of a poll to suggest that Israelis support apartheid, Professor Kasher wrote to HonestReporting revealing his own experience with Ha’aretz:
Prof. Asa Kasher
A few weeks ago, a “report” was published in Haaretz, by a Chaim Levinson, ascribing to me the claim that the IDF may conduct experiments on soldiers if it is for the benefit of the military. It immediately drew the attention of the friends of Ha’aretz: on one Palestinian site it was republished accompanied by a picture of Nazi physicians.
First it was published without my reaction, since Ha’aretz had not been able to contact me, so they claimed. It was indeed a sheer lie, since I had been easily accessible as usual. I sent a talk back which they did not publish. After I protested, they asked me for a reaction and published it. In my reaction I flatly denied their allegation and told readers that they could ask me for the document under discussion and see for themselves how Ha’aretz lies. Many did and expressed shock after realizing the abyss between the document and the “report”.
The document [which can be obtained by emailing Professor Kasher here] was an ethical discussion of medical experiments that involve soldiers. I wrote it at the request of a district court president. I mentioned large families of conditions that must be fulfilled for a medical experiment that involves soldiers to be ethically proper. The conditions rest on medical ethics, scientific-medical experimentation ethics and military ethics. My document mentions numerous necessary conditions.
The reporter took one of them, distorted it and portrayed it as a sufficient condition. I stated that “the benefit of the military” means the benefit of the soldiers themselves. I mentioned it among the necessary conditions. Ha’aretz described it as a sufficient one.
Although my document has since then been publicly available and I denied the report, Ha’aretz and their reporter (who is, by the way, not their reporter on military issues or medical issues, but rather their reporter of the settlements…) have not rephrased their “report”, and needless to say have not apologized.
In light of recent behavior, why are we not surprised?
Update
Where better to peddle the lie that Israel is an apartheid state than in a South African newspaper? Despite the exposure of his shoddy agenda-driven journalism, Gideon Levy has done just that. Click here to read more.
Labenal
1:55 pm
Nov 01, 2012
Yet again mis-reporting and lies give succour to Israel’s enemies. Even if Ha’aretz issue an apology and correct the report, the original report will remain out there on the net for anti-Zionists and antisemites to quote for ever, given “credibility” by the name of a major Israeli newspaper. The damage is done.
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Mr. Light-Bright
7:15 pm
Nov 01, 2012
If those at Ha’aretz got down on their knees (humble posture), and begged for forgiveness; while at the same time, firing all of their staff that were *directly* (SIDE NOTE: not indirectly because that would be all of them) responsible – then the scar “damage done,” would be far less noticeable, and become a testament to show how bad they were, and how good they are now!
But that’s all fairytale – there is no way in hell that they would redeem themselves lol [laughable]
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tony
2:37 pm
Nov 01, 2012
I sometimes wonder as for whom HA-ARETZ actually works for.? The Arab Cause,The Guardian, CNN,, AL -Jazeera does more indepth reporting ,well at least they try. Ha-aretz is not only an extreme Left paper, it is becoming a SCUMBAG ,& SCANDELOUS newspaper;and an embarresment to the Jewish people.and ISRAEL.
If the Editors allow Just Any “pseudo journalist “to report on matters such as Medical ,or Army problems,, No wonder Israels Image on the International stage are so BAD.Ha-aretz should be charged with Incompetance, and the editor and the journalist who instigated this scandale should be FIRED.
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martin
1:09 pm
Nov 02, 2012
I believe that I have an explanation for the wierd sense of reporting at Ha Aretz.
It is a known fact that this rag is losing readership fast to other daily papers, in particular the rightwing freebi Israel Ha Yom. The rag needs to make outlandish and malicious allegations against I srael in order to encourage Israelis to buy their paper.
Hooray for justice, this policy is failing and this rag of a paper will continue to lose readership, Israelis are showing their contempt, therefore giving official policy at editorial level a real slap in the face.
Other leftie freebies have failed in this kind of marketing, so the fact that Israel Ha Yom is free has no bearing with increased readership
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Nov 02, 2012
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Beverly Kurtin, Ph.D.
10:05 am
Nov 15, 2012
CNN LIES. I have had that bumper sticker on my van for years. Today they FINALLY got around to reporting on big bad Israel beating up on the poor Arabs in Gaza for no reason. Reading those offspring of unmarried parents boils my blood.
Israel “says” that rockets have been fired into Israeli territory, but say as FACT that some Arabs were killed today and that Israel have opened the gates of hell.
Let’s put all of the terrorists there so that their innocent civilians can try to make peace.
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
1:25 am
Dec 16, 2012
awkward, very awkward, for haaretz newspaper.
maybe they wanna join jihad? they will strap em with a bit of TNT and send em into osama’s antisemite hate deed 911……
that is the style people nowadays “blog” in. just with me, without any antisemitism.
some people are influenced by antisemitism. it creeps into their ears, into ALL their holes, ACTUALLY. bad machos will fornicate, but also indoctrinate women by nazi antisemite “ideology”. many TAXI drivers ARE ANTISEMITES, HALF of them coming from other countries than they stay in, currently. Funny, ey? Also Gypsies are not unoften antisemite. when they are victims like we Jews. Same with the Blacks. ML King was good.
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
1:29 am
Dec 16, 2012
Martin Luther King was much better than the REAL Martin Luther, a white “MAAN” in DA MIDDLE MEDIEVAL haha MED-EVIL times
Martin Luther, the real middle age german white MAAN, recommnended the PERSECUTION of JEWS in Germany, after our representatives didn’t wanna join his “movement”.
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The OTHER good Black Martin Luther KING in the sixties, who WAS MURDERED AT A SPEECH, SHOT like JFK, ANWAR EL SADAT AND RABIN AND LENNON AND DIMEBAG DARREL AND TUPAC and possibly CURT COBAIN, ML King said, that:
” WHO IS AN ANTI-BLACK RACIST, IS ALSO AN ANTISEMITE.”
AND VICE VERSA, I add. Totally correct. ML King was good, and possibly, the BLACK PANTHERS yielded stupidly to BRUTAL MURDERERS. !!! :\\\
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
1:37 am
Dec 16, 2012
YES, I do think that I bring a little bit of EUROPEAN-AMERICAN, SECULAR winde into this PLACE, saying THINGS BLUNTLY, as does the REALLY TRULY superbe HONESTEPORTING .. I think INTERNATIONAL BIGGEST PRESS AWARDS ARE IN ORDER TO IT, they HAVE TO BE AWARDED TO HONESTREPORTING !
Also, I thought about this now an entire day, I can now at few times go back to yahoo, only shortly, and rectify stuff much more quickly by the help of this REAL truth here by HONREP.
and those many US doofs who call themselves “^truthseekers”, oy oy oy falsehoodseekers they are … oy oy oy
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