Does Bibi read this blog?
So maybe Prime Minister Netanyahu reads my blog too.When the Government Press Office put out its announcement threatening journalists with 10-year bans for going to cover the flotilla, I suggested that they should put them on Navy boats and let them cover it from there. Well, guess what.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who was reportedly surprised by a news report Sunday that the Government Press Office - a division of the Prime Minister's Office - had sent a letter to foreign journalists warning against covering the upcoming flotilla to Gaza from the boats themselves, essentially revoked the warning on Monday.Sounds like a smart move to me. As to the 'journalists' on the flotilla, I'd treat them like anyone else.
The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that Netanyahu instructed the appropriate authorities "to formulate a special procedure regarding foreign journalists that participate in the flotilla." Additionally, the PMO announced that Israeli and international media will be allowed to cover the flotilla from Navy vessels.
Labels: Binyamin Netanyahu, flotilla of fools, freedom of the press, Government Press Office
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:34 PM
2 Comments:
I don't like this. This is not a Royal Wedding or an Opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. This is attempt to breach the naval blockade, an act of war, for God's sake! I don't think this is a wise idea (and I don't believe those foreign corespondents who will be on Israeli Navy vessels will produce a single word of truth either).
Reporters who side with the enemy should be sanctioned.
Freedom of the press has its limits. It doesn't give journalists license to endanger a country's sovereignty or its security.
Don't they understand that concept in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem?
What could go wrong indeed
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