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Pro-Israel Blog-Off: Round 1 Match 2

Aussie Dave just introduced the second match of the 2011 Pro-Israel Blog-Off. This match pits against each other submissions by Divest This!, CiF Watch, and Huffington Post Monitor. Check out their submissions...

January 31, 2011 8:07 By : Leave a Comment

PaliLeaks and the Palestinian Honesty Gap

Khaled Abu Toameh (via Elder of Ziyon) explains the honesty gap exposed by the PaliLeaks. It says a lot that the PA can’t be straight with the Palestinian people: It is no secret that most of the...

January 30, 2011 23:02 By : Leave a Comment

Who Needs Peace Talks When You Have the Boston Globe?

As the Palestinians seek a UN Security Council condemnation of settlement activity, a Boston Globe staff-ed thinks the US should leverage its veto power with Israel: Obama should use the threat of a Security...

January 30, 2011 16:52 By : 2 Comments

Where Have You Gone, Yasser Arafat?

PaliLeaks fallout: The Guardian‘s columnist Seumas Milne sure misses Arafat: It’s a study in the decay of what in Yasser Arafat’s heyday was an authentic national liberation movement. An authentic...

January 29, 2011 21:36 By : 2 Comments

What We Know About Alistair Crooke

The PA’s now investigating three people, Al-Jazeera reporter Clayton Swisher, an unnamed Frenchman, and former British intelligence official Alistair Crooke, for their connection to the PaliLeaks. Crooke’s...

January 29, 2011 21:26 By : 2 Comments

IBA Close Up – Israel’s Image in the International Media

IBA’s Close Up discusses Israel’s image in the international media featuring PR professional and ex-Government Press Office employee Jason Pearlman alongside the AP’s Jerusalem bureau chief Joe Federman.

January 29, 2011 20:58 By : Leave a Comment

HonestReporting CEO to Address Israeli Non-Profits

If you’re going to be in Israel at the end of February, be sure to stop by the The Future of Nonprofit Summit – Israel. Israeli-based non-profits have much to discuss these days, and we’re...

January 26, 2011 18:15 By : 2 Comments

Hamas Spin Chief Gets Op-Ed Space

Granting Osama Hamdan, Hamas’s international relations dept head chief spinmeister the legitimacy of op-ed space in The Guardian’s print edition to respond to PaliLeaks is pretty sick. What’s...

January 26, 2011 17:48 By : 1 Comment

When Big Media is “More Palestinian” Than the Palestinians

Israeli officials who favor concessions to the Palestinians — get labeled by Big Media as “pragmatic,” “moderate,” and “dovish.” What about the Palestinian officials...

January 26, 2011 12:19 By : Leave a Comment

The Guardian Was Right to Publish The PaliLeaks

Jonathan Freedland’s column defending The Guardian’s decision to publish the Palestine papers is a sign that The Guardian’s pro-Israel (and now pro-Palestinian) critics are talking...

January 26, 2011 10:44 By : Leave a Comment