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Thursday, May 10, 2001 / Iyar 17, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. SHARON TOES THE AMERICAN LINE
2. BEHIND THE YESHA BUDGET
3. THE ARGUMENT GOES ON
4. POPULATION STATS
1. SHARON TOES THE AMERICAN LINE
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, responding to the American disapproval of the
large budget allocations for the Yesha settlement enterprise, has cut it
down by more than half. The original allocation was to be well over a
billion shekels, but Sharon has now decided to make it 600 million, to be
spread out over a number of years. The Yesha Council is up in arms,
claiming that the Sharon government has essentially "frozen" the
development of Judea and Samaria towns.
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, on the other hand, says no. In a letter to his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Peres writes that Israel refuses to accept the Mitchell Report's recommendation to cease settlement activity, as it would "look like a reward to the Palestinians for their violence." Peres reviewed for Powell the government's guidelines - according to which no new towns will be built, but existing ones will be developed. He said that the Oslo agreements stipulate that the issue of Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria be discussed only in final-status negotiations.
Minister Without Portfolio Danny Naveh is in Cairo today to explain Israel's position on the Mitchell Report to senior Egyptian government advisor Osama al-Baz. Minister Naveh will reiterate the government's position that the Palestinian violence and attacks must cease in order for negotiations to resume. Naveh became the first Israeli government minister to be permitted to visit the Israeli Druze Azzam Azzam, who has been imprisoned in Egypt for five years on charges of "spying for Israel." Naveh told Azzam that Prime Minister Sharon is committed to working for his release.
2. BEHIND THE YESHA BUDGET
Moshe Yogev, the treasurer of Judea and Samaria's settlement movement
Amanah, provided some background on the story of the reduced budgetary
allocations to Yesha, in a talk with Arutz-7 today:
"As could have been predicted, someone leaked to Ha'aretz the news of the upcoming large allocation. The newspaper reported it, but left out one important word: defense. The money was to be designated for security purposes. Seven months ago, ex-Prime Minister Ehud Barak appointed a high-level committee to figure out how to solve the communities' security problems. Former Finance Minister Shochat decided on a 20-million shekel allocation per quarter, but it was carried out by neither the previous government nor the current one [for technical reasons]. In addition, the 1.5 billion shekels were not going to be used only for the residents; the largest allocation was to be used for by-pass roads, as decided upon by Yitzchak Rabin. Other sums were to be used by the IDF Home Front Command; why should these needs be broadcast around the world as if they were to be used by the settlements? What happens is that someone made sure not to include all these sub-clauses in the basic budget proposal, such that every million-shekel outlay has to be approved separately, thus drawing the spotlights towards 'the settlers' again and again. Finance Minister Silvan Shalom promised that next year the budget would be done differently..."
3. THE ARGUMENT GOES ON
Former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says that the Oslo agreements are
"null and void, period, because of the Palestinians' many
violations." Speaking with Arutz-7's Russian-language station today,
Netanyahu said that when he implemented the Hevron and Wye Agreements,
"Israel was still bound contractually to Oslo." He said that the present
government is taking the right direction in its fight against the
Palestinians, but "pressures must be exerted directly on the PA: its
facilities, headquarters, police, media, financial centers, and everything
else that comprises the PA."
MK Chaim Ramon, a Labor party Prime Ministerial hopeful who is not a minister in the unity government, recommends that Israel respond affirmatively to the PA demand to stop all settlement construction in Judea and Samaria. "What do we have to lose?" he told television interviewer Don Margalit. When Margalit noted that ex-Prime Minister Barak already made major concessions to the PA, leading only to violence, Ramon said, "Yes, but now we are already in the midst of the conflict, such that we have nothing to lose. If the violence stops, good; if not, we may we able to improve our international standing."
As if in response to this point, Prime Minister Sharon said earlier this afternoon, "The previous government is largely to blame for our present difficulties, because it negotiated with the Palestinians while the violence and terror raged." Sharon, visiting Meiron today, said again that Israel would not conduct negotiations while any form of terrorism continues.
4. POPULATION STATS
The Central Bureau of Statistics has released population statistics for Israel's cities, up-to-date for the end of the year 2000. Israel's ten largest cities are as follows:
Jerusalem - 658,000 people
Tel Aviv-Jaffa - 354,000
Haifa - 271,000
Rishon LeTzion - 202,000
Ashdod - 174,000
Be'er Sheva - 173,000
Holon - 166,000
Petach Tikvah - 163,000
Netanya - 162,000
Bat Yam - 138,000
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Friday, May 11, 2001 / Iyar 18, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINE:
ANOTHER PLO POST LEVELED AFTER ATTACK
Palestinian Arab terrorists hurled a hand grenade at an IDF post near
Kfar Darom this morning, injuring two soldiers, one lightly and one
moderately. In response to the attack, the army quickly razed a PA
paramilitary post in the area, adjacent to the Gush Katif junction. In
an effort to explain Israel's present style of retaliation, Defense
Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer told an Arabic-language television
station today that the Oslo Accords permit the army to take military
action within PA-controlled Area A. IMRA's Dr. Aaron Lerner confirms
Ben Eliezer's assertion. According to Lerner, the Oslo II agreement
(1995) permits Israel the right of hot pursuit as well as recognizing
its right to carry out pre-emptive action within Area A. Article XI
Sub Paragraph 3a of Annex I of that agreement, for instance, extends
the license of "hot pursuit" to "preemptive strikes, allowing action
not only to terminate an 'act or incident constituting a danger to
life or property' put also to 'prevent' it from happening in the first
place."
The Gaza residents committee released a statement this morning saying that if the army had heeded its earlier warning to close to Arab traffic the Gaza-Khan Yunis road, today's attack would have been averted.
Just afternoon today, Arab terrorist forces began shooting at IDF soldiers stationed in the northern Shomron near the Jewish community of Chomesh. Despite the intense gun battle currently taking place there now, no IDF soldiers have been injured.
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Sunday, May 13, 2001 / Iyar 20, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. NEW COURSES IN JUDAISM, ZIONISM, LAND OF ISRAEL
2. MOFAZ: "SIGNAL, NOT DESTROY"
3. ARAFAT ON WAY TO WHITE HOUSE?
4. HA'ARETZ COLUMNISTS ACCUSED OF SLANDERING ISRAEL
5. CONFLICTING VOICES ON A SETTLEMENT FREEZE
1. NEW COURSES IN JUDAISM, ZIONISM, LAND OF ISRAEL
Education Minister Limor Livnat announced today that next year's
curriculum will include three new courses on Jewish tradition and
Zionism. One course will feature classes in Jewish culture, holidays,
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, the weekly Torah portion, Israeli symbols, and
important figures in Zionism. It will begin in the junior high school
grades, with the intention of instituting it in grades K-12 in the
future. In addition, a course entitled "Love of Homeland" will be
given in elementary school classes, while 10th-graders will study
"Eretz Yisrael and Archaeology," with an emphasis on Jerusalem.
2. MOFAZ: "SIGNAL, NOT DESTROY"
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha'ul Mofaz made an appearance at the
government's weekly Cabinet meeting today and briefed the ministers on
Israel's current military strategy in the war against the PA. His
basic message was that the purpose at present is not "to destroy the
PA, but to signal it... We aim to pursue the terrorists themselves
and those who dispatch them, and to reduce their freedom of action."
Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer criticized Mofaz and called on
him not "speak in cliches." Ministers Uzi Landau and Tzippy Livni
were also not pleased with Mofaz's portrayal, and demanded to know if
the army had submitted operative proposals to the government that were
not approved.
Mofaz told the Cabinet that there is a "division of labor" among the Palestinians: "Hamas and the Islamic Jihad concentrate on terrorist attacks within the Green Line, while Fatah, Tanzim, and the PA security agencies carry out attacks in Judea and Samaria." He further said that the PA is working to inculcate the Palestinian population with the need of fighting a war.
Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi called for the bombing of every place where PA manufactures weapons. He further recommended the "jamming and bombing of PA media broadcasting stations used to incite to the murder of Jews."
Arutz-7's Haggai Seri asked Minister Danny Naveh today, "Isn't it time for the government to signal a bit less and start smashing a bit harder?" Naveh responded, "I cannot relate to that which was said at the meeting today, but it's clear that there has been a sharp and clear change of policy over the past weeks - one that has been painful for the Palestinian Authority - involving our pro-active activities and attacks. I am convinced that this will continue. It is true, however, that it does not appear that the PA has understood the message that it has much to lose if it continues with the terrorism and violence, and therefore our strong deterrent strategy must continue until he does - possibly even more strongly."
3. ARAFAT ON WAY TO WHITE HOUSE?
Yasser Arafat may be one step closer to an invitation to the White
House. His deputy, Abu Mazen, is scheduled to meet in the coming days
with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, for the purpose of paving
the way for a Bush-Arafat meeting. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told
Arutz-7 eight years ago, "There is no man with more Jewish blood on
his hands since World War II than Arafat..." HaModia reported on
Friday that the Sharon government has been making major efforts to
convince the Bush Administration that Arafat, who apparently feels he
has nothing more to lose, "is a danger not only to Israel and the
region, but also to the moderate Arab regimes that may be toppled by a
surge of Moslem fundamentalism in support of Arafat's war cries, and
consequently to American interests as well."
4. HA'ARETZ COLUMNISTS ACCUSED OF SLANDERING ISRAEL
Israel's Foreign Service is not happy with the performance of Ha'aretz
reporters Gideon Levy and Amira Hass. The Israeli Embassy in Rome
sent a telegram to the Foreign Ministry, sharply criticizing Levy for
sitting on a panel with a Palestinian spokesman and attacking Israeli
policies. "The two joined forces in abusing the Israeli government,
vying between themselves to see who could slander Israel more - and in
my opinion Levy won," Embassy spokesman Ofer Bavli wrote. Ha'aretz,
reporting on the telegram, also noted that similar criticism of Levy
had been made four months ago, and that there are reports of Foreign
Ministry criticism about Ha'aretz writer Amira Hass. Levy responded
that the telegram "causes more harm to the State of Israel and its
image as a democracy than 1,000 appearances by me."
5. CONFLICTING VOICES ON A SETTLEMENT FREEZE
A May 4th poll commissioned by Israel's leading daily, Yediot
Acharonot, found that 62% of the public feels that Israel should agree
to the proposal of "ceasefire in return for a settlement freeze." (On
the other hand, 49% disagreed with the idea that Israel should
"evacuate isolated settlements and unilaterally set the border with
the Palestinians;" 44% agreed.) Several days later, the paper's
editorial seconded the poll's findings, writing, "The current
government can live with the Mitchell Report's call for a total
settlement freeze in return for a total freeze on terrorism, [as it
will put] the Palestinians to the fateful test of deciding whether or
not to call off the intifada and return to the negotiating table."
HaTzofeh came out strongly against the idea, writing last week,
"Israel cannot accept the recommendation regarding a complete halt to construction in Yesha." The paper added a call to the government today "to make clear to the entire world that the Jewish communities in Yesha are an existing fact that will not change in light of any future diplomatic settlement... We need not apologize for the development of existing communities and the channeling of the requisite resources."
Ha'aretz called strongly today for a settlement freeze: "Such a step, which could result in a cease-fire, would harm the interests of the settlers a lot less than a continuation of the violence and terrorism aimed against them." Arutz-7's Yosef Zalmanson countered, "The settlers themselves are in the forefront of the campaign not to give in to terrorist demands."
Ha'aretz: "The argument posed by Peres that a complete end to
settlement construction would signify a reward for violence is not
convincing, in light of the levels of violence exhibited by both sides
during the past eight months... An Israeli acceptance of such a
freeze would jibe with already existing information that the
Palestinian leadership believes that a continuation of the intifada is
a dead end, and facilitate the resumption of negotiations."
Zalmanson: "If the intifada is about to end, what logic would dictate
that Israel quickly reward it by giving into its perpetrators'
demands? It would be akin to the U.S., a moment before Germany's
surrender, agreeing to turn over one of its armies."
Ha'aretz: "Does the Israeli demand for 'zero violence' also not set the standard for the Palestinian demand for 'zero settlements'?" Zalmanson: "Not at all. The Israeli demand for 'zero violence' is rooted in both the Oslo agreements and human ethics, while the Palestinian demand for 'zero settlements' is rooted in neither."
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Monday, May 14, 2001 / Iyar 21, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. LIVNAT: INCONCEIVABLE THAT STUDENTS SHOULDN'T KNOW JEWISH CONCEPTS
2. SHTEINITZ: STRENGTH IS THE BEST SIGNAL
3. WAQF DAMAGE CALLED "IRREVERSIBLE"
1. LIVNAT: INCONCEIVABLE THAT STUDENTS SHOULDN'T KNOW JEWISH CONCEPTS
Education Minister Limor Livnat announced yesterday that next year's
curriculum would include three new courses on Jewish tradition and
Zionism. Livnat said today that these issues are matters of consensus
in Israeli society, "except for the extreme margins, such as
[opposition leader Meretz MK] Yossi Sarid... Actually, I don't
understand Sarid, because on the one hand he says he is against the
program, and on the other hand he says he first started it."
At a press conference held yesterday to explain the need for the new programs, Livnat said, "Every student has an elementary right to know his people's tradition and values. It is inconceivable that a pupil should not know the words to the national anthem, or know nothing about tefillin, or not have a prayer book, or not know what are the Four Species [taken on the holiday of Sukkot]... Today, more than ever, tradition and Jewish Zionist values are particularly important. Specifically during this age of the global village, we must strengthen our national foundations... I view the educational system as the internal security of the State of Israel, and we will not be able to continue to exist here as a people and as a state if our students do not receive Jewish, Zionist, and humanistic values, alongside their technological and general studies."
One course will feature classes in Jewish culture, holidays, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, the weekly Torah portion, Israeli symbols, and important figures in Zionism. It will begin in the junior high school grades, with the intention of instituting it in grades K-12 in the future. In addition, a course entitled "Love of Homeland" will be given in elementary school classes, while 10th-graders will study "Eretz Yisrael and Archaeology," with an emphasis on Jerusalem.
2. SHTEINITZ: STRENGTH IS THE BEST SIGNAL
"To send a signal to the PA, not to destroy it." So described IDF
Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha'ul Mofaz the army's current strategy
against the Palestinian Authority. Likud MK Yuval Shteinitz, a member
of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Community, does not
necessarily agree with Mofaz. Speaking with Arutz-7 today, Shteinitz
said, "You can't give a signal if you don't prove that you can really
do something if the signal is ignored. For the past eight months, the
PA has been waging war against us, building an army, bringing in heavy
weapons -- the time has now come to stop signaling and start
destroying, or at least bringing the PA to the verge of collapse,
which would be the most effective signal there is."
What does Shteinitz say about claims, such as that made by Minister Amnon Lipkin-Shachak today, that "Israel had better ensure that Arafat does not fall, lest Hamas take his place?" Shteinitz had this to say: "Whenever Arafat hears us talking like that, he understands that he has a green light for continued terrorism. He won't stop the terrorism against us until he realizes that his regime is in danger. This is the only threat that scares dictatorial regimes like his... If he understands from us that we will never react strongly enough to topple him, and that we will always stop short, he has no reason to stop the violence against us."
4. WAQF DAMAGE CALLED "IRREVERSIBLE"
An internal document in the Antiquities Authority admits, for the
first time, that the Moslem Waqf has caused significant archaeological
damage to the Temple Mount in the course of its illegal excavations.
In contrast to its attitude of indifference of the past few months, it
now decries the fact that since last October it has had no way of
supervising the construction there, and must rely only on police
reports for its information. For instance, at a tense session of the
Knesset Education Committee in July 2000, Dr. Shmuel Berkowitz, head
of a citizens' committee, challenged Antiquities Authority head Amir
Drori's claims that the Authority was conducting regular inspections
of Moslem activities on the Mount. The memorandum states that in
February of this year, the Moslems renewed construction in the
Solomon's Stables area of the Mount, dismantled ancient walls there,
and removed ancient layers, preventing their study.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2001 / Iyar 22, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. ARAFAT DEMANDS FULL ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM YESHA, RIGHT OF RETURN
2. GEOGRAPHICAL GROWTH WANTED
3. PALESTINIAN TELEVISION: "THE SWEET FRAGRANCE OF MARTYRDOM"
4. WHAT NUMBER COLUMN IS THAT?
5. JERUSALEM PROTEST AGAINST CNN
1. ARAFAT DEMANDS FULL ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM YESHA, RIGHT OF RETURN
As if the eight years of Oslo - in which Israel created and armed the
Palestinian Authority, then gave it 42% of Judea, Samaria and Gaza -
had never existed, PA Chairman Yasser Arafat demanded today that
Israel withdraw all its forces and residents from the entirety of
Yesha as a condition for peace. He further said that peace depends on
the realization of the "right" of return for all Arab refugees from
1948 and 1967.
"One might have expected his remarks to put a rest to all talk of 'cease-fire in exchange for settlement halt,' Arutz-7's Haggai Segal said today, "but so far it has not." Foreign Ministry officials continue to recommend accepting a total freeze on settlement construction, according to Israel Radio reports today.
2. GEOGRAPHICAL GROWTH WANTED
The National Religious Party is threatening to submit a no-confidence
motion if the government decides to impose a settlement freeze in
Yesha. NRP head Rabbi Yitzchak Levy said today that he has heard
rumors that Prime Minister Sharon may adopt Foreign Minister Peres'
plan not to expand the existing settlements geographically, but
instead to allow "natural growth" only on existing areas. "This will
show Arafat that his violence has paid off," Rabbi Levy said, although
he knows that his no-confidence bill has no chance of attaining a
Knesset majority. Israel will release its official response to the
Mitchell Report, in which the settlement freeze is proposed, this
evening.
Atty. Elyakim Ha'etzni, a veteran settlement leader from Kiryat Arba, warns that the government may accept a near-total freeze of settlement construction in Yesha, including a "geographical limitation" on "natural growth." The implications, explains Ha'etzni, are that it will not be possible to pave new roads, even in Israeli-controlled Area C such as eastern Jerusalem, nor to expropriate land for sewage, water, electricity, or other projects. In addition, the permitted "natural growth" would only be vertical, "as in the ghettos of the Middle Ages." The Women in Green organization notes that this would represent a "complete collapse of Sharon's previous positions" - one that is not even called for by the Oslo accords.
Ha'etzni, writing yesterday in Yediot Acharonot, negated the entire thesis of "natural growth only." He wrote,
"The settlement enterprise is not an attempt by the settlers to solve their housing problems. It is rather a direct attempt to expand the territorial base of Jewish settlement in Yesha... The poor families from Tekoa who lost their young sons last week did not arrive there in order to solve their housing problems, but rather to stake a Jewish peg in the heart of the Jewish people's national homeland. Many of them left fancy houses and lived for years in caravans out of a sense of mission: to bodily take part in the return of Israel to its Promised Land... The Prophet Amos, from Nokdim-Tekoa, expressed their mission very well: 'I [G-d] will return My people Israel, and they will rebuild desolate cities and will settle them. They will plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof, and will plant gardens and eat of their fruit. I will plant them on their Land, and they will not again be uprooted from their Land that I have given them.'"
3. PALESTINIAN TELEVISION: "THE SWEET FRAGRANCE OF MARTYRDOM"
PMW Director Itamar Marcus reported in the last issue of Israel's
weekly Makor Rishon:
"Until recently, we have suspected that the PA was encouraging children to get killed - but a look at many clips that have been broadcast recently on Palestinian television has now supplied concrete proof of it. A new clip that was broadcast [last] week for the first time accompanies a Palestinian boy on the day he plans to die. This is a nice-looking and smiling boy of about 12 who says goodbye to his family and walks off happily, self-confidently, and purposefully to his death. Before he leaves, he even writes a parting letter to his family - but he does not give it to his father, but rather transmits it via his friends. The message here probably is not to inform one's parents, so that they will not put a stop to it.
"In the background, the singer sings, 'Don't be angry, my love, and don't cry over my parting. Oh, my dear father, this martyrdom is on behalf of my land! For my land I will sacrifice myself! . How sweet is martyrdom, when I embrace you, my land! [Picture shows the boy falling on his chest] ... My beloved mother, more dear to me than anything [mother wailing], be happy over my blood, and don't cry for me! Tell my brother [the boy kisses his brother] that our souls are sacrificed for beloved Jerusalem! We don't run after wars, but we are great at them.'"
Marcus reports that the boy conveys a feeling of serenity throughout the clip: "The death itself is not cruel, and the boy shows no fear or resistance, he does not cry, and even the way he falls is gentle, and he hardly bleeds. His friends approach him, turn him on his face, and they are serene."
PMW also reports on the screening of clips of the "life after death" of Muhammad al-Dura, the 12-year-old Arab who was killed in crossfire near the Netzarim junction at the beginning of the current war. The boy has been made into a Palestinian hero; some 400 songs have been written about him, and the films of his death, which were internationally televised at the time, are shown dozens of times a day on Palestinian television. Information indicating that he was likely killed not by Israeli bullets but by Palestinian fire has been largely ignored. A recent clip on PA television shows him calling to other children, "I'm waving to you, not to say goodbye, but to say, 'Come follow me.'" He is portrayed after his death playing with a kite in a beautiful, green, tree-lined field; on the beach; at an amusement park; on the Temple Mount; and in a sunny field with water being sprinkled high - while sandwiched in-between are scenes of blood and Israeli Army violence.
"In the background is the voice of a popular female singer, "How pleasant is the fragrance of the earth, its thirst quenched by a gush of blood flowing from a youthful body... How pleasant is the aroma of the martyrs..." The clip ends with the flashing of a caption, "Produced by the [Palestinian] Ministry of Information and Culture and the Palestinian National Fund."
Palestinian Media Watch and Itamar Marcus can be reached at "pmw@netvision.net.il".
4. WHAT NUMBER COLUMN IS THAT?
Today's Knesset session was called to a grinding halt this afternoon
after Arab MK Ahmed Tibi called IDF Chief of Staff Mofaz a murderer.
Speaking from the podium, Tibi, Arafat's long-time advisor, said, "The
Chief of Staff is a fascist, a cold-blooded child murderer, and is
responsible for the murder of five citizens [the five PA para-military
policemen killed in an IDF attack] yesterday." Several MKs reacted
with rage, and thus began an exchange of curses between Jewish and
Arab Knesset Members, which barely ended even when Acting Speaker
Nechama Ronen had to call a break to the proceedings. When the
session resumed, Ronen asked Tibi to apologize for his remarks, and
when he refused, Knesset ushers removed him from the podium. As Tibi
left, he said, "You're not ashamed of yourselves? A four-month-old
baby gets hit by a shell, and you didn't even blink."
Minister Eli Suissa of Shas later reacted, "The Arab MKs should be banished to the Parliament in Gaza. Let's see if Arafat lets them talk that way... It's inconceivable that a Knesset Member in Israel should stand for a minute of silence in honor of Catastrophe Day. They have to decide if they are Palestinians or Israelis."
5. JERUSALEM PROTEST AGAINST CNN
An ad-hoc committee has called a protest outside the Jerusalem studios
of CNN - Jerusalem Capital Studios, 206 Jaffa Road, near the Central
Bus Station - tomorrow afternoon at 4:15 PM. The group will protest
what it calls "CNN's flawed coverage of the current Arab violence." A
list of grievances and demands to improve CNN's fair and factual
presentation of news stories will be presented. The group reports
that although a meeting between senior officials of CNN and the
Israeli government was held last December, resulting in CNN
commitments to correct its unprofessional collection and presentation
of news from Israel and the Palestine Authority, "little has changed
and Israeli CNN watchers are becoming ncreasingly outraged at the misrepresentations sent around the
world."
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