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The Media and Palestinian Textbooks

Michelle Whiteman — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:50:19 +0000

Mainstream media coverage of the recent study on incitement in Israeli and Palestinian school textbooks by the Council of Institutions in the Holy Land this week was extraordinary and surprising. The issue of Palestinian incitement has long been considered a primary obstacle to peace by the Israeli government but virtually ignored by the media. Yet, [...]

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Land of milk and heroin — anatomy of a smear campaign

Michelle Whiteman — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:26:22 +0000

When baseless accusations are left unanswered, the risk is that they’ll become accepted as “conventional wisdom.” This is precisely what makes rhetoric the instrument of choice among Israel’s detractors, and it explains the modus operandi of such libels as the “Judaization of Jerusalem” or “apartheid.” And with a silent partner in the mainstream media that [...]

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The de-Judaizing of Jerusalem

Michelle Whiteman — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:19:40 +0000

This weekend, the Global March to Jerusalem followed the well-worn anti-Israel playbook of hijacking the language of human rights to advance an anti-Israel agenda. During the conference on Jerusalem in Doha, Israel’s’ supposedly moderate peace partner, Mahmoud Abbas, joined the chorus of voices calling on Muslims from around the world to breach Israel’s borders and [...]

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