They found something else too. I wonder how many other important mainstream media outlets are going to publish anything from Charlie Hebdo. Hint: The New York Times won't. Neither did CNN (Hat Tip: Hot Air).
Jake Tapper: Who killed more Americans in the last year?
Jake Tapper gets it really right.
More people with American citizenship have been killed by Palestinian terrorists in the last year than have been killed by ISIS.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 18, 2014
And yet the United States continues to fund the 'Palestinian' terror organizations and continues to push for a 'Palestinian state' that is likely to murder many more American citizens.
In the next war, perhaps Hamas should reconsider its ban on Israeli reporters
Yonit Levi and Udi Segal look at the difference between what the world saw on television during Operation Protective Edge and what Israelis saw. They seem to believe that if Hamas would only allow Israeli reporters into Gaza, we too would sympathize more with the civilians Hamas uses as human shields than with our own people seeking shelter from Hamas' rockets. And they worry that after what Israelis saw this summer, most of us will not be foolish enough to support another 'withdrawal.'
During the 50 days of the war in Gaza,
Israelis, and the rest of the world were watching two completely
different wars. In Israel, the country was under attack and it was all
happening on live television: The camera leaped between different cities
being targeted—showing the rocket’s trajectory from the Gazan border,
the subsequent sirens, and civilians taking shelter in Israel and,
often, the rocket’s interception by the Iron Dome anti-missile system
several minutes later—moments of deep anxiety, followed by relief, over
and over, throughout the day. Israeli networks co-operating with the
IDF’s Home Front Command aired banners clearly stating which region was
under attack, and in some areas where the sirens weren’t loud enough,
this turned out to be life-saving information.
It might be difficult for an outsider to understand, but when your
child is spending their summer vacation running to find shelter—with
merely a 15-second warning in the south, 90 seconds in Tel Aviv—one has
limited emotional capacity to see what is happening to the children on
the other side. When you add to that the fact Hamas controlled all data
and information coming from Gaza—and banned Israeli reporters—you see
the juxtaposition emerging. The world showed the war in Gaza, and its
effect on Gazans, while on Israeli television Gaza was a sidebar.
Thus, while the world castigated Israel for using excessive force, on
Israeli television the prime minister was upbraided for not doing
enough—lengthy studio discussions brought forth the opinions of former
generals and, astonishingly, sitting cabinet ministers, saying more
could and should be done. Indeed, television was the only place the
phrase “we should reconquer Gaza” was stated over and over again, while
in reality no one in the Israeli government even came close to
contemplating such a move (although when asked about it in interviews,
even left-wing ministers made sure to stress that “all options” were on
the table).
Ten days into the war, when Hamas rejected a cease-fire offer and
sent terrorists through a tunnel into Israel, the IDF’s ground operation
began. Here, too, it is important to note the disparity: The
international media sees Israeli soldiers as legitimate military
targets, while to Israelis they are quite literally “our boys”—who are
sent off at the age of 18 into mandatory military service. In this war
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon’s close friend lost his son, the grandson
of a prominent left-wing politician was severely injured, and every
anchor or reporter knew someone who was fighting in Gaza. In Israel
there is often only one degree of separation.
Not only were Israelis watching a different war on television, but
the pictures they saw were embedded in a different narrative that, in a
nutshell, was this: We left the Gaza Strip, dismantled all settlements,
completely retreated to the 1967 lines, and the outcome was that Hamas
took over Gaza and we got rockets, which at any moment might strike our
homes. The world, in contrast, heard the story of Israel bombing
innocent civilians in an Israeli-made prison—and saw pictures of the
devastation inflicted by our military might.
I don't buy this. First, Israel is probably the most wired country in the world. While 40% of the country may have had the television going all the time as Levi and Segal claim (a figure I find hard to believe), I would bet that far more were using the web and social media and saw everything being aired by CNN, al-Beeb and all the other international media that is seen as so biased against us as to lack all credibility. And we weren't moved by it at all.
Israelis were promised that there would be no rockets from Gaza once we 'disengaged' in 2005. Those who warned otherwise were subjected to ridicule. Personally, I was called a 'Kahanist' on a certain 'conservative' web site (from which all conservatives have since been banned) for opposing the 'disengagement.' But we see that we were right. And most Israelis are not going to be fooled twice, no matter what our media tells us.
So yes, we will oppose withdrawing the IDF - and probably oppose withdrawing revenants from Judea and Samaria. But not because we were saturated with war coverage this past summer. We will oppose it because unlike Israel's Leftist media we have awoken and smelled the coffee.
Pamela Geller is trying to make everyone aware of the role Qatar plays in financing and supporting terror. Here's an example. It's a letter sent to CNN President Jeffrey Zucker.
This letter is being sent to you on behalf of the Qatar Awareness Campaign Coalition.
The purpose is to inform you and the public of the activities of the
state of Qatar. CNN regularly solicits the opinion of policy experts and
fellows from Brookings Doha, which receives millions of dollars in
funding from Qatar. CNN.com also featured a prominent ad for the Qatar
Foundation.
We urge to you read the information below, which includes evidence that
Qatar is arguably the preeminent sponsor of terror in the world today.
It is a benefactor of the genocidal armies of ISIS, al Qaeda, and Boko
Haram; it is involved in Taliban narcotics trafficking through a
relationship with the Pakistani National Logistics Cell; and profits
from operating a virtual slave state. Qatar is involved in terror operations from Nigeria to Gaza to India to Syria to Iraq.
So the public understands why this letter is addressed to you, the
president of CNN, here are some facts pertaining to CNN’s involvement
with Qatar.
Following the overthrow of the pro-Muslim Brotherhood government of
Mohamed Morsi, who simultaneously backed and supported Qatar, the CNN Global Public Square blog featured an interview with Gregory Gause III,
professor of political science at the University of Vermont and
non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Doha Center. Prof. Gause
expressed disapproval of the ouster of the government of Morsi, a close ally of Qatar.
In August 2014, during the Israel-Gaza war, the CNN Global Public Square blog featured an op-ed by Sultan Barakat,
Director of Research at Brookings Doha. Barakat was especially critical
of Israel, which he accused of “disregard for basic civilian
infrastructure” in Gaza, and stated that Israel “clearly prefers an
underdeveloped ghetto to a viable foreign country [in Gaza].”
[CNN.]com featured a special advertising page
for the Qatar Foundation. This ad linked to “a 30-minute monthly
feature program … that seeks to capture the dynamism and broad range of
cultural diversity in … the Middle East.” The Qatar Foundation, with the
Emir of Qatar, established
the Al-Qaradawi Research Center. Yusuf al-Qaradawi is the spiritual
leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and a vocal supporter of violent jihad.
In light of Qatar’s consistent and vocal support for the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, we ask that you consider the attached sourced report
on Qatar’s activities. The links cited are vetted and credible sources.
We hope you take the time to verify the truth of the statements for
yourself.
After doing so, the Coalition of the Qatar Awareness Campaign calls on you to exert
due influence on the Qatari government to cease any type of involvement
in all forms of Islamic terrorism, slavery, and drug trafficking!
Is this why CNN's coverage is biased against Israel?
Qatar Foundation pays CNN to do fluff stories. What is the impact on CNN news coverage? http://t.co/iKJRNr8nep
— charles asher small (@asherchas) August 6, 2014
And from the link....
Content from The Foundation magazine, Qatar Foundation’s (QF’s) monthly magazine can now be found by clicking here on CNN’s website. - See more at: http://www.qf.org.qa/news/the-foundation-now-on-cnn-com#sthash.022FuKlc.dpuf
The Foundation
features full-length reports on the most high-profile recent events in
the QF calendar, a round-up of the latest news, and in-depth profiles of
some of the organization’s many centers, research projects, and
initiatives.
Inside the Middle East is a 30 minute monthly feature program on CNN
that seeks to capture the dynamism and broad range of cultural
diversity in countries across the Middle East. Together with exclusive
online articles and galleries it gives a fresh perspective on life in
the region that goes beyond the news headlines. It is broadcast in
association with Qatar Foundation. - See more at:
http://www.qf.org.qa/news/the-foundation-now-on-cnn-com#sthash.022FuKlc.dpuf
I doubt Israel is one of the countries covered.... Could this make CNN a bit more biased against Israel?
Video: Wolf Blitzer grills Hamas' Osama Hamdan over blood libels
Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan has been making infrequent appearances on
CNN in the past few weeks, but today Wolf Blitzer really held his feet
to the fire. At issue here was what Blitzer called “disturbing” comments
Hamdan made on television saying that Jews use Christian blood to make
matzoh, a charge generally referred to as blood libel. Hamdan had said,
“We all remember how the Jews used to slaughter Christians in order to
mix their blood in their holy matzoh. This is not a figment of the
imagination or something taken from a film. It is a fact acknowledged by
their own books and historical evidence.”
Blitzer confronted
Hamdan over that remark today. Hamdan, repeatedly, refused to directly
answer Blitzer’s question. Instead, he argued that the truly disgusting
rhetoric is coming from the Israelis. Hamdan told Blitzer, “They are
misusing the words. I’ve said on the same occasion that we don’t have
problems with the Jews… I have Jewish friends who are supporting the
Palestinian rights.”
At no point did Hamdan address those
controversial remarks themselves. But what Blitzer noticed is that not
once did Hamdan issue any kind of denial for uttering such “an awful,
awful smear.”
Let's go to the videotape.
Kind of tough when your Arabic gets translated into English, isn't it?
CNN correspondent pulled after calling some Israelis 'scum'
A CNN correspondent who tweeted on Thursday (see above) that Israelis near Sderot who cheered the bombing of Gaza are 'scum' has been pulled from Israel and reassigned. This is from the first link.
Diana Magnay, who is in Israel to report on the latest developments
along the Gaza frontier, observed on camera how a group of Israeli
gathered near Sderot applauded as the IDF rained missiles down on the
Gaza Strip.
In a subsequent post on her Twitter feet, she noted that she was
threatened by some of the Israelis who warned her not to air footage of
their reaction lest her car be "destroyed."
She angrily referred to the group as "scum" before the tweet was deleted from her account altogether.
Here's Magnay's report. Let's go to the videotape.
“After being threatened and harassed before and during a liveshot, Diana reacted angrily on Twitter,” a CNN spokeswoman said in a statement to The Huffington Post.
“She deeply regrets the language used, which was aimed directly at
those who had been targeting our crew," the spokeswoman continued. "She
certainly meant no offense to anyone beyond that group, and she and CNN apologize for any offense that may have been taken.”
The spokeswoman said Magnay has been assigned to Moscow.
I agree 1,000% with those people who cheered. Here's why.
Sderot has been tortured by over 10,000 rockets from Gaza fired over the last 14 years.
The IDF is finally being allowed to do something about it. And they shouldn't cheer?
CNN Reporter: ' 'The end justifies the means when Jews are the victims'
This is an incredible interview as CNN reporter Erin Burnett asks former First Lady Laura Bush a disgusting question.
In a segment about the George W. Bush Institute's Women's Initiative
Fellowship Program and its involvement with a group of Egyptian women,
Burnett asked Mrs. Bush if the United States needs to "accept"
anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism "when we want to make change"
Citing high costs and the channel's declining viewership, Israel's YES cable channel has announced that it will no longer offer CNN to subscribers after December 31 (Hat Tip: Shy Guy). Since YES is currently the only Israeli cable provider that is offering CNN, it means that Ted Turner's channel will no longer be offered in Israel. Perhaps reality-denying headlines like the one above have something to do with it?
CNN, once considered the standard in
international cable news, has been losing ground in recent years to
competitors, like Fox News (which is available in Israel). Like in the
U.S., Fox News has higher ratings among YES customers than CNN does,
even though Fox News is a “premium” channel that customers must pay for
above the cost of their subscription.
Industry insiders said that the satellite
broadcaster felt it was paying too much to feed CNN to local customers, a
situation that came about because of the original contract Israeli
broadcasters signed with CNN some two decades ago; the price started out
high and remained so, they said. In a statement, YES said that it was
examining replacement services, but that in the meantime customers who
wanted to watch an international news service in English could choose
from a wide variety of stations, including Fox News, Sky News, BBC
World, Bloomberg, and English language news services from France, China,
and Japan.
Last year, HOT, the cable television
provider, dropped CNN over a similar contract dispute. HOT replaced CNN
with the much more reasonably priced MSNBC.
In a statement, CNN said that "it is
exploring the way we deliver our news in Israel. It’s worth noting,
however, that with an important US election coming up, the continued
dynamics of this region, and major global events that impact us all, the
need for independent and objective journalism has never been greater.
CNN recently grew its viewership across Europe, the Middle East, and
Asia to remain the #1 news channel by a mile.
Something tells me that CNN won't be missed much here.
Confirmed: CNN fired 4 Jewish Israeli journalists... but 'only' because they can't travel to certain countries in the region
An investigation by the Algemeiner Journal more or less confirms what I posted when this story first broke: CNN has fired four Jewish Israeli journalists (it retained two others but each of them only works one 8-hour shift per week). But CNN claims this isn't discrimination. They claim that the journalists were fired because they cannot travel to certain countries in the region.
CNN’s decision to fire four Jewish Israeli journalists from the cable network’s Jerusalem bureau earlier this month was due in part to their religion and nationality, and to their perceived inability to operate freely throughout the Middle East, the Algemeiner has learned.
“The fact is, just Jewish Israelis were fired from CNN,” said a source who was directly involved in the layoffs and who requested anonymity. While reports said CNN had fired all its Jewish workers from the bureau, the source told the Algemeiner that “they left 2 Jewish Israeli journalists but here’s the catch, they’re each working one shift a week for 8 hours.”
According to the person involved in this matter, CNN’s belief, including that of bureau chief Kevin Flower, was that Jewish Israelis would not be allowed or welcomed into Gaza, the West Bank and other countries in the region, so it made the most sense to cut those who might become a problem.
The source charged that CNN is considering replacing the fired staff members with hires in other countries in the region. The person said “I understand they are planning on changing their coverage, it might be that the staff won’t be based in Israel even, and if a story happens in Israel, they will take the first flight and cover it, and so an Israeli is a pain in the neck for them.”
On February 15th, Turner Broadcasting, the parent company of CNN, posted a job listing, with the following description:
The Jerusalem photojournalist is responsible for recording images and sound to illustrate CNN news events and stories as well as editing and feeding video.
The location for the position is posted as “United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi.”
CNN's excuse reminds me of law firms in my New York days who wouldn't give Orthodox Jews certain work assignments - which just happened to be the same assignments that were most likely to help you advance on the partnership track - because you couldn't be available to go to the financial printer on Friday night. But Orthodox Jews aren't a suspect class under US Supreme Court tests and therefore we could never challenge it even if we had wanted to.
Jews as a whole are a suspect class and what CNN has done is definitely discrimination.
Video: Libyans escaping to Tunisia and a siege in Tripoli
Here's another CNN report - this one from the Tunisian border with Libya. It also includes some amateur footage from Tripoli, which is apparently under siege.
In Cairo, pro and anti-Mubarak forces are clashing in the streets as President Mubarak tries to maintain his hold on office for the time being in the name of an 'orderly transition' of power (Hat Tip: Memeorandum).
Hours after a call from Egypt’s powerful military for the president’s opponents to “restore normal life,” thousands of men, some carrying fresh flags and newly printed signs supporting Mr. Mubarak, surged into Tahrir Square.
Some waved off reporters and yelled, “No photos.”
They were outnumbered by Mr. Mubarak’s opponents, who have spent nine days in the square insisting on his ouster. Clashes erupted close to the Egyptian Museum housing a huge trove of priceless antiquities.
The two sides traded volleys of rocks and engaged in hand-to-hand fighting. Many were led or carried away with bleeding head wounds. Antigovernment protesters organized themselves into groups, smashing chunks of concrete into smaller projectiles to be hurled at their adversaries. The violence was the most serious since the antigovernment protesters laid claim to Tahrir, or Liberation, Square days ago as they pursued what seemed to be a largely peaceful campaign for Mr. Mubarak’s ouster.
Hours before the violence erupted in the square, antigovernment protesters had been chanting: “We are not going to go; we are not going to go.”
In counterpoint, demonstrators supporting Mr. Mubarak chorused back: “He’s not going to go; he’s not going to go.”
At one point, plumes of smoke, apparently from tear gas, rose above the rival crowds surging back and forth as the two sides fought for the upper hand.
“Where’s the Egyptian army?” antigovernment demonstrators chanted.
“They are trying to create chaos,” said Mohamed Ahmed, 30. “This is what Mubarak wants.”
The army took no immediate action as the skirmishes intensified, leaving the competing demonstrators to press toward one another. But troops with bayonets fixed to their AK-47 assault rifles fanned out near the museum as antigovernment protesters sought to build makeshift barricades to keep their foes at bay. And eventually, several tanks maneuvered into position between the two clashing crowds, and soldiers tried to calm both.
Some antigovernment protesters used the shelter of the tanks to launch rocks, and others said they believed their foes were agents of the authorities. At one point, they began calling for the soldiers to fire into the air to disperse their opponents.
A short while ago, Israel Radio played a recording of gunfire on the streets of Cairo, and apparently a number of people have been shot. Several journalists report that they have been beaten, including Israel Radio's Gideon Kutz, and CNN's Anderson Cooper.
Speaking of CNN, here's some video they did in Cairo. Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Hot Air).
Four Israeli journalists were arrested in Cairo - apparently on Tuesday night - for violating the curfew order.
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