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Why does the world media love to hate Israel?
By Bradley Burston
Tags: Israel News, media, Gaza 

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I was just in the States, speaking to members of Ameinu, an organization which, the times notwithstanding, remains outspoken both in its support for peace and its support for Israel.

Among the topics I was asked to address was the portrayal of the Jewish state in the news media. Phrased a little less delicately, the issue amounts to: "Why does the press love to hate Israel?"

The question has taken on an unusual urgency of late, its pivot points Israel's war in Gaza, the debate over engaging a proto-nuclear Iran, the UN's upcoming Durban II World Conference against Racism, Avigdor Lieberman's Arab-baiting campaign for Knesset, and, not least, disclosures in Haaretz, Ma'ariv, and Israeli broadcast media quoting IDF troops describing moral failings during the Gaza offensive.

Allow me to begin with the underlying first question.

Are there journalists who truly dislike Jews, and allow their Jew-hate to color their coverage?

Yes. I've met and, in fact, worked with, a number of them. Some of them, it will come as no surprise to report, are themselves Jewish. But does this explain or account for a significant portion of negative coverage of Israel in the media? It does not. Not at all.

What does?

1. What Israel says, and what Israel does.

A. In all the world, there is no bait more tempting for a reporter than Israel's assertion that its military is the "most moral in the world." This is the socially clueless Goliath wearing a sign reading "Kick Me." It is the one irresistible soft target of sound bites.

B. Anyone who has been in a war, as a participant, reporter, or civilian bystander, knows that any war, every war, spawns war crimes. The question, when examining the Cast Lead operation in Gaza, was whether there was something different, something exceptional and intentional and, especially, a matter of policy and command direction, that either trapped or targeted large numbers of civilians, resulting in a human tragedy far beyond the horrible reality of the very fact of warfare.

Was, in other words, this war different from all other wars? Or was this war the trigger for an outpouring of anti-Israel animus that was, for lack of a better term, disproportionate?

Although the jury is still out pending further independent inquiry, the likely answer to both is: Yes.

C. There is reason to believe that, at least in certain units, massive and, in retrospect, excessive firepower was employed, the apparent result of a miscalculation about how, and where, Hamas fighters were likely to engage in combat. In the main, Hamas, whose men had fought to the death in previous encounters, refrained from engaging the IDF at all.

There remains a need for intensive and impartial investigation to determine the extent and the cause of actions which led directly to the deaths of innocents.

D. The fact that may be most difficult to digest - either for haters of Israel or its most ardently positive supporters - is that Israel's armed forces have always been marked by an extraordinary degree of autonomy, down to the level of the individual grunt.

As a direct result, there were instances of Israeli soldiers who risked their own lives to save those of innocents, and there were Israeli soldiers who were predisposed to take the lives of innocents without just cause.

2. What Palestinians say that Israel does.

There are journalists who accept without reservation or corroboration the accounts of Palestinians regarding the actions of Israeli soldiers. There are television networks, some of them financed by Qatar, whose coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even during studio interviews, is accompanied by unending, obscenely graphic footage of infants and children wounded and killed in the war.

The first rule of covering the Holy Land is also in some ways the only rule:

3. Everyone lies to the press here. Everyone. All the time.

This is similar to, but not the same as:

4. Middle East news, like news in general, is marketing.

We are, all of us, in marketing. We are, all of us, in the business of selling a story. This includes the eyewitness, the victim, the military commander, the Hamas official, the Israeli spokesman, the betrayed, the bereaved, the film crew, the pundit.

Every news outlet has a lens through which it believes the story will best sell to an increasingly news-inured public. Every individual, Israeli or Palestinian, has an axe to grind, and a world full of good reasons to grind it.

5. Sometimes Israel looks bad because it is made to look bad. At other times, however, Israeli actions appear brutal because they, in fact, are.

Much has been made of what may be the least translatable word in the Hebrew language, Hasbara, literally, the act of explaining:

"It is true that the world media, generally speaking, doesn't like Israel very much, and stacks the deck against it, but good hasbara starts with not allowing soldiers to vandalize Palestinian homes and shoot Palestinian women," writes Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, a veteran of the IDF, of the disclosures over the past week in Haaretz.

"Public relations isn't a morally relevant category, in any case: The crucial question is, how should a civilized country behave when confronting barbarism? With barbarism? Or with respect for innocent life? Pardon me for saying so, but the Jewish people didn't struggle for national equality, justice and freedom so that some of its sons could behave like Cossacks.

"Please don't get me wrong: I'm not equating the morality of the IDF to that of Hamas. The goal of Hamas is to murder innocent people; the goal of the IDF is to avoid murdering innocent people. But when the IDF fails to achieve its goal, and ends up inflicting needless destruction and suffering, it sullies not only its own name, but the name of the Jewish state. It risks making a just cause - Jewish nationhood - seem unjust, and it ultimately endangers what it is supposed to protect."

6. Israelis, as a people and individually, are execrable at public relations because they abhor and distrust the very concept.

There is a reason why Israelis are so breathtakingly inept at furthering their own cause.

It is not only becuse this war was a frank and literally misguided attempt to redress years of misguidance. Or because the war between the Jews and the Arabs, this war which has raged for more than a hundred years, has robbed both sides of its ability to see the humanity of the other.

It is also because Israelis hate the very idea of public relations. They live in a country which has been under effective world quarantine for nearly all if its history.They live in a society whose trait of unbridled openness has become something of a learning disability. They speak a language which is light years and thousands of literal years away from television English. They are bathed in a culture which insulates itself and armors itself and has had little reason to believe the world will give it a fair shake.They have a shared, largely unspoken truth which is based, in part, on the world's inability to fathom their behavior. And they believe that no matter what they do, much of the world is likely to condemn them. And in this,at least, they have seldom been proven wrong.

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  1.   Why does the press love to hate Israel? 15:06  |  WHG 23/03/09
  2.   To whom much is given 15:11  |  henri fortuin 23/03/09
  3.   Case in point 15:19  |  Ben 23/03/09
  4.   Building on that idea Brad, is the thought that there is bias 15:33  |  Jacob Blues 23/03/09
  5.   Here is a thought 15:33  |  Bitin Dawg 23/03/09
  6.   Diaspora Jewish press uncritically defends Israel 15:33  |  Smolanit 23/03/09
  7.   Israel and world opinion 15:48  |  Larry 23/03/09
  8.   i miss answers to some questions 15:48  |  scallywag 23/03/09
  9.   Missing the point 15:49  |  Andy 23/03/09
  10.   One other factor... 15:50  |  Joshua 23/03/09
  11.   Bradley, Haaretz only FEEDS THE JEW-HATE 18:04  |  Dr. Dave 23/03/09
  12.   Hate Israel? 18:05  |  Newaukum 23/03/09
  13.   ban that media 18:07  |  George Duraisingh 23/03/09
  14.   The sanctimonious & self-righteous strive to prove their morality 18:12  |  common sense 23/03/09
  15.   Bradley Burston... 18:12  |  Neil 23/03/09
  16.   US press 18:14  |  Bob 23/03/09
  17.   Logical arguments can not bring love 18:18  |  Arab 23/03/09
  18.   Israel`s world image 18:22  |  Garcho 23/03/09
  19.   It`s simple stupid... 18:23  |  ABC 23/03/09
  20.   The sanctimonious & self-righteous strive to prove their morality 18:25  |  common sense 23/03/09
  21.   Because of Israeli Leftists 18:54  |  Frank 23/03/09
  22.   The sanctimonious & self-righteous strive to prove their morality 18:55  |  common sense 23/03/09
  23.   Why does Israel love playing Victim 18:58  |  Winifred 23/03/09
  24.   why does the world media love to hate israel 19:00  |  harold 23/03/09
  25.   Economis 19:01  |  Aaron 23/03/09
  26.   Another way of Looking at this !! 19:01  |  Fred 23/03/09
  27.   Why ? 19:06  |  Akram Zekaria 23/03/09
  28.   Good grief what nonsense 19:06  |  Marilyn 23/03/09
  29.   What a Joke 19:07  |  Peter H 23/03/09
  30.   Because When You`re In Love 19:08  |  Yosemite 23/03/09
  31.   The sanctimonious & self-righteous strive to prove their morality 19:08  |  common sense 23/03/09
  32.   why does the world love to hate Isreal 19:10  |  Dr. Shepen 23/03/09
  33.   D`uh because you`re Jews? 19:11  |  Jon 23/03/09
  34.   Ah now I see 19:12  |  ken 23/03/09
  35.   Heidegger huh? 19:13  |  Baldrick 23/03/09
  36.   Flip Side To This Coin 19:15  |  Dan 23/03/09
  37.   Mr. burston why is it that..... 19:20  |  Peter mall 23/03/09
  38.   you and fellow columnists look in the mirror that`s why 19:22  |  no 5th columnist 23/03/09
  39.   Why is Israel so obsessed with what others think 19:30  |  L A 23/03/09
  40.   to 12 ?Palestine ? 19:32  |  Guido 23/03/09
  41.   love to hate 19:40  |  rm 23/03/09
  42.   Because....... 19:43  |  Cynic 23/03/09
  43.   this article 19:49  |  Daniel Bentley 23/03/09
  44.   Garcho 20:06  |  #18 23/03/09
  45.   We got used to it , I grew up with it 20:08  |  TOMY 23/03/09
  46.   Not Bad, Mr. Bradley Burston, Here`s Some More 20:18  |  Jeff Northridge 23/03/09
  47.   #12 20:20  |  jeffr 23/03/09
  48.   The larger question is; 20:29  |  Miriam 23/03/09
  49.   Well done Burston... 20:38  |  BBSNews 23/03/09
  50.   Miriam??? 20:43  |  BBSNews 23/03/09
  51.   Core assumption of the article is flimsy 20:47  |  David 23/03/09
  52.   You don`t know Bradley? 20:47  |  Roland 23/03/09
  53.   I would say the opposite is the case, there is no other country.. 20:50  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/03/09
  54.   Israel is losing the war over public opinion 20:57  |  David Howard 23/03/09
  55.   Bradley Burston dillusional propagandist 20:59  |  jim the mechanic 23/03/09
  56.   We Jews have to learn something from St Augustine 21:04  |  Marco Mauas 23/03/09
  57.   Could it be the Land Theft & Targeting of Civilians? 21:08  |  gearoid 23/03/09
  58.   As BenGurion once said 21:08  |  Dror 23/03/09
  59.   moral superiority??????????? 21:15  |  windrider 23/03/09
  60.   henri fortuin #2 you have real problems 21:16  |  Gee 23/03/09
  61.   17~ Arab It dosen`t seems logical for me ! 21:18  |  Akaram Zeakaria 23/03/09
  62.   Why does the press hate Israel? Simple! 21:19  |  Jill 23/03/09
  63.   Headline above this one, on Ha`aretz 21:23  |  DB Detweiller 23/03/09
  64.   Somehow Israel Looks Bad Because It Is Bad 21:25  |  Yaakov Sullivan 23/03/09
  65.   Why does the media hate Israel? Jews live there 21:36  |  x-ray 23/03/09
  66.   SIMPLE MATH that most media against us 21:46  |  yonatan 23/03/09
  67.   If this were true 21:47  |  Jamal 23/03/09
  68.   Blaming the messenger ? 21:58  |  David 23/03/09
  69.   The American media loves Israel. Israel can do no wrong here. 22:01  |  Apartheid 23/03/09
  70.   three things 22:06  |  christoph 23/03/09
  71.   What is the evidence that the world media hates israel? 22:42  |  EED 23/03/09
  72.   Ehat we have here is a nation that tolerates no 22:43  |  Winifred 23/03/09
  73.   You certainly contribute Miriam 22:46  |  Winifred 23/03/09
  74.   the fever in the blanket.... 22:50  |  another shimon... 23/03/09
  75.   Its not only the media, Mr.Burston. 22:59  |  Stephen. 23/03/09
  76.   Hate Israel/Jews? 23:05  |  Darrell 23/03/09
  77.   Because israeli actions speak louder 23:09  |  Antonio da Silva 23/03/09
  78.   Bradley and the myth of `self-hatred` 23:10  |  Jordan Vinson 23/03/09
  79.   David #32 the rest of the world is not America 23:10  |  Gee 23/03/09
  80.   FW: the larger question is 23:12  |  eleanor 23/03/09
  81.   17~ Arab, It dosen`t seems to me logical ! 3nd try. 23:16  |  Akaram Zeakaria 23/03/09
  82.   "Some Jews behaving like Cossacks" 23:17  |  newageblues 23/03/09
  83.   TRUTH IS NOT HATE.... 23:17  |  BigBadJohn 23/03/09
  84.   33 23:26  |  na 23/03/09
  85.   Who should Israel be compared to? 23:33  |  David Olesker 23/03/09
  86.   1. Lots of Israelis Lack Any Charm 23:36  |  LittleReason 23/03/09
  87.   Media Hates Isarel? 23:36  |  David 23/03/09
  88.   Love to Hate Israel 23:42  |  Jay 23/03/09
  89.   Obvious 23:52  |  John 23/03/09
  90.   The answer to the question is... 00:03  |  American Patriot 24/03/09
  91.   Burston just doesn;t get it! 2nd try 00:06  |  Jim 24/03/09
  92.   Press ignoring counter evidence 00:11  |  observer 24/03/09
  93.   Self-serving drivel 00:18  |  Michael N 24/03/09
  94.   The victim gets the sentimental bone 00:21  |  allang 24/03/09
  95.   Come on, Bradley, it`s not the fault of the media that 00:21  |  Andreas 24/03/09
  96.   OMG the idiot is playing the "Why do they hate us?" card! 00:23  |  Victor 24/03/09
  97.   Israel has lost high moral grounds in the whole World 00:30  |  Jami 24/03/09
  98.   Racism at it`s Zenith. 00:31  |  American 24/03/09
  99.   IT`S ALL IN THE NUMBERS 00:37  |  yonatan 24/03/09
  100.   a generation suckled on revisionism 00:42  |  peter 24/03/09
  101.   Careful what arguments you use toj ustify 00:47  |  Chanson de Roland 24/03/09
  102.   Holding Up A Red Rag to A Bull 00:57  |  Tim R 24/03/09
  103.   i usually find burston`s commentary flimsy... 01:02  |  yb 24/03/09
  104.   Number 28 01:18  |  Mark Rabinow 24/03/09
  105.   #29 Utter nonsense, Jeff 01:18  |  Johnboy 24/03/09
  106.   i will tell you 01:22  |  billy jack 24/03/09
  107.   what do you call this? 01:36  |  observer 24/03/09
  108.   Why does the world media 01:57  |  Ismael 24/03/09
  109.   The victim gets the sentimental bone 02:07  |  allang 24/03/09
  110.   You`re missing the point, Bradley.... 02:31  |  Hanna 24/03/09
  111.   Since when is reporting the facts bias? 02:47  |  Muslim 24/03/09
  112.   #34 Ismael 02:51  |  Jim 24/03/09
  113.   Israel`s approval is shrinking 03:00  |  Ann 24/03/09
  114.   world media love to hate Israel? 03:09  |  john auger 24/03/09
  115.   #40 Hanna`s roadmap 03:13  |  Jim 24/03/09
  116.   Hanna, have you ever travelled outside US? 03:29  |  Bruce 24/03/09
  117.   UMmm? Because They Really Love Israel So... 03:31  |  Yosemite 24/03/09
  118.   To Muslim (# 43). Truth and bias are not mutually exclusive. 03:54  |  flyingdoc57 24/03/09
  119.   Rip Van Winkle Is Awakening 04:18  |  Knott Bushman 24/03/09
  120.   Are you out of your mind? 04:36  |  Alex Bell 24/03/09
  121.   Ann from Canada 04:50  |  Daniel 24/03/09
  122.   Johnboy # 35 The Principle Of Proportionality 04:50  |  Jeff Northridge 24/03/09
  123.   Israel and the press 05:19  |  Max 24/03/09
  124.   Why, indeed ... 06:10  |  Morris Valentine 24/03/09
  125.   Thanks -- 06:14  |  Jordan 24/03/09
  126.   ABC et all- not an occupying power 06:36  |  occupied with truth 24/03/09
  127.   bad press 06:44  |  David Brown 24/03/09
  128.   #59, Morris Valentine, perfectly put 07:19  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/03/09
  129.   Israel has to spend more on PR 08:25  |  Nico Mavelli 24/03/09
  130.   Why does Haaretz hate Israel? 08:35  |  Terry 24/03/09
  131.   media bias 08:38  |  tom s 24/03/09
  132.   henri fortuin - 3. try 08:39  |  scallywag 24/03/09
  133.   bitin dawg - 2. try 08:40  |  scallywag 24/03/09
  134.   andy - 2. try 08:41  |  scallywag 24/03/09
  135.   WHY? the Guardian quotes Haaretz which quotes hearsay 08:42  |  PETER SM 24/03/09
  136.   henry fortuyn,, you mean you like to visit Holocaust Museums... 08:43  |  Terry 24/03/09
  137.   Bradley Burston: Not everybody lie to the press 09:18  |  UlfT 24/03/09
  138.   Hanna But most Pals don`t want the Jews to stay in this land. 09:30  |  Akaram Zeakaria 24/03/09
  139.   #40-Johnyboyo the Legal Beagle from downunda! 09:49  |  Joe F. Moer 24/03/09
  140.   Bradley- Some in the ISRAELI media hate ISRAEL 09:56  |  Ari ben Yisrael 24/03/09
  141.   #57 A simple illustration for you, Jeff. 09:57  |  Johnboy 24/03/09
  142.   #59 Or perhaps the alternative, Morris 10:11  |  Johnboy 24/03/09
  143.   #67 Joe F. Moer asks me a question 10:16  |  Johnboy 24/03/09
  144.   Impartiality 10:26  |  Joe W 24/03/09
  145.   I would say the OPPOSITE is true, no other country..... 10:28  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/03/09
  146.   Bradley`s point #6 10:43  |  The Northern Wind 24/03/09
  147.   # 31 Miriam The larger question is 10:50  |  Traude 24/03/09
  148.   THE Guardian mostly quotes Haaretz as it source on Gaza 11:30  |  PETER SM 24/03/09
  149.   love to hate Madagascar 11:35  |  johnny h. 24/03/09
  150.   Hanna answers comments directed at Hanna 11:38  |  Hanna 24/03/09
  151.   an additional overlooked factor 11:40  |  observer 24/03/09
  152.   oxymorons 11:59  |  michael 24/03/09
  153.   Just a couple of points 12:16  |  Reina 24/03/09
  154.   FYI Bradley 12:32  |  Natallie Durson 24/03/09
  155.   Your such a hypocrite 12:40  |  Fred 24/03/09
  156.   Morris and Cipora typical bla bla 12:50  |  Neil 24/03/09
  157.   It`s plain math (3rd try) 13:00  |  yonatan 24/03/09
  158.   you do it to yourself.. 13:17  |  andy 24/03/09
  159.   gaza 13:25  |  barry 24/03/09
  160.   It`s about Denial, stupid 13:49  |  David W. Deitch 24/03/09
  161.   Joe F. Moer # 69 Don`t Worry; He Can`t Produce It 14:03  |  Jeff Northridge 24/03/09
  162.   wake up bradley... 14:11  |  ravi 24/03/09
  163.   If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck 14:40  |  Muslim 24/03/09
  164.   I would say the opposite is the case, no other country..... 14:44  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/03/09
  165.   Balanced and well done. 14:52  |  a wandering Jew 24/03/09
  166.   To George Duraisingh..banning the media?Find a Needle in the .. 14:56  |  Whiskey 24/03/09
  167.   #40 JOHNBOY! Kassams have no discrimination in where they land; 15:08  |  glenna 24/03/09
  168.   Alex #55 15:09  |  Larry 24/03/09
  169.   To MV @59 For once I thank you for the words of wisdom. 15:19  |  Whiskey 24/03/09
  170.   To UlfT @67 And the example is: Reuters 15:28  |  Whiskey 24/03/09
  171.   michael # 72 Palestinian Prisoners 15:36  |  Jeff Northridge 24/03/09
  172.   For Joe Moer@ 69 regarding Johnboy the legal eagle? 15:36  |  Whiskey 24/03/09
  173.   REMEMBER THE WHITE SMOKE OVER GAZA ON ALJAZEERA? 16:16  |  indrajaya 24/03/09
  174.   Why 16:55  |  Rob 24/03/09
  175.   102 indrajaya , don`t you think that 17:01  |  TOMY 24/03/09
  176.   #1 WHG should look at a map of Israel, how huge it is 17:09  |  Big Sur 24/03/09
  177.   Another explanation 17:23  |  ccb 24/03/09
  178.   Whiskey #103 rememberby Lorenzo Cremonesi, a correspondent for It 17:23  |  Big Sur 24/03/09
  179.   "Are there journalists who truly dislike Jews"? 17:27  |  Robert Haymond 24/03/09
  180.   #18 Garcho believes that Israel should constantlybe attacked 17:28  |  Big Sur 24/03/09
  181.   Bradley, it is pent up frustration 17:47  |  alan the real one 24/03/09
  182.   Johnboy # 80 Scenario 2 17:54  |  Jeff Northridge 24/03/09
  183.   Should ask? Why they CARE....not hate. 18:25  |  Iranina-American 24/03/09
  184.   Is this Article a Joke? 18:26  |  Shlomo Keisari 24/03/09
  185.   Occupied with truth---you are occupied with untruth 18:35  |  Labhras 24/03/09
  186.   Occupied with truth---you are occupied with untruth 18:35  |  Labhras 24/03/09
  187.   ABC #19 not so simple stupid. 18:38  |  Big Sur 24/03/09
  188.   Big Sur makes big boo boo --again and again 18:41  |  sugga babe 24/03/09
  189.   Because... 18:42  |  Michael Greenberg 24/03/09
  190.   just because 18:51  |  retread 24/03/09
  191.   To Neill, who ought to know better (#124) 18:59  |  Morris Valentine 24/03/09
  192.   To #122 Durson to Bradly..And your information is flawed. 19:21  |  Wiskey 24/03/09
  193.   re: 156 "give Israel a fair shake" 19:23  |  andy 24/03/09
  194.   # 124 Neil, have some "mercy" with our friend Morris.... 19:27  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/03/09
  195.   Why the media likes to hate, etc. 19:29  |  Don Bruce 24/03/09
  196.   Hey suga babe..If the shoe fits..you know?? 19:30  |  Whiskey 24/03/09
  197.   To The Iranian American...Nicely written,but with irony.. 19:46  |  Whiskey 24/03/09
  198.   Mr .Burstons assumptions are not new 19:53  |  TOMY 24/03/09
  199.   Does the world media hate Israel? 19:56  |  Edwin 24/03/09
  200.   If the history is the judge , Israel must quit 20:04  |  TOMY 24/03/09
  201.   ISRAEL LOVES TO BE IN THE NEWS, BE THE NEWS ,SPEAK ABOUT ME . 20:16  |  J LASHAK-KOROGODSKY 24/03/09
  202.   Well, Here`s a Thought 20:32  |  Elian Gonzalez 24/03/09
  203.   To Swiss (Dino) (#178) 20:38  |  Morris Valentine 24/03/09
  204.   To Johnboy (#126): Yes, consider the alternatives 20:51  |  Morris Valentine 24/03/09
  205.   The Press 20:52  |  Ben 24/03/09
  206.   You invited it on 20:53  |  U.S. 24/03/09
  207.   Hate for Israel 21:11  |  Gimel 24/03/09
  208.   Chanson de Roland #85 21:30  |  Tim R 24/03/09
  209.   180 Whiskey I hope you got thru to Shuga BAbe 22:14  |  Big Sur 24/03/09
  210.   A little sensitive whiskey... eh? 22:31  |  Iranina-American 24/03/09
  211.   Because 9/10 journalists are lefties 22:52  |  Peter Williams 24/03/09
  212.   israelis are best at... 23:01  |  kat 24/03/09
  213.   Bradley. Does it really bother you? 23:08  |  Ari ben Yisrael 24/03/09
  214.   #178, Dino 23:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/03/09
  215.   The answer is simple.... 23:26  |  leoblue 24/03/09
  216.   Sorry Don Bruce@179 Media hate , etc,etc 23:27  |  Whiskey 24/03/09
  217.   Why I hate Israel. First and foremost I hate Israel because 23:37  |  Aparthied 24/03/09
  218.   To indrajaya@ 157 A Question For you.(And no offence But Curious) 23:41  |  Whiskey 24/03/09
  219.   Thirdly, I hate Israel because the newspaper I read, 23:51  |  Apartheid 24/03/09
  220.   Johnboy #125 P.R.O.P.O.R.T.I.O.N.A.L.I.T.Y. 23:57  |  Tim R 24/03/09
  221.   Hello To J LASHAK-KOROGODSKY@183 Have I got it wrong? 00:12  |  Whiskey 25/03/09
  222.   What can I tell you Mr.Gonzalez?@184 00:21  |  Whiskey 25/03/09
  223.   #186 Let`s look at your examples, Morris 00:25  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  224.   two bit souls 00:30  |  whitepup 25/03/09
  225.   #186 Oh, I missed this bit at the end, Morris 00:30  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  226.   To retread...just because..ANSWER,A RESOUNDING YES,& TRUE. 00:36  |  Whiskey 25/03/09
  227.   #166 Sorry, Jeff, that does not cut it 00:46  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  228.   #145 Jeff, and #156 Whiskey 00:53  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  229.   What baffles me 00:59  |  David 25/03/09
  230.   A Special Reply to Mr.Burston: Why does the world media hate.. 01:05  |  Whiskey 25/03/09
  231.   #151 Glenna is another who answers for me. 01:05  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  232.   world media love to hate Israel 01:08  |  penny davis 25/03/09
  233.   To Johnboy Versus MV And the alternative. 01:21  |  Whiskey 25/03/09
  234.   #134 Hanna, you missed my point 02:05  |  Bruce 25/03/09
  235.   It all depends on your point of view 02:58  |  Roger Tucker 25/03/09
  236.   The media on hating Israel 03:06  |  Barton Lee 25/03/09
  237.   HANNA -134 We are not German, Chines or French.. 03:56  |  Akram Zekaria 25/03/09
  238.   Al misty eyed about Israel 05:13  |  Mark Lincoln 25/03/09
  239.   #186 Yes, Morris, let`s run a ruler over your list 05:41  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  240.   #166 You reverse the onus, Jeff 05:46  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  241.   #145 Jeff and #156 Whiskey both jump the gun 05:53  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  242.   #151 Glenna, on what makes a bomb dangerous 05:56  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  243.   Journalism = informational fast food 06:16  |  Kate 25/03/09
  244.   Because they are antisemites 06:27  |  A Brazilian 25/03/09
  245.   CORRECTION! the leftist world media.When the Viet Nam war ended 06:58  |  PETER SM 25/03/09
  246.   Inconvenient truths 06:59  |  RW 25/03/09
  247.   Media Bias 06:59  |  Gimel 25/03/09
  248.   indias israel envy 07:19  |  shashi tharoor 25/03/09
  249.   Don`t waste your time talking to Americans about Israel 08:01  |  Dutch 25/03/09
  250.   Chanson de Roland #85 09:13  |  Tim R 25/03/09
  251.   Johnboy #125 P.R.O.P.O.R.T.I.O.N.A.L.I.T.Y. 09:15  |  Tim R 25/03/09
  252.   Whiskey: I wouldn`t discriminate press lies... 09:27  |  UlfT 25/03/09
  253.   `Inconvenient truths "RW"` 11:05  |  Shimon 25/03/09
  254.   JOHNBOY TIBET was an independent country now colonised 11:59  |  PETER SM 25/03/09
  255.   To Johnboy @126 A reminder..(From yesterday) 14:48  |  Whiskey 25/03/09
  256.   A response to Mr.Burston from yesterday:Why does the world media 15:05  |  Whiskey 25/03/09
  257.   Israel should stop being appologetic 19:54  |  Jose 25/03/09
  258.   Israel and the Message 20:50  |  tzatz 25/03/09
  259.   To Pere SM @254...A must read..Found per chance,but right! 21:06  |  Whiskey 25/03/09
  260.   #254 Oh, it`s easy to say, PETER SM. 23:04  |  Johnboy 25/03/09
  261.   JOHNBOY China invaded Tibet in 1950& forced an agreement 07:20  |  PETER SM 26/03/09
  262.   #261 Not Nearly Good Enough, PETER SM 09:23  |  Johnboy 26/03/09
  263.   #261 Oh, yeah, on on this bit..... 09:29  |  Johnboy 26/03/09
  264.   WHISKEY Oriana Fallaci criticised the Leftist/Islamist Alliance 09:30  |  PETER SM 26/03/09
  265.   JOHNBOY.Tibet declared itself independent,the poplitical power 10:21  |  PETER SM 26/03/09
  266.   #251 TimR 11:23  |  Johnboy 26/03/09
  267.   Johnboy #266 13:35  |  Tim R 26/03/09
  268.   Johnboy about Tim R the cyber hero 03:38  |  American in NY 27/03/09
  269.   RE cape town 03:56  |  Shlomog 27/03/09
  270.   #267 TimR sees only what he wants to see 06:12  |  Johnboy 27/03/09
  271.   Bradley: What`s your solution to the middle east conflict 08:15  |  nabil 27/03/09
  272.   American in NY #268 08:28  |  Tim R 27/03/09
  273.   respect for this newspaper 08:46  |  raoul 27/03/09
  274.   #267 TimR III 22:00  |  Johnboy 27/03/09
  275.   My View 23:33  |  Rufus 27/03/09
  276.   Johnboy Sees Only What He Wants To See #270 00:14  |  Tim R 28/03/09
  277.   270# Johnboy sees only what he wants to see 04:21  |  Tim R 28/03/09
  278.   Johnboy #270 Third Try 11:01  |  Tim R 28/03/09
  279.   Johnboy #274 2nd Try 11:02  |  Tim R 28/03/09
  280.   Oh really ? The world is against Israel ? 12:14  |  Joshua 28/03/09
  281.   Israeli Press Hates Israel 21:52  |  Jay 28/03/09
  282.   #217, Aparthied twisting history 03:02  |  Bruce 29/03/09
  283.   Because of Haaretz bad newes about Israeis 04:55  |  DOC 29/03/09
  284.   #194 Dino on Morris V. 05:48  |  Mark B. 29/03/09
  285.   #276 Not sure if you are trying to be funny, TimR 13:54  |  Johnboy 29/03/09
  286.   #277 TimR wants to play the game of "Moral Equivalence" 14:09  |  Johnboy 29/03/09
  287.   ignorance , ignorance and more ignorance 22:46  |  rich 29/03/09
  288.   What war? 23:45  |  yeastbite 29/03/09
  289.   Johnboy #285 01:33  |  Tim R 30/03/09
  290.   Johnboy #286 01:47  |  Tim R 30/03/09
  291.   Johnboy #285 09:51  |  Tim R 30/03/09
  292.   Johnboy #286 09:58  |  Tim R 30/03/09
  293.   Mr. Burston, looking for a reason 12:24  |  zeev 30/03/09
  294.   Zeev #290 14:40  |  Tim R 30/03/09
  295.   Zeez Thanks for the laugh 15:11  |  American in NY 30/03/09
  296.   Public Relations Office is missing in Israel 16:05  |  Jeff 30/03/09
  297.   THE SHADOW OF DESTRUCTION 16:12  |  sanjosemike 30/03/09
  298.   #288 TimR attempts the "bait and switch" 00:30  |  Johnboy 31/03/09
  299.   #289 TimR Part 1 00:36  |  Johnboy 31/03/09
  300.   #289 TimR Part 2 00:38  |  Johnboy 31/03/09
  301.   Johnboy see # 295 and follow link 03:18  |  American in NY 01/04/09
  302.   to Tim R #294 09:57  |  zeev 01/04/09
  303.   Johnboy #298 12:31  |  Tim R 01/04/09
  304.   Johnboy #299 12:32  |  Tim R 01/04/09
  305.   Johnboy #300 12:33  |  Tim R 01/04/09
  306.   does the world media love to hate Israel? 18:42  |  Terry King 01/04/09
  307.   Smearing legit criticism 02:03  |  W 02/04/09
  308.   Another reason for Israel bashing 02:11  |  W 02/04/09
  309.   One last question for Mr. Burston 02:15  |  W 02/04/09
  310.   WHO CARE`S ABOUT THE PRESS 00:01  |  CLIVE LEVY 03/04/09
  311.   Once again 02:28  |  Steve from Raleigh 05/04/09
  312.   #53 Swiss Media and Government Biased 09:42  |  Arlette 05/04/09
  313.   Satan causes sinners to hate Christ, Christians, Jews, Israel,etc 18:01  |  Dennis Manning 05/04/09
  314.   War is about killing 19:34  |  Radu 06/04/09
  315.   Snappy stories and ignorant Journalists 00:30  |  RfaelMoshe 07/04/09
  316.   reasons of no reasons 02:30  |  Abraham Paz 14/04/09
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