Friday, September 02, 2005

 

Debunking the Media Myths

Honest Reporting has run a great piece on the lies spewed out by the western "liberal" media in regards to the gaza pullout (see below). These media distortions are nothing new either, as this must see clip shows, major news outlets have never regarded facts as something of importance, and it shows from the way this cnn newsreader goes red in the face and starts mumbling at the end.

MYTH 1: GAZA ISRAELIS ARE SIMILAR TO 1948 PALESTINIAN REFUGEES

This side-by-side comparison is convenient and pithy, but in truth there's very little in common between the two groups. Palestinian Gazans became refugees as a result of Arab-initiated wars they largely supported in 1948 (after Palestinian rejection of the UN partition plan) and 1967. On the other hand, Israeli Gazans were evacuated this summer in a unilateral effort to bring greater calm and hope for peace to the region.

MYTH 2: PALESTINIANS ARE RECEIVING THEIR 'NATIVE' GAZA BACK

Palestinian Arabs never had sovereignty in Gaza ― before Israeli control in 1967, Egyptians ruled Gaza, and before them, the British and Ottoman Empire.The appropriate response to this Palestinian-Indian comparison (also stated here) was penned byDavid Yeagley in FrontPage Magazine: Many people see a similarity between American Indians and today's Palestinians. I'm Comanche Indian. I see no similarity whatsoever. There's no similarity in the land claim issue [since] Palestinian Arabs are not indigenous to Palestine. During [622-1922] Palestine was little more than a wilderness of nomads, loosely associated groups of provincial subdivisions with frequently changing administrations... It wasn't considered "Palestine," a separate Arab nationality, until the 1967 Six-Day War... (click the link for the full review)
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