Tuesday Morning Media Mix – 9/27/11

What to read before your work day begins? • Abbas Strikes Out -- Despite the accolades, Mahmoud Abbas is having…

By September 27, 2011

What to read before your work day begins?

• Abbas Strikes Out — Despite the accolades, Mahmoud Abbas is having a tougher month than the Red Sox.

• Is the ‘Palestine question’ still Palestinian? — One disgruntled Palestinian supporter sees right through the “Palestine Spring.”

• East Jerusalem Palestinians Say UN Move Would Hurt Them; Many Prefer Israeli Citizenship — PA demands that Jerusalem must be the capital of a Palestinian state go against wishes of an awful lot of Palestinian residents.

• Al Jazeera journalist admits to being Hamas operative — Samer Allawi tells Israeli security he sought to use his job to advance Hamas interests.

• TIME Meets Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan — Erdogan says UN sanctions on Israel would have moved peace process forward.

• Reporters in Gaza will need Hamas-approved ‘sponsors’ — No quick fix for Swedish journalist denied entry to Gaza after his fixer wasn’t approved by Hamas.

(Image via Flickr/inju)

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Pesach Benson

Pesach Benson

A Baltimore native, Pesach was with HonestReporting from 2011 to 2020. He edited the Israel Daily News Stream and authored the e-book, Red Lines: HonestReporting’s 8 Categories of Media Bias. Before moving to Israel in 1995, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. Pesach has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he was executive editor of the campus newspaper.

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