Le Post Censors “Racist” Danny Ayalon Refugees Video
December 13, 2011 17:42 by Pesach BensonOne French website, Le Post, thinks Danny Ayalon’s latest video about refugees is “potentially racist”.
The website — which is styled after the Huffington Post and affiliated with Le Monde, a prominent French newspaper – removed a post by Europe Israel which featured the video. (That post can also be found at Europe Israel.)
It’s been a long time since anyone on HR’s staff took any French lessons but here’s an unofficial translation of Le Post’s explanation:
After reading and analyzing your article of Dec.10, we decided to take it away from our website as it is not in conformity to the guidelines of lepost.fr. We want to assure you that we are doing everything possible to accept as many articles as possible.
We are analyzing the articles in an neutral and impartial way and regularly verified by a supervisor.
Reason for taking away the article from our website: The argument is potentially racist . . . Every argument that is racist, xenophobe or that could lead to any form of racial . . . hatred are not allowed on our website.
There’s nothing racist about Ayalon’s video, which points out that:
- Palestinian refugees fled at the behest of Arab leaders.
- Israel has absorbed a similar number of Jewish refugees who fled Arab lands.
- The Arab world prefers to use the refugees as political pawns.
- Palestinian leaders want to use the so-called “right” of return to undermine Israel.
Here’s the video Le Post thinks is racist. Judge for yourself.
Joseph Agius
7:18 pm
Dec 15, 2011
Truth hurts! Let the videos keep coming and expose the lies of the Arab Muslims and their supporters!
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Jerry b
7:38 pm
Dec 15, 2011
When and if all the historically accurate’ empirically verifiable information is used we see arabs want to conceal history and redefine reality
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Beverly Kurtin
7:43 pm
Dec 15, 2011
The French still do not care what they say as long as they pronounce it properly. My mind boggles that any racism could possibly be seen in that video. HOWEVER, since it points out the truth about the JEWISH refugees, that there were more Jews than Arabs that were displaced is the real problem with the French.
THAT GOES AGAINST ALL OF THE ACCEPTED PROPAGANDA (LIES) THE ARABS HAVE SPREAD FOR OVER SIX DECADES!
So any TRUTH from a Jewish point of view is automatically dismissed as being untrue.
Newt Gingrich correctly has said that the name Palestinian to mean Arabs in Palestine was made up. The Arabs were under the control of the Ottoman Empire for about 500 years. Prior to that, the land was fairly void of human habitation. That was what Mark Twain’s observation was in the 19th century.
An Egyptian by the name of Yassir Arafat is the individual who is responsible for giving that name to the Arabs in 1964, prior to that they were just Arabs. That is being denied in all corners of the world, but history cannot be rewritten, truth is the truth no matter what people wish was the truth.
I’ve transferred Mr. Aylon’s video to my Kindle Fire to show others who may not know the truth. And one of the MAIN truths is that Jerusalem is not a divided city and that it is never mentioned in the Koran.
I don’t blame the entire French people for what one magazine has to say; we’ve many friends in France and to them I say mercie.
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Moisha
7:45 pm
Dec 15, 2011
I would love to see a comment from Le Post as to what in Aylons video they identify as untruthful
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Jossef
7:50 pm
Dec 15, 2011
France, a country with one of the most antisemetic histories of all nations, knows racism when it sees it, does not it. There is no racial element in Danny Ayalon video “The Refugees” and the Le Post knows it. As French always do, as DeGaul did in the 1960s when he reversed friendship with Israel overnight and launched an embargo because he wanted to appease the Algerians after the French occupation there ended, so does Le Post today trying to avoid offending the Muslim population in France, at the expense of free flow of information. However, what is even more outrageous is Le Post cowardice inf justifying their action with the phony argument of “racism.”
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steve mann
7:52 pm
Dec 15, 2011
I am totally confused- I have watch the video 3 times – where is there one racist comment-
The whole lecture was about countries accepting refugees. And about countries expelling people because of their race and thats the racism in that article-
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m
9:09 pm
Dec 15, 2011
Let me explain, when it comes to Jew haters and Israel deniers, truth has nothing to do with anything. It matters little what Israel does or does not do, or what Israelis say or do not say. The LEFT continues to wear blinkers and sling their pathetic hate mantras and lies. They do not want to know the truth, even if it is fro their own good.
I watched that vid also and I didn’t to hear one single racist comment uttered by Ayalon.
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Mark
5:20 am
Dec 16, 2011
small correction… not “blinkers”… I think you mean “blinders”, like what they put on a horse’s head to prevent horse from seeing what’s on either side, and to force the horse to keep looking in one direction only.
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Moll
8:41 pm
Dec 15, 2011
Le Post writes: “After reading and analyzing your article of Dec.10, we decided to take it away from our website as it is not in conformity to the guidelines of lepost.fr. We want to assure you that we are doing everything possible to accept as many articles as possible. We are analyzing the articles in an neutral and impartial way and regularly verified by a supervisor. Reason for taking away the article from our website: The argument is potentially racist . . . Every argument that is racist, xenophobe or that could lead to any form of racial . . . hatred are not allowed on our website.”
A Reader’s Response: Who read & analyzed the article? What are their credentials? What are the Policies and Procedures at Le Post, defining what is acceptable information, and what kind of information is to be rejected? Where in your Policies & Procedures manual are the written definitions of the words “racist”, “zenophobe”, “hatred”, “neutral”, “impartial”? Where in your Policies & Procedures Manual, is it written “how” the supervisor verifies such issues as “neutrality” and “impartiality”. Have you published these Policies & Procedures so that the reading/observing public can KNOW that a supervisor is in deed and in fact neutral, impartial and OBJECTIVE? Publish the information on the defined, articulated, written policies & procedures whereby your website operates.
Further questions that the reader/observer of your website need answered are: Which one of Ayalon’s facts is not a true historical fact? Why did your supervisor who verifies material not attribute the quotations Ayalon cited to Nasser and/or Galloway? Why did you choose to attribute the quotations of Nasser and Galloway to Ayalon, and choose to call what he said “racist”, “xenophobic” and/or hateful? If the quotations accurately reflect what Nasser and/or Galloway said, who are the people who are potentially “racist” and/or hatefilled towards either the Arabs and/or the United Nations? If the quotations are from arab leaders (i.e. Nassar) and/or from friends of arabs (i.e. Galloway) who is the “racist”, “xenophobe” hate-monger? Is it the person citing the quotation or is it the person uttering the original hateful phrase?
The facts surrounding the middle east conflict have been historically stated & documented. In order to credibly revise the history of these documented historical facts, you will have acknowledge that all your ancestors, who did the documenting and who recorded the discoveries of ancient times, were the biggest liars in the world. And if your ancestors are to be known as liars, what does that make you?
As a website, words become important. Words are sacred. Words are the only containers/vessels human beings have with/in which to convey truth. If the human being used words to mislead and/or deceive, that human being has lost their ability to communicate, and their credibility as a communicator. Wisdom dictates truth and honesty. Neither of those two words are “relative”.
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The Truth about Refugees « housetops
9:11 pm
Dec 15, 2011
[...] to post Danny Ayalon’s commentary on the Palestinian refugees. Le Post said the video was “potentially racist” and removed it from their [...]
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Tuvia Fogel
9:16 pm
Dec 15, 2011
Definition of ‘potentially racist’: it’s when you haven’t received any Muslim threats YET.
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Simon Shamoun
10:01 pm
Dec 15, 2011
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hdu
4:58 am
Dec 16, 2011
Ma’abarah means “traversal”. The ma’abarot were traversal camps set up to temporarily house the Jewish refugees until there were sufficient houses to settle them in various parts of Israel. Israel had to settle several hundred thousand people. This could not be done overnight. Medical posts, schools, transportation, and other support facilities were set up to help the people until the housing was available. The Jewish refugees were helped on to their new lives as quickly as possible. This did not happen in the Palestinian refugee camps. What did Simon Shamoun want the ma’abarot to do?
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Jensen
11:30 pm
Dec 15, 2011
Perhaps the problem with Le Monde is that they are good at French, but not so good at reading and listening to English. It could be worth a try to translate it to French, and post it again?
I listened to it twice, and found no trace of racism in it. As usual Danny Ayalon made it short, to the point, and preseted facts in a language that noone could misunderstand.
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Mark
5:18 am
Dec 16, 2011
I challenge anyone… ANYONE… to show how any part of this film made an untrue statement about anything. Kol Hakavod to Danny Ayalon for laying it out plain and simple, and calling it like it is.
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Anama
6:50 am
Dec 16, 2011
Traduzcan este y demás videos también al español por favor. Este tema necesita explicarse en todos los idiomas para que más gente entienda la farsa árabe, que ahora forma parte del avance islámico. Este es un gran trabajo; felicitaciones Danny Ayalon y muchas gracias!
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SALTY
6:52 pm
Dec 16, 2011
The French are merely carrying out a tradition. They rounded up all the Jewish people and fed them to the Nazis. The French resistance was awesome. Many of those brave souls were betrayed and also ended up in Nazi concentration camps.
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watctowerman
7:11 pm
Dec 16, 2011
Manipulative aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict
http://watchtowerman.blog.bg/politika/2011/09/11/manipulative-aspects-of-the-arab-israeli-conflict.818111
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lovezion
8:31 pm
Dec 16, 2011
The French aren’t only antisemitics, they are ACTIVELY anti-decent world since each time they lick alah’s ass (excuse my French) they open yet ANOTHER door to the islamics who are delighted with the French’s protection and who takes more and more of that country. France is now inundated with islamics who act as if they owned that country. When islamics decide to bite them, they’ll deserve it and I hope it happens soon!
I think French feel close to arabs because of their common bloody inclination to cut off humans’ heads!!! They are made for one another!
French also love to corner, conspire against, torture and murder totally innocent people like Dreyfus!!! And of course we’ll find tons of other great injustices by France and its people if we go to their history!
I have a beloved dream for my people in Israel which I’ll send in a 2nd post here as this may be too long.
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lovezion
8:32 pm
Dec 16, 2011
YOUNG/HEALTHY/STRONG JEWS AND SYMPATHIZERS OF THE WORLD: STOP WHINING OR CRITICIZING ISRAEL – NO GOVERNMENT WILL HELPS US. NO ANTISEMITES EVER CHANGE. LEAVE YOUR ROTTEN COUNTRIES AND GO TO ISRAEL TO STAY AND PROCREATE IN ABUNDANCE, NONSTOP. GO FIGHT FIERCELY AS NEVER BEFORE. EMPOWER ISRAEL TO REGAIN ITS RIGHTFULLY-WON TERRITORIES AND CONQUER MORE! ISRAEL NEEDS NOT ONLY TO EXIST BUT TO PREVAIL IN FULL FORCE, INCREASING POWER CONTINUALLY TO ASSURE NOT BEING ATTACKED BY ANY COUNTRY!!! ISRAEL NEEDS YOU AND YOU NEED ISRAEL AND IT’S ONLY FAIR THAT YOU, YOUNG AND HEALTHY YIDS, GO AND HELP IT NOW! HOW ELSE DID AMERICA BECOME GREAT?
THOSE THINKING WE CAN CHANGE EVIL… ARE NAIVE AT BEST (I CALL THEM DANGEROUS IDIOTS!!!)
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rod allsworth
6:05 am
Dec 17, 2011
letter writers here keep saying ther is no racism in the video, true enough, however if we stop to think about -how- it is interpeted -that is,according to palistinian truth- which is of course a concocted history story, then, against that history it is racist, what is racist is the palistinian history story concerning the Isrealies
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Marucho
10:01 pm
Dec 17, 2011
To all readers and especially to Le Post mediators, if you want to know what RACISM or especially Antisemitism means, you should see the film: “Sarah´s Key”.
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