Prime Minister’s Office Calls Time Out
January 19, 2011 13:36 by Pesach Benson
Ron Dermer, one of Bibi’s advisors, wrote an impressive letter to Time in response to the recent article, Israel’s Rightward Lurch Scares Some Conservatives.
After addressing reporter Karl Vick’s take on the Shin Bet, a possible oath of allegiance, an investigation into foreign funding of non-governmental organizations, odious calls on Jews to not rent property to Arabs, and other issues, Dermer adds:
Every decision in Israel is put under the microscope by one of world’s largest foreign press contingents, the hundreds of human rights organizations and NGOs that operate freely here, a famously adversarial local press and most critically, by a vociferous parliamentary opposition.
A separate cover story claiming Israelis aren’t interested in peace sparked HonestReporting readers to give Time and Vick the 2010 Dishonest Reporter award; it also triggered No Time For Israel: An In-Depth Analysis.
Stefan
11:06 pm
Jan 20, 2011
Great reply, factual and to the point.
But it is a Sisyphus task. TIME did not make an error, or errors. The distortions and inaccuracies were intentional. No one can make those type of major “mistakes” unintentionally. The TIME story is simply one in a long, never ending effort, to discredit and delegitimize Israel. While raw anti-Semitism may no longer be ” salonfähig ” in the post holocaust era, anti-Israel bias and hate has taken up the mantle.
Even if few are listening, and some are, it is essential that we all join the effort to respond to the 21st century version of anti-Semitism, Israel bashing.
Mr. Dermer sets a great example.
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Mid
2:04 am
Jan 21, 2011
I agree that Time simply gets away with as much anti-semitism as is possible, for the sake of turning even more against Israel. I have never understood self-loathing Jews. I have Jewish heritage, and I am soooo proud to think I am somehow blood-related. But even if I weren’t, I would be a Jew at heart!! I have loved Jews and Israel since a young child, (and only in recent years learned of my ancestry) and never have I been swayed against them in any way, no matter what I’ve read or heard.
Shalu shalom Yerushalayim… pray for the peace of Jerusalem
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Jerry
3:48 am
Jan 21, 2011
It is about” time “, that someone put Time and other so-called unbiased journalists in their place. Will Dermers response be noticed, I doubt it. We have seen, and will continue to see the media of the world try to undermine Israel and Jews as long as it sells.
There is a world wide devotion, to escalate the muslim world, at the expense of Israel and the Jews. Did anti-semitism not exist prior to the State of Israel? We have been the scapegoats of everything that could possibly happen. Will this go away, Is the Pope jewish?
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Naomi Finck Kubitsky
3:07 pm
Jan 22, 2011
Do people become anti-semitic- or not- with their mother’s milk? Maybe I’m terribly aware of anti-semitism because I was born in a Jewish family? Aside from being good Jews (my father wasn’t religious and my mother was, but not an extremist), my parents and other relatives were good citizens of wherever they lived, lived well within the laws, never drove over speed limits, didn’t litter, were good pupils, did homework, hardly ever drank (except for wine to bless the Sabbath), etc. Do anti-semites not know that Jesus was a Jew, born to 2 Jewish parents? How do some people get anti-semitic ideas? Why do they think all Jews are rich? My mother worked with my father and sewed our clothes from hand-me-downs. My youngest uncle slept on our living room couch so he could go to med-school and he and my family always made sandwiches at home for lunch. I had heard of people going out to eat, but didn’t actually know any of them.
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Mary
4:34 am
Jan 25, 2011
I pray for the peace of Jerusalem according to Psalm 122:6..Israel will win..Israel will always have Jerusalem..it does not belong to the palestinians, never have and never will..those nations who turn their backs on Israel will be judged and not blessed..God is for Israel..the muslims god is not Jehovah God..their god is a corrupt and child abuser..
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