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What the Media Gets Wrong about Israel
Matti Friedman,The Atlantic
Mark Lavie, who has reported from the region since 1972 until his retirement last year, recently told me the AP Jerusalem bureau’s editorial line was still that the conflict was Israel’s fault, and the Palestinians and the Arab world were blameless. The AP staff in Gaza City would witness a rocket launch right beside their office – and AP wouldn’t report it, not even in articles about Israeli claims that Hamas was launching rockets from residential areas. Hamas fighters would burst into the AP‘s Gaza bureau and threaten the staff – and AP wouldn’t report it. Cameramen waiting outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City would film the arrival of civilian casualties and then, at a signal from an official, turn off their cameras when wounded and dead fighters came in, helping Hamas maintain the illusion that only civilians were dying. Read More >> Internal Hamas Debate about Rethinking Policies
Yoni Ben Menachem, JCPA
The results of the Gaza war have caused Hamas serious distress, something its leadership did not foresee before launching the war with Israel. Hamas now appears to be in a process of stocktaking and reassessment in light of its situation, including the difficulties in rehabilitating Gaza, the bitter rift with the Palestinian Authority, and the deterioration in relations with Egypt. Among other things, Egypt has been constraining Hamas’ ability to arm itself. Read More >> |
