UPDATE
Shortly after being contacted by HonestReporting, The Guardian has corrected the description of Im Tirtzu, which it now refers to as an “extra-parliamentary political group.”
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An article on the so-called Israeli “culture wars” in The Guardian refers to:
the rightwing extra-paramilitary political group Im Tirtzu
The dictionary definition of paramilitary is “relating to, being, or characteristic of a force formed on a military pattern especially as a potential auxiliary military force.”
The right-wing pressure group Im Tirtzu may have gained a reputation for controversy and even offense in some of its campaigns. Its members, however, are certainly not armed and do not engage in any paramilitary activities.
Given that Im Tirtzu does describe itself as an “extra-parliamentary political group,” it’s likely that The Guardian’s description of Im Tirtzu was the result of a copy-writing error.
Still, it does make us wonder if there was any subconscious bias involved that led to a writer and his editors misrepresenting an Israeli right-wing group as a bunch of Blackshirts.
In The Guardian? Surely not…
A request has been sent to The Guardian for a correction. Watch this space.
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This article is factually incorrect.
1. It makes no sense for the government to fund those who are hostile to the Jewish state. Removing government funding for projects that are against the public interest is not censorship. It’s common sense. You want to promote the end of the Jewish state? Fine, but do it on you own dime, not at the expense of the public.
2. The Minister of Education removed a book from the required reading list. He did not ban it. It’s not the only book that has been removed as the list is constantly updated, but it’s convenient for his political adversaries to make a big deal out of it. It’s one of many storms in a teacup going on right now.
3. The Im Tirtzu campaign is exposing the crimes of the so-called “human rights” groups, the massive funding they receive from foreign governments who wish to interfere with Israeli democracy while bypassing the diplomatic channels in a way that goes against all standards of civility, and to expose the people who are involved in these organizations.
4. The minister Regev is working to discourage Israeli performers from discriminating against people based on their place of residence. Normally one would call that a fight against bigotry.
5. Regev is the minister of culture. The army radio belongs to the government. It is basically her job to make sure that a government radio station serves and represents the government. Pressuring the army radio to play the kind of music most of the people in Israel like (more than half of the Jews in Israel are from middle eastern countries, and many of the others also like that kind of music) is basically her job. So you are criticizing her for simply doing her job.
6. So you think the Jewish state should fund art that calls for the Jewish state to cease to exist, or that supports terrorism against it, or that mourns the creation of the state, or the desecration of the state’s symbols, because funding those who are trying to destroy you makes perfect sense. Right.
7. You seem to be leaving out at least one of the major events that started this uproar: Regev’s decision to stop state funding to a theater that has close ties with Hamas, receives funding from unknown and possibly terrorist sources, and has been performing a play showing the murderer of an Israeli soldier in a sympathetic light.
All these language problems are pressures and due to the fact Israel’s politicians are far too moderate. If Israel had a REAL RIGHTWING party and in the government the medias would not be able to call likud which is centre left left,left ie more simply said a mere leftwing party. It would call it moderate which the truth and would stop the pressures soon.
These anti-Semites do not make mistakes when it comes to how they report on Israel.
I hope that the Gurdian newspaper will do its best to report on Israel in a less bias way. In doing so they will help to stem the anit Israel and Anti semetism attitudes for growing around the world.
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