Background
When one uses the term "media" in reference to news these days, one has to realize that it refers to any medium of communication between a relatively small group of individuals and a far larger audience. This holds just as true for the apocryphal 'Gutenberg Gazette' as it does for CBS News. The news media can be manipulated today just as it was in the early 1800's by Napoleone Buonaparte (the Corsican spelling of the name he had as the child of Letizia Buonaparte) with his "bulletins" from the front, by which he manipulated the news of his wars in Europe, by plebiscites, by which Napoleon Buonaparte, and later his nephew, Louis Napoléon, (Napoléon III) manipulated French public opinion, by censorship, which Napoleon (and later his nephew), used to control the press in their respective French Empires.
These methods of control, improved upon with the advent of new technologies, have been used by dictatorships and illiberal regimes that have sought to suppress freedom ever since. It goes without saying that the international organizations which are coalitions of Arab dictatorships and illiberal regimes, as well as their allies, use these methods as well. One of the goals of these international Arab organizations is the destruction of Israel, and this effort can be carried out on and off the battle field.
'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action' Al Capone
This blogsite quoted the full Israel Today article: Obama told the Egyptian foreign minister that he is a Muslim, the son of a Muslim and that he sympathizes with what he calls "the Muslim agenda"; he asked the Egyptian foreign minister to have patience while he cleared the table of domestic problems - then he'd show the world how to deal with Israel. The interview where Obama is reported to have said this took place in March 2010. When one reconsiders the events leading up to the "flotilla" incident on 31 May 2010, one has to realize that Obama's hand was in it, and he was demonstrating to Muslims "how to deal with Israel". The subsequent media lynch is only proof of this.
This media lynch goes beyond the pages of the alleged "mainstream" media in the United States, "al-Reuters" or the Associated Press. These idiots on the Left Coast with the missing brains are going to condemn us for defending ourselves. Northern Irish sources report that on Thursday night (10 June 2010), the Council of USPG (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) – Anglicans in World Mission – agreed that a letter should be sent to the British Foreign Secretary, Mr William Hague, expressing “shock and dismay at what happened last week when the Israeli naval forces stormed a Gaza-bound convoy carrying humanitarian aid in international waters, killing nine people and injuring many more.” Turkey is boycotting a holocaust conference in Jerusalem. In the meantime, the Palestinian Authority, while alleging to not indulge in anti-Israel incitement, does precisely this. This video shows how the PA attempts to de-legitimize the existence of our country. The quiz in it asks "which seaport is in "Palestine" and offers three cities in Israel. This is only one tiny event, a single video among tens of thousands, that pursues the goal of destroying Israel in the minds of its Arab viewers.
Article comments
1 - Dave Nalle
I took the liberty of embedding the "We Con the World" video in Ruvy's article. It's been reposted to YouTube numerous times and they seem not to be blocking it anymore after their initial blocking of the original posting.
Ruvy doesn't mention it, but the fact is that under US law there is a clear and absolute protection for works of parody as free speech and there's absolutely no legal basis for YouTube to remove the video or for Warner Publishing to request that they do so.
Dave
2 - John Wilson
Israel is the author of their own discomfort.
3 - roger nowosielski
Another attempt at self-acclaim.
How interesting!
A question,though. How many Israeli journals are ready to post your BS. Has BC become a matter of last resort.
If I were you, I would surely try to communicate your POV to your own countrywomen and men. I wouldn't waste my time on BC.
4 - Irene Wagner
Ruvy, I am glad that you appreciate that it is not "all or nothing." You've been careful to avoid branding all who try to speak up for those in Gaza as anti-Semites.
Quote: There is a large grey area in this field, even among those who do not necessarily support Israel... But what is the truth is that those in power, those who shape the world's opinions, dislike Jews, and dislike Israel, and would be just as happy to see us dead as see us at all.
Yes. I'm hoping for peace, but I don't think it will come without the realization that the blame does not entirely belong with one side or the other, Jew or Palestine.
5 - roger nowosielski
Well, if Ruvy admits there is a grey area, good for him, but it's news to me.
I've longed ceased reading his stuff. It's the comments that I find interesting.
6 - Dave Nalle
Irene, I'd argue that blame remains entirely with BOTH sides who are chronically unreasonable and contentious and equally reprehensible.
Dave
7 - Glenn Contrarian
Ruvy -
Over the hundreds of comments of yours that I've read, I don't remember a single one that referenced a criticism by a media outlet of which you approved. So far, whenever we quote a media outlet, you're quick to point out how anti-Semitic they are, or how they're being manipulated by the Wahhabis, or how they're simply lying.
So...would you please list media outlets (if any) who meet your approval who ARE critical of Israel?
8 - Irene Wagner
Dave Nalle. Neither blame, nor anything else, be "entirely" "on both" "sides" at once, but I think I hear what you're saying. I just don't think you're arguing with me.
Now, if I'd said, "once we've passed out blame where it belongs, to the Palestinians and Jews, there is no more blame to go around," which, I wouldn't say, THEN you'd have something to argue with me about.
9 - Dave Nalle
Not sure I'm actually trying to find grounds for an argument. I just don't think that either side in this situation has a defensible position and anyone who does try to defend one side over the other is suspect.
Dave