PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS BOYCOTT

"The journalists union demanded Hamas issue an official public apology and urged Palestinian police to take action against those who assaulted the journalists. "

Kinda hard to tell which of these two is _least_ likely to happen, isn't it.

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gehrig has offically been flagged zionist troll. Updates will come as we get them. Thank you.

Imagine my heartbreat to be called a "troll" by someone whose most difficult decision of the day is how many sequential dots he'll hide behind.

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Imagine you offering anything other then sarcastic annoying pro-israeli posts? Imagine it!

Using a string of dots really confuses the trolls plans for character assasination doesn't it, ......? hahahahaha! poor suckers. Maybe now they will have to debate on the merit of their arguments alone. Oh, the humanity!!!

Using a string of dots really confuses the right wing trolls plans for character assasination doesn't it, ......? hahahahaha! poor suckers. Maybe now they will have to debate on the merit of their arguments alone. Oh, the humanity!!!

So has Hamas apologized yet? _No?_ Gosh!

So has the PA police investigated yet? _No_? Gosh!

So do the no-spine-whine all you want about my posts, but notice that, golly, the facts of my comment -- well, sorry, folks, but reality's reality.

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Palestinians shouldn't have to apologize for anything, especially killing jews.

anyone's free to use no-nick (........) and that above post wasn't me. Just another example of the feckless and cowardly strawman tactics used in support of war.

I've had that sort of thing happen to me too. That's why I rarely use my name. This is the easiest way to smear people -- surprisingly effective too -- until one understands this tactic, that is.

Israel has not only been beating up journalists, but killing them too. It's almost always a rule of thumb that when pro-Israelis whine about some Arab crime, Israelis themselves are far more guilty of that crime. One thing that comes to mind is Palestinians shooting at ambulances. The mainstream media picked this up around six months back without ever mentioning that Israelis have been targetting ambulances way before any Israeli ambulance was attacked and with far greater frequency. But when Palestinians respond in kind (deplorable though this may be and in only a couple incidences), our media reports it without context so that Palestinians are demonized.

For Israeli crimes on journalists, see:
http://www.cpj.org/attacks01/mideast01/israel.html

New York, May 3, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists marks World Press Freedom Day by naming the world's worst places to be a journalist—10 places whose dangers and restrictions represent the full range of current threats to press freedom.

At the top of the list is the West Bank, where Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's government has used extraordinary force to keep journalists from covering its recent military incursion. Next is Colombia, where violent reprisals against the press by all factions in the civil conflict have made this the most deadly beat in the Western Hemisphere. Meanwhile, dangers persist in Afghanistan, where eight journalists were killed in the line of duty in late 2001, and where U.S. government actions have hindered independent reporting on the war. CPJ also placed Eritrea, Belarus, Burma, Zimbabwe, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, and Cuba on the list of worst places to be a journalist.

"In these countries where press freedom is under attack, journalists endure violent assaults, crackdowns by authoritarian regimes, danger from military operations, and harsh financial reprisals designed to bankrupt independent voices," said CPJ executive director Ann Cooper.

"Incredibly, in many of these places, journalists still manage to report the news—even under extremely difficult circumstances and at great personal risk," said Cooper.


West Bank
When Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon launched a massive military offensive in the West Bank in late March, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) used threats, intimidation, and, in some cases, potentially lethal force to prevent journalists from covering its military operations. In one notorious incident, IDF troops fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at reporters waiting outside the Ramallah compound of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. IDF soldiers have also fired live rounds at working reporters, detained several journalists, confiscated film or press cards from others, ransacked the offices of private West Bank television and radio stations, and repeatedly attacked the Palestinian National Authority's broadcasting facilities in violation of international humanitarian law. Meanwhile, Israeli officials have expelled one foreign correspondent and refused to accredit Palestinian journalists.

Palestinian militants have also harassed journalists, particularly photographers who captured unflattering images. On April 1 in Bethlehem, for example, militants forced reporters to hand over footage of the body of an alleged Palestinian collaborator who had been shot in a parking lot.

The International Federation of Journalists today blamed a persistent "failure of discipline and disregard of international law" by the Israeli authorities for the killing of an Italian journalist and the wounding of a French colleague in the Palestinian territories today.

"For months we have seen a deterioration in the regard for the rights of journalists whether they are from the international or the Palestinian community," said Aidan White, General Secretary of the IFJ. "Today's tragic events were inevitable given the persistent failure of discipline and disregard of the rights of journalists under international law."

Yesterday Israeli soldiers fired upon a group of 40 foreign journalists covering the events in the Palestinian territories. The IFJ has protested several times in recent months over Israeli targeting of Palestinian broadcasting buildings and actions to derecognise the status of Palestinian journalists.

The killed journalist, Raffaele Ciriello, was a freelance photographer on assignment for the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. He was killed in a hail of bullets coming from an Israeli tank in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Another freelance journalist working for French media was severely injured in the incident.

Ciriello is the third journalist to die since the new Intifada was launched in September 2000. The other victims were Palestinian journalists Mohammad Bishawi and Othman Qatani, both killed during the shelling of a building on 31 July 2001. "We send a message of the deepest sympathy to our Italian colleagues," said Aidan White, "this tragic event reinforces our demands that safety of journalists and respect for their rights is made a global priority in conflict zones."

The IFJ, which is the world's largest journalists' group, carried out, with the support of the European Union, risk-awareness training for around 100 journalists in the West Bank and Gaza last month. In view of the continuing crisis, the IFJ intends to establish a Safety Centre for journalists in the Territories. But the IFJ warns that while journalists can do much to minimise risks, it is impossible to protect them from ill-disciplined military actions.

"We insist that this incident and earlier reports of firing on journalists are properly investigated and a full report is made public," said Aidan White. The IFJ affiliated Palestinian Syndicate of Journalists also condemned the killing and sent a message of solidarity to international journalists.


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The IFJ represents more than 500,000 journalists in 106 countries of the world.

This video shows Jewish Settlers beating an International journalist among others.

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by ...... • Tuesday November 05, 2002 at 01:55 PM

gehrig has offically been flagged zionist troll. Updates will come as we get them. Thank you. "

Hmm. Very intelligent. I read Gehrig's post critisizing political factions of the PA and the response was this sad, yet typical attempt at dismissing him as an enemy- a "zionist"- Please, sweetheat, McCarthy used this tactic, and yes it was sucessful for a while, but only a short while. Be more original is your smear campaigns of people who mention facts that you don't want to hear. This same post-er later e-mails ranting about false accusations of anti-semitism as though it were more of a threat than say, false accusations of racism by arabs or african americans. Take a valum dear, and try not to hurt yourself when you work yourself into a froth when you see posts that bring daylight shining into your eyes. Maybe bringing internet access into hospitals for the criminally insane/interllectual challenged wasn't such a good idea after all.

--"This same post-er later e-mails ranting about false accusations of anti-semitism as though it were more of a threat than say, false accusations of racism by arabs or african americans."

A common pro-Israeli tactic is to post something that sounds anti-Semitic and attempt to attribute it to other posters, Palestinians or pro-Palestinian activists. This is what I was talking about. It happens incessantly and not just on sf.indymedia. The results of this is usually to bring discussion to a halt -- which is the likely intention.

--"This same post-er..."

BTW, I am not the same poster as "....." -- though I'm in agreement with what he says. But what's important is what is said, not who says it.

Argumentum ad hominem: yet another way to change the subject.

http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/attack.htm

I have nothing against Jews, I've even met a few decent ones. All these attempts to cast people as anti-semites means nothing, when you consider the sneaky conniving sources of these accusations.