Israel Media Freedom: 112 out of 179 Countries

[georgephillip]

"Following last Saturday's international Day of Rage against the forced urbanization of the Bedouin in Israel's south, the Israeli police ordered all media to hand over footage gathered during the protests.

"While there is no law in Israel protecting journalists from being forced to reveal the identity of their sources, there have been strong legal precedents defending them. Sunday's police order has therefore marked a drastic turn for Israeli freedom of the press, already at an all-time low.

"This year, Israel ranked 112th of 179 countries in the Reporters without Borders World Press Freedom Index."

According to this ten minute interview, the principal reason Israel ranks so low on this particular index is not official censors but rather self-imposed reluctance to reveal the conditions that Israel's occupation inflicts upon Palestinians.

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11184

 

[aris2chat]

and arab press regularly post libels and half-truths to taint the news.
Hardly honest of reporting. Even US media expose their bias or fabricate news to sell headlines.
News should be balanced and collected from all sources. Corrections as news changes and more facts corrected should be widely circulated, not a one line on page ten of the classified, maybe.
Reporters without borders should be more honest themselves.

 

[Indeependent]

I presume not too many reporters want to be the victims of suicide bombers or a Ketusha, so they tend to avoid Israel unless explicitly assigned so.

 

[georgephillip]

I presume not too many reporters want to be the victims of suicide bombers or a Ketusha, so they tend to avoid Israel unless explicitly assigned so.

"At least 1,104 Israelis and 6,836 Palestinians
have been killed since September 29, 2000."

Israelis and Palestinians Killed since 9/29/2000

You should check the number of Jews killed in Israel during the last 12 months by Arabs and compare that number Arabs murdered by Jews in Palestine.

 

[Indeependent]

I presume not too many reporters want to be the victims of suicide bombers or a Ketusha, so they tend to avoid Israel unless explicitly assigned so.

"At least 1,104 Israelis and 6,836 Palestinians
have been killed since September 29, 2000."

Israelis and Palestinians Killed since 9/29/2000

You should check the number of Jews killed in Israel during the last 12 months by Arabs and compare that number Arabs murdered by Jews in Palestine.

Hey, that was quite clever, Jews are Killed and Arabs are MURDERED.

And I see how many of those POWERFUL, WEALTHY ARAB nations care enough to DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR "FACTS"...None.

6,836 uneducated, worthless Palestinians.
Not worth even 1 educated Jew.

 

[georgephillip]

and arab press regularly post libels and half-truths to taint the news.
Hardly honest of reporting. Even US media expose their bias or fabricate news to sell headlines.
News should be balanced and collected from all sources. Corrections as news changes and more facts corrected should be widely circulated, not a one line on page ten of the classified, maybe.
Reporters without borders should be more honest themselves.

US taxpayers aren't subsidizing Arab states and their corrupt press with 8 million US tax dollars a day. I deliberately chose the Israel-Palestine Forum to draw attention to the lack of transparency in the press of the only democracy in the Middle East. If you want to focus on the Arab press, feel free.

 

[docmauser1]

You should check the number of Jews killed in Israel during the last 12 months by Arabs and compare that number Arabs murdered by Jews in Palestine.

The virgins count.

 

[docmauser1]

US taxpayers aren't subsidizing Arab states and their corrupt press with 8 million US tax dollars a day. I deliberately chose the Israel-Palestine Forum to draw attention to the lack of transparency in the press of the only democracy in the Middle East.

Drivel.

 

[dreolin]

and arab press regularly post libels and half-truths to taint the news.
Hardly honest of reporting. Even US media expose their bias or fabricate news to sell headlines.
News should be balanced and collected from all sources. Corrections as news changes and more facts corrected should be widely circulated, not a one line on page ten of the classified, maybe.
Reporters without borders should be more honest themselves.

And yet, when you post a link from an essentially propaganda sources and I point that out, you make comments about the article sailing right over my head and how I lower the quality of the forum.

 

[docmauser1]

US taxpayers aren't subsidizing Arab states and their corrupt press with 8 million US tax dollars a day.

Good, they have enough money to print drivel on their own, of course.

 

[georgephillip]

I presume not too many reporters want to be the victims of suicide bombers or a Ketusha, so they tend to avoid Israel unless explicitly assigned so.

"At least 1,104 Israelis and 6,836 Palestinians
have been killed since September 29, 2000."

Israelis and Palestinians Killed since 9/29/2000

You should check the number of Jews killed in Israel during the last 12 months by Arabs and compare that number Arabs murdered by Jews in Palestine.

Hey, that was quite clever, Jews are Killed and Arabs are MURDERED.

And I see how many of those POWERFUL, WEALTHY ARAB nations care enough to DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR "FACTS"...None.

6,836 uneducated, worthless Palestinians.
Not worth even 1 educated Jew.

Are you racist or Jewish?

"The difference between a Jewish soul and the souls of non-Jews - all of them in all different levels - is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle." - Rabbi Kook, the Elder

"Note: Rabbi Kook's entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Kabbalah, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenets of the Lurianic Kabbalah is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body.

"According to the Lurianic Kabbalah, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews, and the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary.

Racist Jewish quotes from Shahak's book "Jewish fundamentalism" - Radio Islam

 

[docmauser1]

Are you racist or Jewish? "The difference between a Jewish soul and the souls of non-Jews - all of them in all different levels - is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle." - Rabbi Kook, the Elder "Note: Rabbi Kook's entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Kabbalah, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenets of the Lurianic Kabbalah is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body. "According to the Lurianic Kabbalah, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews, and the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary.
Racist Jewish quotes from Shahak's book "Jewish fundamentalism" - Radio Islam

Our honorable georgephillip and his islamic dumpster-diving, of course.

 

[Sally]

Are you racist or Jewish? "The difference between a Jewish soul and the souls of non-Jews - all of them in all different levels - is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle." - Rabbi Kook, the Elder "Note: Rabbi Kook's entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Kabbalah, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenets of the Lurianic Kabbalah is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body. "According to the Lurianic Kabbalah, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews, and the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary.
Racist Jewish quotes from Shahak's book "Jewish fundamentalism" - Radio Islam[

/quote]Our honorable georgephillip and his islamic dumpster-diving, of course.

Our Honorable George Phillip doesn't mind stooping that low that he has to use a virulent anti-Semitic hate site -- Radio Islam. However, we can all figure out even with his not using a hate site that he hates the Jews for some reason or other. Does anyone really think that Mr. George actually cares about the Arabs, or is he using them as pawns in his fight against the Jews?

Illegal abroad, hate Web sites thrive here - Chicago Tribune

 

[Lipush]

"Following last Saturday's international Day of Rage against the forced urbanization of the Bedouin in Israel's south, the Israeli police ordered all media to hand over footage gathered during the protests.

"While there is no law in Israel protecting journalists from being forced to reveal the identity of their sources, there have been strong legal precedents defending them. Sunday's police order has therefore marked a drastic turn for Israeli freedom of the press, already at an all-time low.

"This year, Israel ranked 112th of 179 countries in the Reporters without Borders World Press Freedom Index."

According to this ten minute interview, the principal reason Israel ranks so low on this particular index is not official censors but rather self-imposed reluctance to reveal the conditions that Israel's occupation inflicts upon Palestinians.

Self-Censorship Biggest Failure of Israeli Media

It's about time that the media changes drastically in Israel.

Sadly our media is completely biased.

 

[Lipush]

"At least 1,104 Israelis and 6,836 Palestinians
have been killed since September 29, 2000."

Israelis and Palestinians Killed since 9/29/2000

You should check the number of Jews killed in Israel during the last 12 months by Arabs and compare that number Arabs murdered by Jews in Palestine.

Hey, that was quite clever, Jews are Killed and Arabs are MURDERED.

And I see how many of those POWERFUL, WEALTHY ARAB nations care enough to DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR "FACTS"...None.

6,836 uneducated, worthless Palestinians.
Not worth even 1 educated Jew.

Are you racist or Jewish?

"The difference between a Jewish soul and the souls of non-Jews - all of them in all different levels - is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle." - Rabbi Kook, the Elder

"Note: Rabbi Kook's entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Kabbalah, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenets of the Lurianic Kabbalah is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body.

"According to the Lurianic Kabbalah, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews, and the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary.

Racist Jewish quotes from Shahak's book "Jewish fundamentalism" - Radio Islam

You take a Jewish 'quote' out of a site called "Radio Islam"????

How 'bout "Jew-haters-are-us.com?"

 

[georgephillip]

Hey, that was quite clever, Jews are Killed and Arabs are MURDERED.

And I see how many of those POWERFUL, WEALTHY ARAB nations care enough to DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR "FACTS"...None.

6,836 uneducated, worthless Palestinians.
Not worth even 1 educated Jew.

Are you racist or Jewish?

"The difference between a Jewish soul and the souls of non-Jews - all of them in all different levels - is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle." - Rabbi Kook, the Elder

"Note: Rabbi Kook's entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Kabbalah, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenets of the Lurianic Kabbalah is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body.

"According to the Lurianic Kabbalah, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews, and the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary.

Racist Jewish quotes from Shahak's book "Jewish fundamentalism" - Radio Islam

You take a Jewish 'quote' out of a site called "Radio Islam"????

How 'bout "Jew-haters-are-us.com?"

Do you see anything prejudicial in the following?

"Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav Kook, and the Religious Zionism denomination, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar.

"He is known in Hebrew as הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, and by the acronym הראיה (HaRaAYaH), or simply as 'HaRav.'

"He was one of the most celebrated and influential rabbis of the 20th century.[citation needed]"

Abraham Isaac Kook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sally]

Are you racist or Jewish?

"The difference between a Jewish soul and the souls of non-Jews - all of them in all different levels - is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle." - Rabbi Kook, the Elder

"Note: Rabbi Kook's entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Kabbalah, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenets of the Lurianic Kabbalah is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body.

"According to the Lurianic Kabbalah, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews, and the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary.

Racist Jewis


h quotes from Shahak's book "Jewish fundamentalism" - Radio Islam

You take a Jewish 'quote' out of a site called "Radio Islam"????

How 'bout "Jew-haters-are-us.com?"

Do you see anything prejudicial in the following?

"Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav Kook, and the Religious Zionism denomination, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar.

"He is known in Hebrew as הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, and by the acronym הראיה (HaRaAYaH), or simply as 'HaRav.'

"He was one of the most celebrated and influential rabbis of the 20th century.[citation needed]"

Abraham Isaac Kook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is no doubt in my mind that if Mr. Georgie didn't go to the hate sites, he wouldn't even have known that a Rabbi by the name of Kook even existedf. There was once a study by one of our top colleges done about these hate sites, and Radio Islam was listed as one of them. In fact, if Mr. Georgie didn't go to hate sites, he wouldn't even have known that there was a Jewish chemistry teacher named Shahak who was a communist and actually was against all religion. The people we have learned about from the anti-Semites using these hates sites is amazing. Those not using the hate sites would never have heard about Kook or Shahak at all. Meanwhile, has Mr. George ever told any of the readers about Muslim clergymen ranting and raving about KILLING THE INFIDELS. Mr. George can sit behind his computer all day long if he desires, spewing out what many of the posters realize is just his Jew hatred, but in reality if he happened to be wandering around in some Muslim country, does he think they would let him go because of his diligence on a forum showing how supposedly bad the "evil Jews/Zionists" are. They would just consider him another Infidel, and we know what they do to Infidels over there.

 

[rhodescholar]

Following last Saturday's international Day of Rage against the forced urbanization of the Bedouin in Israel's south, the Israeli police ordered all media to hand over footage gathered during the protests.

Gaza Press Freedom Shrivels Amid Journalist Persecution - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

"Since Hamas took over in 2007, Gaza has witnessed a series of violations against Palestinian journalists and media organizations. As a result, a large number of journalists have been arrested, while others have been called in for interrogation. Most media affiliated with the Palestinian Authority and Fatah have been shut down, and their correspondents forbidden from working in Gaza."

Violations of press freedom in the Palestinian Territories | DOHA CENTRE FOR MEDIA FREEDOM

Human rights in the Palestinian territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"As of 2006, sixteen Palestinian journalists have been killed or wounded by PA security forces or armed groups.[15]
Abdullah Issa, Palestinian publisher and editor of the on-line magazine Donia al Watan was detained in July 2006 by the Palestinian Authority for publishing a story about the theft of $400,000 from PA Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar while visiting Kuwait. The story cast aspersions on Hamas for having large amounts of cash while the Palestinian people were suffering from poverty. This story had appeared elsewhere in the Arabic media. Issa, accused Zahar and Hamas of interfering with freedom of the press in the Palestinian territories and expressed disappointment with Hamas's failure to reign in corruption as promised in their election platform: "Our people have the right to hold Hamas accountable for the deterioration in their living conditions,...We were hoping that the Hamas government would start chasing and arresting all the murderers and thugs who continue to roam the streets of the Gaza Strip and to open all the cases of financial corruption." Donia al Watan's offices have been attacked by masked gunmen and there have been death threats against Issa and staff.[16]
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades has been blamed for a number of attacks on journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the Arab television station Al-Arabiya's West Bank offices.[citation needed]
In September 2001, Yasser Arafat's Tanzim kidnapped a Palestinian cameraman who shot film showing Palestinian citizens and police in Ramallah celebrating on 9/11/2001 following the attacks on US targets, and threatened to kill the cameraman if the item the film was shown on air.[17]
In September 2006, a journalist was severely beaten and all the computer equipment in the office of the Palestinian Authority's official news agency Wafa. Graffiti was sprayed on the wall accusing the agency of a lack of objectivity. Fatah officials noted that PA Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar has accused the agency "of waging a politically-motivated campaign of incitement" against him and blamed Hamas for the attack. Khan Yunis governor Osama al-Farra condemned the attack, saying it, "reflected the continued state of anarchy and lawlessness in PA-controlled areas".[15]
The Fatah–Hamas conflict has further limited the freedom of the press in the PNA territories and the distribution of opposing voices in Hamas-controlled Gaza and the West Bank where Fatah still has more influence. In July 2010, with the easing of the blockade of the Gaza Strip, Israel allowed the distribution of the pro-Fatah newspapers al Quds, al Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida to Gaza, but Hamas prevented Gazan distributors from retrieving the shipment. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the Hamas restrictions of distribution of the West Bank newspapers in Gaza, and also condemned the Fatah-led government in the West Bank for restricting publication and distribution of the Gazan newspapers al-Resala and Falastin.[18]
In October 2012, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate appealed for the release of Palestinian journalists arrested by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, warning that freedom of the press had "seriously deteriorated," and that the Palestinian Authority had arrested five Palestinian journalists in September 2012. Walid Khaled, a journalist for the Palestinian newspaper Falasteen, began a hunger strike in September as well. A Palestinian judge ordered his release, but the Palestinian Authority has ignored this. The Palestinian Authority has arrested these journalists on suspicisions of having connections to Hamas, a rival which controls the Gaza Strip.[19]"

 

[Lipush]

Are you racist or Jewish?

"The difference between a Jewish soul and the souls of non-Jews - all of them in all different levels - is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle." - Rabbi Kook, the Elder

"Note: Rabbi Kook's entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Kabbalah, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenets of the Lurianic Kabbalah is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body.

"According to the Lurianic Kabbalah, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews, and the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary.

Racist Jewish quotes from Shahak's book "Jewish fundamentalism" - Radio Islam

You take a Jewish 'quote' out of a site called "Radio Islam"????

How 'bout "Jew-haters-are-us.com?"

Do you see anything prejudicial in the following?

"Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav Kook, and the Religious Zionism denomination, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar.

"He is known in Hebrew as הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, and by the acronym הראיה (HaRaAYaH), or simply as 'HaRav.'

"He was one of the most celebrated and influential rabbis of the 20th century.[citation needed]"

Abraham Isaac Kook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Many of the quotes brought be Arab sources quote Zionist leaders and Rabbis in ways that sin to reality.

 

[georgephillip]

You take a Jewish 'quote' out of a site called "Radio Islam"????

How 'bout "Jew-haters-are-us.com?"

Do you see anything prejudicial in the following?

"Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav Kook, and the Religious Zionism denomination, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar.

"He is known in Hebrew as הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, and by the acronym הראיה (HaRaAYaH), or simply as 'HaRav.'

"He was one of the most celebrated and influential rabbis of the 20th century.[citation needed]"

Abraham Isaac Kook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is no doubt in my mind that if Mr. Georgie didn't go to the hate sites, he wouldn't even have known that a Rabbi by the name of Kook even existedf. There was once a study by one of our top colleges done about these hate sites, and Radio Islam was listed as one of them. In fact, if Mr. Georgie didn't go to hate sites, he wouldn't even have known that there was a Jewish chemistry teacher named Shahak who was a communist and actually was against all religion. The people we have learned about from the anti-Semites using these hates sites is amazing. Those not using the hate sites would never have heard about Kook or Shahak at all. Meanwhile, has Mr. George ever told any of the readers about Muslim clergymen ranting and raving about KILLING THE INFIDELS. Mr. George can sit behind his computer all day long if he desires, spewing out what many of the posters realize is just his Jew hatred, but in reality if he happened to be wandering around in some Muslim country, does he think they would let him go because of his diligence on a forum showing how supposedly bad the "evil Jews/Zionists" are. They would just consider him another Infidel, and we know what they do to Infidels over there.

We all know Has(ally)bara can't prove Radio Islam is a hate site, and I suspect she/he can't even define one.

"Israel Shahak's book "Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of 3,000 Years" is all the more important for being a document by a a knowledgeable Jew about the beliefs and behavior of his fellow Jews.

"Born in Warsaw in 1933, Shahak spent a portion of his childhood in the concentration camp in Belsen, from which he immigrated to Palestine in 1945. He grew up in Israel, served in the Israeli military, and became a chemistry professor.

"Like all Israelis, he became fluent in Hebrew.

"He also became acclimated to the peculiar moral atmosphere of Israeli society: a combination of overweening arrogance and deceit, a mixture of pugnacious self-righteousness and duplicity.

"It is a call for modern Jewish people to abandon the extremely chauvinistic beliefs that have historically put them at odds with others."

What makes some Jews so arrogant, deceitful, and self-righteously pugnacious?
Bad genes?

https://archive.org/details/JewishHistoryJewishReligionTheWeightOf3000Years