Author: Jmedia Manager
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World media mostly got Israel and Gaza wrong
The ceasefire has come. The internationally designated terrorist group, Hamas, has stopped firing rockets and mortar shells at civilian targets in Israel. And the Israeli air force has stopped conducting raids on Hamas installations in the Gaza Strip, raids that inevitably have killed civilians. This iteration of the conflict ran for 11 days. Some 230…
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Israel-Hamas truce takes hold
A truce between Israel and Hamas has taken hold after the worst violence in years, but clashes broke out around the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem where similar scenes had touched off the conflict. Israel bombardment of Gaza and militant rocket attacks on Israeli towns ceased after 11 days under an agreement mediated by Egypt,…
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‘Iran has benefited’ from Hamas-Israeli conflict because it revealed ‘a divided Democratic Party’
Gray TV White House Correspondent Jon Decker says “Iran has benefited” from the 11 days of military action between Hamas and Israel because it saw, at the end of this process, “there is a divided Democratic party”. “There was pressure put to bear on the president of the United States by members of his own…
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Why do parts of Britain erupt whenever Israel defends itself?
There has been a huge amount of comment in recent days on the latest round of exchanges between Israel and the terrorists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza. As usual whole slews of celebrities and other important figures on the international stage have lamented the fact that Israel has put so much effort into…
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Media outlets must stop absolving Israel of responsibility
When Palestine is covered in the media, it is usually done so using neutral language that absolves Israel of any responsibility. “Clashes,” “tensions,” “Israel-Hamas conflict.” These are just some of the key words currently permeating media headlines worldwide. Palestinians and their allies have criticised mainstream establishment media outlets the world over for employing passive and…
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Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire holding as aid arrives in Gaza
The ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza was holding Saturday, as humanitarian aid began to enter the Israeli-blockaded enclave ravaged by 11 days of bloodshed. As thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their homes, and Israelis began to resume normal life on Friday, international focus turned to the reconstruction of the bomb-shattered Gaza…
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What might a ceasefire mean between the Israeli Government and Hamas
With the ceasefire in place between Hamas and the Israeli Government, what are the next steps? With Israeli politics in flux with a government still to be formed, the Palestinian elections postponed and how this last week will play out for Hamas is hard to predict. And then there’s the new Biden administration and what…
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Hamas, not Israel, is to blame for the latest bloodshed
I was born in the Jordanian-occupied Old City in Jerusalem and lived in a UN refugee camp from 1966 until 1999. During the First Intifada, I worked for B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, and in 1996 I founded the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring group. With my background…
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Stirling Moss’s charmed life in the fast lane
‘Who do you think you are — Stirling Moss?’ a genially menacing traffic cop would ask a hapless motorway transgressor. At the peak of his popularity as the most successful English motor-racing driver, Moss personified the glamorous daredevilry of racing at top speed. Richard Williams, the author of this sympathetic, exhaustive anatomy of an international…
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What’s the real reason so many people hate Israel?
Did you know that for the past three weeks Turkey has been engaged in a military assault on Iraqi Kurdistan? It’s been brutal. The Turks, who have one of the most powerful military forces on Earth, have used F-16s, F-4 Terminators and other terrifying hi-tech weaponry to pummel Kurdish positions in northern Iraq. Families have fled their…