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Arab/ME journalists association issues guidelines for how reporters of Middle Eastern descent should slant their stories against Israelnoreply@blogge Like   Tweet   Arab/ME journalists association issues guidelines for how reporters of Middle Eastern descent should slant their stories against Israel noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 24 May 04:45 AM The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA) is a network for journalists of Arab and Middle Eastern descent. They have members who work at AP, Reuters, ABC, CNN, NBC, The New York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News, among others. They have issued guidelines for how reporters of Middle Eastern descent should slant their stories. For example: All reporting should take into consideration that Israel occupies Palestinian territory, and that Palestinians — whether they live in the West Bank, Gaza or inside Israel — are subject to an unjust and unequal system... Avoid "both sides" framing. Recognize the power imbalance between Israel and the Palestinian people. Do not call Gaza "Hamas-controlled." It is sufficient to say "Gaza," or "Gaza's Health Ministry," for example. Replace "eviction" and "real-estate dispute" with "forced removal." The terms "eviction" and "real-estate dispute" suggest a disagreement between a landlord and tenant, obscuring the Israeli government's efforts to forcibly displace Jerusalem's Palestinian population. Be cognizant of how you're identifying Palestinians. Do not use the identifiers "Arab-Israeli" or "Israeli-Arab," unless requested by the individuals described. Instead use "Palestinian citizen...Read More The star soccer player who was also an Islamic Jihad terrorist noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 23 May 02:30 PM Last week, the president of the Asian Football Confederation, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, expressed his condolences on the death of Palestinian player Moaz Nabil Al-Za'anin, a player for the Beit Hanoun football team in Gaza. There were many articles in Arabic about how tragic it was for a promising sports star to be martyred at such a young age, killed in an Israeli airstrike, along with an apparent relative, Muhammad Awni Abdullah Al-Za'anin, and a friend, Muhammad Yusef Mahmoud Abdullah. Now, Islamic Jihad has...Read More 05/23 Links: Ben Shapiro: If you side with Hamas, your antisemitism is showing; Israel's secret weapon: We have nowhere else to go; The BBC, child fatalities and shortfall Palestinian rockets noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 23 May 12:00 PM From Ian: Ben Shapiro: If you side with Hamas, your antisemitism is showing The media coverage of the conflict has been predictably morally absurd. The Associated Press, an outfit that has regularly covered up Hamas' atrocities, has condemned Israel for hitting a Hamas building in which the AP had offices. Trevor Noah suggested that Israel's military superiority means that Israel must absorb hundreds of rockets per day and allow its civilian population to live under the shadow of radical Islamic terrorism. "If you are in a fight where the other person cannot beat you, how hard should you retaliate when they try to hurt you?" he asked. HBO's John Oliver accused Israel of "killing civilians and children." Members of the Democratic Party's radical, antisemitic fashion have been no less morally inverted. Rep. Rashida Tlaib has encouraged President Joe Biden to cut off Israel's defense supplies. Rep. Ilhan Omar has accused Israel of "terrorism." Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called Israel an "apartheid state," despite the fact that Arabs are full citizens of Israel while not a single Jew lives under the predations of Hamas. And this week, nearly 200 Democrats voted not to cut off funding to groups linked with Hamas. The conflict between Hamas and Israel is not a dispute over borders: Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip a decade and a half ago. It is not a dispute over religion...Read More Human Rights Watch @HRW leader says antisemitism is bad - because some anti-Israel Jews might be attacked accidentally noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 23 May 09:59 AM Just when you think Ken Roth of Human Rights Watch can't be any more against human rights, he proves you wrong. He tweeted, "Antisemitic incidents have surged (e.g., fivefold in London) in light of the Israeli government's recent conduct. It is WRONG to equate the Jewish people with the apartheid and deadly bombardment of Prime Minister Netanyahu's government. " That's Ken Roth's reason why attacking Jews is wrong? He seems to be saying that antisemitism is wrong - because some Jews don't support Israel defending itself. But, Roth implies, if the Jews you are attacking are supporters of Israel, then he cannot think of any objection to attacking them! The Skokie synagogue that was vandalized has a big sign in front of it with Israeli and American flags. Ken Roth seems to be saying that this attack is therefore justified. He certainly did not say a word that would condemn that attack. In 2014, Roth implied that antisemitic attacks were done because of Israel, and Jeffrey Goldberg slammed him for it. This is possibly worse, because now he's saying that antisemitic attacks are OK depending on the victim's beliefs. Similarly disgusting is Linda Sarsour's reasoning to oppose antisemitic attacks - not because they are wrong, but because they make Palestinians look...Read More Antisemites attacking Jews reported as "clashes between groups" noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 23 May 07:00 AM There are two reasons the media has been soft-pedaling the many antisemitic attacks last week. 1) The victims are Jews.2) The attackers are Arabs. The media has internalized the lie that Jews are privileged whites and Arabs are disadvantaged people of color. To people with that mindset, the "whites" are presumed to be in the wrong and the POC are in the right, no matter what the actual circumstances. Since the actual facts contradict the narrative that the media has been pushing for years, there is a reluctance to contradict all that previous coverage with those false assumptions. So the media (and politicians) duck and only say anything when they are FORCED to. Finally, on Friday, some outlets were shamed into covering the story. But they didn't leave their biases aside. The New York Times actually claimed that the attacks in New York City that they ignored all week were "clashes" between Zionists and pro-Palestinian protesters, not that 100% of the incidents reported were attacks on Jews. That 100% of the injured were Jews. And other media outlets used the same script of "clashes." When Hamas attacks Israel for no reason, or when Arabs attack Jews in broad daylight, suddenly the media that was screaming lies about Israel deliberately attacking civilians is "even-handed." The antisemitic memes that Jews control the media and the government affect even those who know it is nonsense. In the back of their minds, they - including many Jewish reporters - don't want to be looked...Read More    ©2021 EoZ | EoZ, NYC area Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company